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Stacks Blockchain API Overview

Query the Stacks blockchain, interact with smart contracts, and broadcast transactions with the Stacks Blockchain API, all via a familiar REST interface.

The Stacks Blockchain API expands the intentionally minimal RPC endpoints available in Stacks nodes and indexes, cleans, and enriches on-chain data to put everything you need at your fingertips. Who knew getting reliable blockchain data could be this easy?

Get recent transactions

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Retrieve data about transactions on Stacks.

Call smart contracts

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Call a read-only public function on a smart contract.

Retrieve user information

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Get information about a user, their account balance, transaction history, and more.

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Guides​

Transactions 101

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Learn how transactions work on Stacks.

Working with clarity values

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Use Clarity values when calling public functions in smart contracts.

Run your own node

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Spin up your own Stacks Blockchain API node.

Hiro Archive: Bootstrap your own instance of the Stacks Blockchain API with the Hiro Archive and save days of setup time.

Token Metadata API: Fetch fungible and non-fungible token data on the Stacks blockchain.

Stacks Explorer: Looking for a front end to verify activity on the Stacks blockchain? Try the Stacks Explorer.

Need help building with the Stacks Blockchain API? Reach out to us on the #api channel on Discord under Hiro Developer Tools section. We also host a weekly office hours on Discord every Monday at 11am ET.