How to Connect to BNB

Learn how to connect to your BNB nodes using Blockdaemon via cURL or WebSockets.

In this guide, you'll learn the following connection methods to the BNB infrastructure:

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Visit the BNB marketplace page to explore Blockdaemon’s BNB infrastructure.


How to Access Your Blockdaemon BNB Credentials

Once you have purchased your Blockdaemon BNB infrastructure, you can access your credentials:

  1. Log into the Blockdaemon app.
  2. Click Nodes under the Access menu.
  3. Select the BNB node.
  4. Select the Connect tab. You'll find the following information:
    1. Endpoint URL
    2. Auth String
    3. Auth Token

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BNB RPC connection via cURL

Use cURL to establish a BNB RPC connection with the following command:

curl -X POST -H 'Content-Type: application/json' --data '{"method": "METHOD_PARAMS", "params": [RPC_METHOD], "id": 1}' 'YOUR_ENDPOINT_URL?auth=YOUR_AUTH_TOKEN'
  • Replace YOUR_ENDPOINT_URL with the Endpoint URL in the Blockdaemon app.
  • Replace YOUR_AUTH_TOKEN with the Auth Token in the Blockdaemon app.
  • Replace RPC_METHOD with your chosen RPC method.
  • Replace METHOD_PARAMS with your selected RPC parameters.

BNB Connection via WebSocket

Add your access credentials to a WebSocket connection request:

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

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Info:

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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