How to Connect to Flow

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

• Flow API Access
• Flow Connection via WebSocket

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Note:

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

How to Access Your Blockdaemon Flare Credentials

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

1. Log into the Blockdaemon app.
2. Click Nodes under the Access menu.
3. Select the Flare 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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Info:

Please reach out to [email protected] or your Customer Success Manager for support.

Flow API Access

flow blocks get 12884163 --host [cname]:9000 --include transactions

To connect to Flow access notes, the Flow CLI must be installed. For more information, see the Flow developer documentation.

Flow Connection via WebSocket

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

• Replace YOUR_ENDPOINT_URL with the Endpoint URL in the Blockdaemon app.
• Replace YOUR_AUTH_TOKEN with the Auth Token in the Blockdaemon app.

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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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