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# <img src='./docs/img/xrpl-logo.svg' width='40' valign="top" /> Clio <!-- markdownlint-disable-line MD033 MD045 -->
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Clio is an XRP Ledger API server optimized for RPC calls over WebSocket or JSON-RPC.
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It stores validated historical ledger and transaction data in a more space efficient format, and uses up to 4 times less space than [rippled](https://github.com/XRPLF/rippled).
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Clio can be configured to store data in [Apache Cassandra](https://cassandra.apache.org/_/index.html) or [ScyllaDB](https://www.scylladb.com/), enabling scalable read throughput.
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Multiple Clio nodes can share access to the same dataset, which allows for a highly available cluster of Clio nodes without the need for redundant data storage or computation.
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## 📡 Clio and `rippled`
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Clio offers the full `rippled` API, with the caveat that Clio by default only returns validated data. This means that `ledger_index` defaults to `validated` instead of `current` for all requests. Other non-validated data, such as information about queued transactions, is also not returned.
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Clio retrieves data from a designated group of `rippled` nodes instead of connecting to the peer-to-peer network.
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For requests that require access to the peer-to-peer network, such as `fee` or `submit`, Clio automatically forwards the request to a `rippled` node and propagates the response back to the client. To access non-validated data for _any_ request, simply add `ledger_index: "current"` to the request, and Clio will forward the request to `rippled`.
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> [!NOTE]
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> Clio requires access to at least one `rippled` node, which can run on the same machine as Clio or separately.
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## 📚 Learn more about Clio
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Below are some useful docs to learn more about Clio.
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**For Developers**:
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- [How to build Clio](./docs/build-clio.md)
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- [Coverage report](./docs/coverage-report.md)
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**For Operators**:
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- [How to configure Clio and rippled](./docs/configure-clio.md)
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- [How to run Clio](./docs/run-clio.md)
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- [Troubleshooting guide](./docs/trouble_shooting.md)
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**General reference material:**
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- [API reference](https://xrpl.org/http-websocket-apis.html)
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- [Developer docs](https://xrplf.github.io/clio)
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- [Clio documentation](https://xrpl.org/the-clio-server.html#the-clio-server)
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## 🆘 Help
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Feel free to open an [issue](https://github.com/XRPLF/clio/issues) if you have a feature request or something doesn't work as expected.
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If you have any questions about building, running, contributing, using Clio or any other, you could always start a new [discussion](https://github.com/XRPLF/clio/discussions).
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