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 **Warning:** The Ripple Data API v2 is deprecated with no ongoing support. Please use the native [XRP Ledger HTTP APIs](rippled-api.html) instead.
 
 For information on the old Data API, see the [rippled-historical-database repository](https://github.com/ripple/rippled-historical-database).
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+## Alternatives
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+For most common operations, like requesting account balances or transaction history, you can query a self-hosted or [public XRP Ledger server](public-servers.html) using a [WebSocket connection](get-started-using-http-websocket-apis.html#websocket-api) or [JSON-RPC (HTTP POST)](get-started-using-http-websocket-apis.html#json-rpc).
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+See the [Get Started Using HTTP / WebSocket APIs](get-started-using-http-websocket-apis.html) page for more information.
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+[The XRP Intel API](https://xrpintel.com/api) run by Dev Null Productions provides many of the same data which the Ripple Data API v2 used to, including account, gateways, and more; derived directly from the XRP Ledger.