How to Connect to Litecoin
Learn how easy it is to connect to the Litecoin blockchain via RPC with Blockdaemon.
It's easy to connect to your Litecoin infrastructure via RPC. If you haven't already configured any Litecoin infrastructure, visit the Litecoin marketplace page to learn more about Blockdaemon's Litecoin options. In this guide, we will cover the following simple methods of connection to your infrastructure:
How to access Your Blockdaemon Litecoin Credentials
Once you have purchased your Blockdaemon Litecoin infrastructure, you can access your credentials:
- Log into the Blockdaemon app.
- In the Blockchain Access menu, click Nodes.
- Click the Litecoin node.
- Click the Connect tab.
In the Connection Information area, you'll find the following:
- Your Endpoint URL
- Your Auth Token
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 found in the Blockdaemon app. - Replace
YOUR_AUTH_TOKEN
with the Auth Token found in the Blockdaemon app. - Replace
YOUR_PARAMS
with the necessary params for your RPC. - Replace
YOUR_RPC_METHOD
with your chosen RPC method.
How to Connect to Litecoin RPC via Python
The following describes how to run a simple Python application that prints the current best block.
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Install the Python library python-litecoinrpc. You'll be using this library to communicate with the RPC interface.
nput type="text" value="pip3 install python-litecoinrpc" readonly="true" .field
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Copy the following Python program into a file called litecoin_rpc.py
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)
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Run the Python script
python3 litecoin_rpc.py
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Updated 18 days ago