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# Ink

**Step 1**: To access Ink, use the following native access endpoints:

* **Network**: Ink Mainnet
* **Request Type**: POST

```
https://svc.blockdaemon.com/ink/mainnet/native
```

**Step 2:** Authenticate your request using your API key. You can include the API key using either of the following headers:

```curl Bearer Token
Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY
```

```curl X-API-Key
X-API-Key: YOUR_API_KEY
```

**Step 3**: Specify an Ink method in the request body:

> Learn more about Ink RPC Methods [here](https://docs.blockdaemon.com/reference/ink-methods-rpc-api).

```json
{
    "jsonrpc": "2.0",
    "id": 1,
    "method": "YOUR_METHOD",
    "params": []
}
```

## Example Request

Here is a cURL example for using [eth\_estimateGas](https://ethereum.org/en/developers/docs/apis/json-rpc/#eth_estimategas) to generate and return an estimate of the gas needed for the transaction to complete.

```curl
curl -X \
POST https://svc.blockdaemon.com/ink/mainnet/native \
-H 'Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY' \
-H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
-d '{"jsonrpc": "2.0", "id": 1, "method": "eth_estimateGas", "params": []}'
```

The following is a typical response you will get:

```json
{
  "id":1,
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "result": "0x5208" // 21000
}
```

## 👋 Need Help?

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