lbry.com/posts/faq/api-help.md

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How do I see the list of API functions I can call, and how do I call them?	developer

Ensure that lbrycrd is running with the -server flag, which enables the JSON-RPC API. Then use one of the following methods to make API calls.

Many (though not all) of the calls are the same as those for bitcoin core, which are documented here. To see the full list of API calls, use the help API call.

lbrycrd-cli

lbrycrd-cli help

curl

curl --user USER:PASSWORD --data-binary '{"jsonrpc": "1.0", "id":"curltest", "method": "help", "params": [] }' -H 'content-type: text/plain;' http://127.0.0.1:9245/

• USER and PASSWORD can be found in your lbrycrd.conf file.
• The method field can be any of the supported methods like getbalance or getnewaddress.
• 9245 is the default port used, but if you chose a custom port for the server, you'll need to use that instead.
• If the command accepts parameters, they can be passed inside the params array.

See Also: important directories.

Python

Here is an example script to get the documentation for the various API calls. To use any of the functions displayed, just provide any specified arguments in a dictionary.

import sys
from jsonrpc.proxy import JSONRPCProxy

try:
  from lbrynet.conf import API_CONNECTION_STRING
except:
  print "You don't have lbrynet installed!"
  sys.exit(0)

api = JSONRPCProxy.from_url(API_CONNECTION_STRING)
if not api.is_running():
  print api.daemon_status()
else:
  for func in api.help():
    print "%s:\n%s" % (func, api.help({'function': func}))