Overview

JSON-RPC is a protocol used to communicate with Ethereum nodes, enabling both read and write operations. They have a JSON-RPC interface for read requests.

JSON-RPC is a remote procedure call (RPC) protocol that uses JSON to encode messages, making it an API standard similar to REST. It exclusively deals with transporting data in JSON format and facilitates communication by executing remote procedure calls on a server.

Key JSON-RPC Methods

Some common JSON-RPC methods available on Ethereum nodes include:

eth_blockNumber
eth_getBalance
eth_getBlockByNumber
eth_sendRawTransaction (for write operations)

JSON-RPC Request Example

A typical JSON-RPC request to get the balance of an address looks like this:

{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "method": "eth_getBalance",
  "params": ["0xAddress", "latest"],
  "id": 1
}

jsonrpc: Version (always 2.0)
method: The method to call
params: Relevant parameters
id: Request identifier

JSON-RPC Response Example

A response to the above request might look like this:

{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "result": "0x7cf7d42bb6a906",
  "id": 1
}

jsonrpc: Mirrored version (2.0)
result: The balance in wei
id: Request identifier

JSON-RPC Tools

Use tools like the Uniblock's API Tester to quickly make your first JSON-RPC request, Uniblock's JSON-RPC URL Tool to get the URL with URL based authentication and also our pre-defined examples for JSON-RPC methods .