How to Connect to Litecoin

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

• How to Connect to Litecoin HTTP RPC via cURL
• How to Connect to Litecoin RPC via Python
• Litecoin Connection via WebSocket

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Note:

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

How to Access Your Blockdaemon Litecoin Credentials

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

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

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How to Connect to Litecoin HTTP RPC via cURL

Here’s how you add your access credentials to a cURL request:

curl -X POST 'YOUR_ENDPOINT_URL' -H 'Content-Type: application/json' -H 'X-Auth-Token: YOUR_AUTH_TOKEN' --data-raw '{"id":1,"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"YOUR_RPC_METHOD","params":YOUR_PARAMS}'

• 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 YOUR_PARAMS with the necessary parameters for your RPC.
• Replace YOUR_RPC_METHOD with your chosen RPC method.

Litecoin 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.

How to Connect to Litecoin RPC via Python

The following describes how to run a simple Python application that prints the current best block.

1. Install the Python library python-litecoinrpc. You'll be using this library to communicate with the RPC interface.

   Python

   nput type="text" value="pip3 install python-litecoinrpc" readonly="true"
   .field
   

2. Copy the following Python program into a file called litecoin_rpc.py

   Python

   pre.prettyprint
   
   import pprint from bitcoinrpc.authproxy import AuthServiceProxy, JSONRPCException
   rpc_user = "blockdaemon"
   rpc_password = "blockdaemon"
   rpc_connection = AuthServiceProxy("URL from APP/connect page" .format(rpc_user, rpc_password))
   best_block_hash = rpc_connection.getbestblockhash()
   best_block = rpc_connection.getblock(best_block_hash)
   pprint.pprint(best_block)
   

3. Run the Python script

   Python

   python3 litecoin_rpc.py
   

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