How to Connect to Astar

If you haven’t already configured any Astar infrastructure, visit the Astar marketplace page to learn more about Blockdaemon’s Astar options. Once you have purchased your Blockdaemon Astar infrastructure, your Blockdaemon Technical Account Manager (TAM) will send you the necessary access credentials.

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In this guide, we will cover the following connection methods to the Astar infrastructure:

• Astar RPC Connection via cURL
• Astar Connection via WebSocket 

Astar RPC Connection via cURL

curl -H "Content-Type: application/json" -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_AUTH_TOKEN" -d '{"id":1, "jsonrpc":"2.0", "method": "YOUR_RPC_METHOD"}' https://YOUR_ENDPOINT_URL/para-http-rpc

• Replace YOUR_AUTH_TOKEN with the Auth Token sent by your Blockdaemon TAM.
• Replace YOUR_RPC_METHOD with your chosen RPC method.
• Replace YOUR_ENDPOINT_URL with the Endpoint URL sent by your Blockdaemon TAM.

Astar Connection via WebSocket

wscat -H "X-Auth-Token: YOUR_AUTH_TOKEN" -c wss://YOUR_ENDPOINT_URL:8443/websocket

• Replace YOUR_AUTH_TOKEN with the Auth Token sent by your Blockdaemon TAM.
• Replace YOUR_ENDPOINT_URL with the Endpoint URL sent by your Blockdaemon TAM.

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wscat is a tool that can connect over WebSocket(s) and may need to be installed. You can use your preferred tool of choice.

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