Protocol Call Reference

NEAR Protocol provides multiple ways to interact with the network — from low-level JSON-RPC calls to visual explorers and wallets.

Tools

NEAR Explorer

Browse transactions, accounts, blocks, and contracts on mainnet and testnet.

NEAR Wallet

Create and manage NEAR accounts, send tokens, and interact with dApps.

RPC API

NEAR exposes a JSON-RPC 2.0 API for programmatic access to the network. Send requests with POST to the root of a provider endpoint and put the method name in the JSON request body.

The endpoint reference in the RPC sidebar is generated from openapi.json and is the source of truth for request and response schemas. The hand-written RPC pages provide guidance, context, and worked examples.

curl -X POST https://rpc.mainnet.near.org/ \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":"status","method":"status","params":[]}'

See RPC Providers for the full list of public endpoints. When enabled by its operator, a recent nearcore node can also accept multiple read-only query calls in one request; see Query Batching for its scope and availability caveats.

Available Methods

Category	Methods
Transactions	`send_tx`, `tx`, `EXPERIMENTAL_tx_status`, `EXPERIMENTAL_receipt`, `EXPERIMENTAL_receipt_to_tx`, `broadcast_tx_async`, `broadcast_tx_commit`
Query	`query` — see Accounts / Contracts for every supported `request_type`
Accounts & access keys	`EXPERIMENTAL_view_account`, `changes`, `EXPERIMENTAL_changes`, `EXPERIMENTAL_view_access_key`, `EXPERIMENTAL_view_access_key_list`
Smart contracts	`EXPERIMENTAL_view_code`, `EXPERIMENTAL_view_state`, `EXPERIMENTAL_call_function`
Blocks & chunks	`block`, `chunk`, `block_effects`, `EXPERIMENTAL_changes_in_block`
Network	`status`, `health`, `network_info`, `validators`, `client_config`, `EXPERIMENTAL_validators_ordered`
Gas & configuration	`gas_price`, `genesis_config`, `EXPERIMENTAL_genesis_config`, `EXPERIMENTAL_protocol_config`, `EXPERIMENTAL_congestion_level`
Light client	`light_client_proof`, `next_light_client_block`, `EXPERIMENTAL_light_client_proof`, `EXPERIMENTAL_light_client_block_proof`
Maintenance & storage	`maintenance_windows`, `EXPERIMENTAL_maintenance_windows`, `EXPERIMENTAL_split_storage_info`

Explore the full interactive reference in the sidebar, or start with RPC Providers to configure your endpoint.

Query Batching

Query

Transactions

Accounts

Access Keys

Smart Contracts

Gas Price

Blocks & Chunks

Network

Gas & Config

Light Client

Maintenance & Storage

Protocol Call Reference

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