How to Connect to Solana

If you haven't already configured any Solana infrastructure, visit the Solana marketplace page to learn more about Blockdaemon's Solana options. Once you have purchased your Blockdaemon Solana 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:

• Solana RPC Connection via cURL
• Solana Connection via WebSocket 

Solana RPC Connection via cURL

- curl -H 'Content-Type: application/json'  
  -X POST 'YOUR_ENDPOINT_URL'  
  -H 'Authorization: Bearer YOUR_AUTH_TOKEN'  
  --data-raw '{"method":"getEpochInfo","id":1,"jsonrpc":"2.0"}'

• Replace YOUR_ENDPOINT_URL with the Endpoint URL sent by your Blockdaemon TAM

• Replace YOUR_AUTH_TOKEN with the Auth Token sent by your Blockdaemon

Solana Connection via WebSocket

How to connect using wscat

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

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

How to connect using wsdump

  wsdump --headers "X-Auth-Token: \<YOUR_AUTH_TOKEN>" \<YOUR_ENDPOINT_URL>

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

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