JSON-RPC
Learn how the JSON-RPC API works in Ethereum.
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In the previous lesson, we learned about the role of Ethereum clients and how network users can use an API provided by clients to interact with an Ethereum network. In this lesson, we'll learn what we can do with this API and how it works.
JSON-RPC
An API provided by Ethereum clients is structured around a set of methods we can call. To call a particular method, we need to send a JSON object with the method name and parameters to a client and wait for a response. This API style is called JSON-RPC, where RPC stands ...