lbry.com/content/faq/ARCHIVED-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

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The LBRY API

The best way to learn how to use the LBRY API is to go through our quickstart.

A full list of API calls provided by LBRY is available in the API documentation.

If you're new to LBRY, this is probably the API you want.

The LBRY Blockchain API (lbrycrd)

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'd need to use that instead.
• If the command accepts parameters, they can be passed inside the params array.

See Also: important directories.