How to Access Cosmos via Tendermint REST API

Step 1: To access Cosmos Tendermint REST, use the native access endpoint with tendermint-rest at the end:

https://svc.blockdaemon.com/cosmos/mainnet/native/tendermint-rest

Step 2: You should authorize your request. Learn more: Authentication Guide

Step 3: Specify a Tendermint method at the end of the query:

https://svc.blockdaemon.com/cosmos/mainnet/native/tendermint-rest/YOUR_METHOD

Here is a cURL example for using health to get a node heartbeat for Cosmos Mainnet:

curl -X GET \
https://svc.blockdaemon.com/cosmos/mainnet/native/tendermint-rest/health \
-H 'Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY' \

The following is a typical response you will get:

{
    "jsonrpc": "2.0",
    "id": "2023",
    "result": {}
}

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