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Wrapper for the Cardano Explorer API.
const cardano = require('cardano-api')
const address = 'DdzFFzCqrht8iQ2utWYssBnfGvSqkGfM7fxHXZWoB57ormT17td1CY4Eye7bADF6HpeGC57vwV5ZPzmVjiZRQEkAD9Rc4P8LDF7FfYne'
// promise
cardano.address({address})
.then(data => console.log('promise', data))
.catch(err => console.log('err', err))
// async/await
const myCardanoFunc = async address => {
try {
const data = await cardano.address(address)
console.log('async/await', data)
}
catch(err) { console.log(err) }
}
myCardanoFunc({address})
// Get summary information about an address
const query = {
address: 'Ae2tdP...fQwGpm' // Required, wallet address to check
}
cardano.address(query)
.then(data => console.log('address', data))
// Get block's summary information
const query = {
hash: '52659d...195a70' // Required, block hash to check
}
cardano.block(query)
.then(data => console.log('block', data))
// Get brief information about transaction based on blocks
// For info on specific transactions use cardano.transaction()
const query = {
hash: '52659d...195a70', // Required, block hash to check
limit: 10, // Optional
offset: 2 // Optional
}
cardano.blockTransaction(query)
.then(data => console.log('blockTransaction', data))
// Get the list of total blocks
const query = {
pageSize: 3 // Optional
}
cardano.blocksTotal(query)
.then(data => console.log('blocksTotal', data))
const query = {
page: 1, // Optional
pageSize: 3, // Optional
redeemed: true // Optional
}
cardano.genesisAddress(query)
.then(data => console.log('genesisAddress', data))
const query = {
pageSize: 3, // Optional
redeemed: true // Optional
}
cardano.genesisPagesTotal(query)
.then(data => console.log('genesisPagesTotal', data))
cardano.genesisSummary()
.then(data => console.log('genesisSummary', data))
// Search the blocks by epoch and slot
const query = {
epoch: 3, // Required, epoch to check
slot: 24 // Optional
}
cardano.epoch(query)
.then(data => console.log('epoch', data))
// Get summary information about a transaction
const query = {
txid: 'f3d468...3ac99b' // Required, transaction to check
}
cardano.transaction(query)
.then(data => console.log('transaction', data))
// Get information about the 20 latest transactions
cardano.transactionLast()
.then(data => console.log('transactionLast', data))
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Node wrapper for the Cardano Explorer API
We found that cardano-api demonstrated a not healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released a year ago. It has 1 open source maintainer collaborating on the project.
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