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Ripple Data API v2

The Ripple Data API v2 provides access to raw and processed information about changes in the Ripple Consensus Ledger. This information is stored in a database for easy access, which frees rippled servers to maintain fewer historical ledger versions. Additionally, the Data API v2 acts as a source of processed analytic data to applications such as Ripple Charts and ripple.com.

Ripple Labs provides a live instance of the rippled Historical Database API with as complete a transaction record as possible at the following address:

https://data.ripple.com

The Ripple Data API v2 is an evolution of the Historical Database v1 and the Charts API. The rippled Historical Database source code is also available under an open-source license, so you can use, install, and contribute back to the project.

API Methods

The Data API v2 provides a REST API with the following methods:

General Methods:

Account Methods:

API Objects

Transaction Objects

Transactions have two formats - a compact "binary" format where the defining fields of the transaction are encoded as strings of hex, and an expanded format where the defining fields of the transaction are nested as complete JSON objects.

Full JSON Format

Field Value Description
hash String - Transaction Hash An identifying SHA-512 hash unique to this transaction, as a hex string.
date String - IS0 8601 UTC Timestamp The time when this transaction was included in a validated ledger.
ledger_index Number - Ledger Index The sequence number of the ledger that included this ledger.
tx Object The fields of this transaction object, as defined by the Transaction Format
meta Object Metadata about the results of this transaction.

Binary Format

Field Value Description
hash String - Transaction Hash An identifying SHA-512 hash unique to this transaction, as a hex string.
date String - IS0 8601 UTC Timestamp The time when this transaction was included in a validated ledger.
ledger_index Number - Ledger Index The sequence number of the ledger that included this ledger.
tx String The binary data that represents this transaction, as a hex string.
meta Object The binary data that represents this transaction's metadata, as a hex string.

Ledger Objects

A "ledger" is one version of the shared global ledger. Each ledger object has the following fields:

Field Value Description
ledger_hash String - Transaction Hash An identifying hash unique to this ledger, as a hex string.
ledger_index Number (Unsigned Integer) - Ledger Index The sequence number of the ledger. Each new ledger has a ledger index 1 higher than the ledger that came before it.
parent_hash String - Transaction Hash The identifying hash of the previous ledger.
total_coins Unsigned Integer The total number of drops of XRP still in existence at the time of the ledger. (Each "drop" is 100,000 XRP.)
close_time_res Number Approximate number of seconds between closing one ledger version and closing the next one.
accounts_hash String - Hash Hash of the account information contained in this ledger, as hex.
transactions_hash String - Hash Hash of the transaction information contained in this ledger, as hex.
close_time Unsigned Integer - UNIX time The time at which this ledger was closed.
close_time_human String - IS0 8601 UTC Timestamp The time at which this ledger was closed.

API Reference

Get Ledger V2

[Source]

Retrieve a specific Ledger by hash, index, date, or latest validated.

Request Format

REST

GET /v2/ledgers/{:identifier}

The following URL parameters are required by this API endpoint:

Field Value Description
ledger_identifier Ledger Hash, Sequence Number, or ISO 8601 UTC timestamp (YYYY-MM-DDThh:mmZ) (Optional) An identifier for the ledger to retrieve: either the full hash in hex, an integer sequence number, or a date-time. If a date-time is provided, retrieve the ledger that was most recently closed at that time. If omitted, retrieve the latest validated ledger.

Optionally, you can also include the following query parameters:

Field Value Description
transactions Boolean If true, include the identifying hashes of all transactions that are part of this ledger.
binary Boolean If true, include all transactions from this ledger as hex-formatted binary data. (If provided, overrides transactions.)
expand Boolean If true, include all transactions from this ledger as nested JSON objects. (If provided, overrides binary and transactions.)

Response Format

A successful response uses the HTTP code 200 OK and has a JSON body with the following:

Field Value Description
result success Indicates that the body represents a successful response.
ledger Ledger object The requested ledger

Example

Request:

GET /v2/ledgers/3170DA37CE2B7F045F889594CBC323D88686D2E90E8FFD2BBCD9BAD12E416DB5

Response:

200 OK
{
    "result": "success",
    "ledger": {
        "ledger_hash": "3170da37ce2b7f045f889594cbc323d88686d2e90e8ffd2bbcd9bad12e416db5",
        "ledger_index": 8317037,
        "parent_hash": "aff6e04f07f441abc6b4133f8c50c65935b817a85b895f06dba098b3fbc1be90",
        "total_coins": 99999980165594400,
        "close_time_res": 10,
        "accounts_hash": "8ad73e49a34d8b9c31bc13b8a97c56981e45ee70225ef4892e8b198fec5a1f7d",
        "transactions_hash": "33e0b9c5fd7766343e67854aed4222f5ed9c9507e0ec0d7ae7d54d0f17adb98e",
        "close_time": 1408047740,
        "close_time_human": "2014-08-14T20:22:20+00:00"
    }
}

Get Transaction V2

[Source]

Retrieve a specific transaction by its identifying hash.

Request Format

REST

GET /v2/transactions/{:hash}

The following URL parameters are required by this API endpoint:

Field Value Description
hash Transaction Hash The identifying (SHA-512) hash of the transaction, as hex.

Optionally, you can also include the following query parameters:

Field Value Description
binary Boolean If true, return transaction data in binary format, as a hex string. Otherwise, return transaction data as nested JSON. Defaults to false.

Response Format

A successful response uses the HTTP code 200 OK and has a JSON body with the following:

Field Value Description
result success Indicates that the body represents a successful response.
transaction Transaction object The requested transaction

Example

Request:

GET /v2/transactions/03EDF724397D2DEE70E49D512AECD619E9EA536BE6CFD48ED167AE2596055C9A

Response:

200 OK
{
    "result": "success",
    "transaction": {
        "ledger_index": 8317037,
        "date": "2014-08-14T20:22:20+00:00",
        "hash": "03EDF724397D2DEE70E49D512AECD619E9EA536BE6CFD48ED167AE2596055C9A",
        "tx": {
            "TransactionType": "OfferCreate",
            "Flags": 131072,
            "Sequence": 159244,
            "TakerPays": {
                "value": "0.001567373",
                "currency": "BTC",
                "issuer": "rvYAfWj5gh67oV6fW32ZzP3Aw4Eubs59B"
            },
            "TakerGets": "146348921",
            "Fee": "64",
            "SigningPubKey": "02279DDA900BC53575FC5DFA217113A5B21C1ACB2BB2AEFDD60EA478A074E9E264",
            "TxnSignature": "3045022100D81FFECC36A3DEF0922EB5D16F1AA5AA0804C30A18ED3B512093A75E87C81AD602206B221E22A4E3158785C109E7508624AD3DE5C0E06108D34FA709FCC9575C9441",
            "Account": "r2d2iZiCcJmNL6vhUGFjs8U8BuUq6BnmT"
        },
        "meta": {
            "TransactionIndex": 0,
            "AffectedNodes": [
                {
                    "ModifiedNode": {
                        "LedgerEntryType": "AccountRoot",
                        "PreviousTxnLgrSeq": 8317036,
                        "PreviousTxnID": "A56793D47925BED682BFF754806121E3C0281E63C24B62ADF7078EF86CC2AA53",
                        "LedgerIndex": "2880A9B4FB90A306B576C2D532BFE390AB3904642647DCF739492AA244EF46D1",
                        "PreviousFields": {
                            "Balance": "275716601760"
                        },
                        "FinalFields": {
                            "Flags": 0,
                            "Sequence": 326323,
                            "OwnerCount": 27,
                            "Balance": "275862935331",
                            "Account": "rfCFLzNJYvvnoGHWQYACmJpTgkLUaugLEw",
                            "RegularKey": "rfYqosNivHQFJ6KpArouxoci3QE3huKNYe"
                        }
                    }
                },
                {
                    "ModifiedNode": {
                        "LedgerEntryType": "AccountRoot",
                        "PreviousTxnLgrSeq": 8317030,
                        "PreviousTxnID": "F8E33A40A481F037BA788231421737AF2AD13161928B15A14F6ABC5007D6A2B7",
                        "LedgerIndex": "4F83A2CF7E70F77F79A307E6A472BFC2585B806A70833CCD1C26105BAE0D6E05",
                        "PreviousFields": {
                            "OwnerCount": 18,
                            "Balance": "213169802117"
                        },
                        "FinalFields": {
                            "Flags": 0,
                            "Sequence": 1405,
                            "OwnerCount": 17,
                            "Balance": "213169802799",
                            "Account": "r9cZA1mLK5R5Am25ArfXFmqgNwjZgnfk59"
                        }
                    }
                },
                {
                    "ModifiedNode": {
                        "LedgerEntryType": "Offer",
                        "PreviousTxnLgrSeq": 8317036,
                        "PreviousTxnID": "B7256723E74A38A17C9F4F5CB938BD45581C57767E44BF26DAC8BA9FF2D58021",
                        "LedgerIndex": "55D0954D7C190006BF905D3B3D269A07016CB9F97B1E37ABE7CC8275DBBDE3DA",
                        "PreviousFields": {
                            "TakerPays": "8016312417",
                            "TakerGets": {
                                "value": "0.085862",
                                "currency": "BTC",
                                "issuer": "rvYAfWj5gh67oV6fW32ZzP3Aw4Eubs59B"
                            }
                        },
                        "FinalFields": {
                            "Flags": 0,
                            "Sequence": 326320,
                            "Expiration": 461364125,
                            "BookNode": "0000000000000000",
                            "OwnerNode": "0000000000000003",
                            "BookDirectory": "7B73A610A009249B0CC0D4311E8BA7927B5A34D86634581C5F212B4AE944DDE4",
                            "TakerPays": "7869978846",
                            "TakerGets": {
                                "value": "0.084294634308",
                                "currency": "BTC",
                                "issuer": "rvYAfWj5gh67oV6fW32ZzP3Aw4Eubs59B"
                            },
                            "Account": "rfCFLzNJYvvnoGHWQYACmJpTgkLUaugLEw"
                        }
                    }
                },
                {
                    "ModifiedNode": {
                        "LedgerEntryType": "RippleState",
                        "PreviousTxnLgrSeq": 8317014,
                        "PreviousTxnID": "AB356934159ECD02D27089C0AA97EF2B3DA4B3A5A3A9EC522474CADDF276B307",
                        "LedgerIndex": "5DC222A1BAF75AE489F9C78F772AEF6AF00C66660B4C28D93DC05FF4A4124D27",
                        "PreviousFields": {
                            "Balance": {
                                "value": "-2.254933867206176",
                                "currency": "BTC",
                                "issuer": "rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrBZbvji"
                            }
                        },
                        "FinalFields": {
                            "Flags": 2228224,
                            "LowNode": "0000000000000221",
                            "HighNode": "0000000000000000",
                            "Balance": {
                                "value": "-2.253363366782792",
                                "currency": "BTC",
                                "issuer": "rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrBZbvji"
                            },
                            "LowLimit": {
                                "value": "0",
                                "currency": "BTC",
                                "issuer": "rvYAfWj5gh67oV6fW32ZzP3Aw4Eubs59B"
                            },
                            "HighLimit": {
                                "value": "1000",
                                "currency": "BTC",
                                "issuer": "rfCFLzNJYvvnoGHWQYACmJpTgkLUaugLEw"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                {
                    "ModifiedNode": {
                        "LedgerEntryType": "RippleState",
                        "PreviousTxnLgrSeq": 8317030,
                        "PreviousTxnID": "F8E33A40A481F037BA788231421737AF2AD13161928B15A14F6ABC5007D6A2B7",
                        "LedgerIndex": "767C12AF647CDF5FEB9019B37018748A79C50EDAF87E8D4C7F39F78AA7CA9765",
                        "PreviousFields": {
                            "Balance": {
                                "value": "-0.000000007322616",
                                "currency": "BTC",
                                "issuer": "rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrBZbvji"
                            }
                        },
                        "FinalFields": {
                            "Flags": 131072,
                            "LowNode": "0000000000000043",
                            "HighNode": "0000000000000000",
                            "Balance": {
                                "value": "0",
                                "currency": "BTC",
                                "issuer": "rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrBZbvji"
                            },
                            "LowLimit": {
                                "value": "0",
                                "currency": "BTC",
                                "issuer": "rvYAfWj5gh67oV6fW32ZzP3Aw4Eubs59B"
                            },
                            "HighLimit": {
                                "value": "3",
                                "currency": "BTC",
                                "issuer": "r9cZA1mLK5R5Am25ArfXFmqgNwjZgnfk59"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                {
                    "DeletedNode": {
                        "LedgerEntryType": "DirectoryNode",
                        "LedgerIndex": "7B73A610A009249B0CC0D4311E8BA7927B5A34D86634581C5F211CEE1E0697A0",
                        "FinalFields": {
                            "Flags": 0,
                            "ExchangeRate": "5F211CEE1E0697A0",
                            "RootIndex": "7B73A610A009249B0CC0D4311E8BA7927B5A34D86634581C5F211CEE1E0697A0",
                            "TakerPaysCurrency": "0000000000000000000000000000000000000000",
                            "TakerPaysIssuer": "0000000000000000000000000000000000000000",
                            "TakerGetsCurrency": "0000000000000000000000004254430000000000",
                            "TakerGetsIssuer": "0A20B3C85F482532A9578DBB3950B85CA06594D1"
                        }
                    }
                },
                {
                    "DeletedNode": {
                        "LedgerEntryType": "Offer",
                        "LedgerIndex": "AF3C702057C9C47DB9E809FD8C76CD22521012C5CC7AE95D914EC9E226F1D7E5",
                        "PreviousFields": {
                            "TakerPays": "182677152",
                            "TakerGets": {
                                "value": "0.001959953669835",
                                "currency": "BTC",
                                "issuer": "rvYAfWj5gh67oV6fW32ZzP3Aw4Eubs59B"
                            }
                        },
                        "FinalFields": {
                            "Flags": 131072,
                            "Sequence": 1404,
                            "PreviousTxnLgrSeq": 8317030,
                            "BookNode": "0000000000000000",
                            "OwnerNode": "0000000000000000",
                            "PreviousTxnID": "F8E33A40A481F037BA788231421737AF2AD13161928B15A14F6ABC5007D6A2B7",
                            "BookDirectory": "7B73A610A009249B0CC0D4311E8BA7927B5A34D86634581C5F211CEE1E0697A0",
                            "TakerPays": "182676470",
                            "TakerGets": {
                                "value": "0.001959946361835",
                                "currency": "BTC",
                                "issuer": "rvYAfWj5gh67oV6fW32ZzP3Aw4Eubs59B"
                            },
                            "Account": "r9cZA1mLK5R5Am25ArfXFmqgNwjZgnfk59"
                        }
                    }
                },
                {
                    "ModifiedNode": {
                        "LedgerEntryType": "AccountRoot",
                        "PreviousTxnLgrSeq": 8317036,
                        "PreviousTxnID": "049D5872010AE9144F8FE6A8A92937B6A21C065C2FA9A0233C9CAB7F5485ADC5",
                        "LedgerIndex": "B4C12A5134DCFE012CCC035F62D5903179DE5CABE74B228D84C7E4905BECC032",
                        "PreviousFields": {
                            "Sequence": 159244,
                            "Balance": "201007563226"
                        },
                        "FinalFields": {
                            "Flags": 0,
                            "Sequence": 159245,
                            "OwnerCount": 19,
                            "Balance": "200861228909",
                            "Account": "r2d2iZiCcJmNL6vhUGFjs8U8BuUq6BnmT"
                        }
                    }
                },
                {
                    "ModifiedNode": {
                        "LedgerEntryType": "RippleState",
                        "PreviousTxnLgrSeq": 8317036,
                        "PreviousTxnID": "03229A664FF41A8767818DC8B236E59279078BB33C440996CB0A0093F213C173",
                        "LedgerIndex": "F16445094C00CD3A38CE7851BD6ECA77CA2F281019BE800AB984CDF57D2F2631",
                        "PreviousFields": {
                            "Balance": {
                                "value": "0",
                                "currency": "BTC",
                                "issuer": "rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrBZbvji"
                            }
                        },
                        "FinalFields": {
                            "Flags": 1114112,
                            "LowNode": "0000000000000000",
                            "HighNode": "0000000000000233",
                            "Balance": {
                                "value": "0.001567373",
                                "currency": "BTC",
                                "issuer": "rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrBZbvji"
                            },
                            "LowLimit": {
                                "value": "0",
                                "currency": "BTC",
                                "issuer": "r2d2iZiCcJmNL6vhUGFjs8U8BuUq6BnmT"
                            },
                            "HighLimit": {
                                "value": "0",
                                "currency": "BTC",
                                "issuer": "rvYAfWj5gh67oV6fW32ZzP3Aw4Eubs59B"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                {
                    "ModifiedNode": {
                        "LedgerEntryType": "DirectoryNode",
                        "LedgerIndex": "F60ADF645E78B69857D2E4AEC8B7742FEABC8431BD8611D099B428C3E816DF93",
                        "FinalFields": {
                            "Flags": 0,
                            "RootIndex": "F60ADF645E78B69857D2E4AEC8B7742FEABC8431BD8611D099B428C3E816DF93",
                            "Owner": "r9cZA1mLK5R5Am25ArfXFmqgNwjZgnfk59"
                        }
                    }
                }
            ],
            "TransactionResult": "tesSUCCESS"
        }
    }
}

Get Transactions V2

[Source]

Retrieve transactions by time

Request Format

REST

GET /v2/transactions/

Optionally, you can include the following query parameters:

Field Value Description
start String UTC start time of query range
end String UTC end time of query range
descending Boolean reverse chronological order
type String filter transactions for a specific transaction type
result String filter transactions for a specific transaction result
binary Boolean return transactions in binary form
limit Integer max results per page (defaults to 20)
marker String The pagination marker from a previous response

Response Format

A successful response uses the HTTP code 200 OK and has a JSON body with the following:

Field Value Description
result success Indicates that the body represents a successful response.
count Integer Number of Transactions returned.
marker String Pagination marker
transactions Array of Transaction object The requested transactions

Get Exchanges

[Source]

Retrieve Exchanges for a given currency pair over time. Results can be returned as individual exchanges or aggregated to a specific list of intervals

Request Format

REST

GET /v2/exchanges/{:base}/{:counter}

This method requires the following URL parameters:

Field Value Description
base String base currency of the pair in the format currency[+issuer] (required)
counter String counter currency of the pair in the format currency[+issuer] (required)

Optionally, you can also include the following query parameters:

Field Value Description
start String UTC start time of query range
end String UTC end time of query range
interval String Aggregation interval: 1minute, 5minute, 15minute, 30minute, 1hour, 2hour, 4hour, 1day, 3day, 7day, or 1month
descending Boolean reverse chronological order
reduce Boolean aggregate all individual results
limit Integer max results per page (defaults to 200)
marker String pagination key from previously returned response
autobridged Boolean return only results from autobridged exchanges
format String format of returned results: csv,json defaults to json

Response Format

A successful response uses the HTTP code 200 OK and has a JSON body with the following:

Field Value Description
result success Indicates that the body represents a successful response.
count Integer Number of Transactions returned.
marker String Pagination marker
exchanges Array of exchange objects The requested exchanges

Get Reports

[Source]

Retrieve per account per day aggregated payment summaries

Request Format

REST

GET /v2/reports/{:date}

This method requires the following URL parameters:

Field Value Description
date String UTC query date (defaults to today)

Optionally, you can also include the following query parameters:

Field Value Description
accounts Boolean Include lists of counterparty accounts
payments Boolean Include lists of individual payments
format String Format of returned results: csv or json. Defaults to json.

Response Format

A successful response uses the HTTP code 200 OK and has a JSON body with the following:

Field Value Description
result success Indicates that the body represents a successful response.
count Integer Number of reports returned.
marker String Pagination marker
reports Array of report objects The requested reports

Get Stats

[Source]

Retrieve ripple network transaction stats

Request Format

REST

GET /v2/stats
GET /v2/stats/{:family}
GET /v2/stats/{:family}/{:metric}

This method requires the following URL parameters:

Field Value Description
family String Return only specified family (type, result, or metric)
metric String Return only a specific metric from the family subset

Optionally, you can also include the following query parameters:

Field Value Description
start String UTC start time of query range
end String UTC end time of query range
interval String Aggregation interval (hour,day,week, defaults to day)
limit Integer Max results per page (defaults to 200)
marker String Pagination key from previously returned response
descending Boolean Reverse chronological order
format String Format of returned results: csv,json defaults to json

Response Format

A successful response uses the HTTP code 200 OK and has a JSON body with the following:

Field Value Description
result success Indicates that the body represents a successful response.
count Integer Number of reports returned.
marker String Pagination marker
stats Array of stats objects The requested stats

Get Accounts

[Source]

Get funded ripple network accounts

Request Format

REST

GET /v2/accounts

Optionally, you can include the following query parameters:

Field Value Description
start String UTC start time of query range
end String UTC end time of query range
interval String Aggregation interval (hour,day,week, defaults to day)
limit Integer Max results per page (defaults to 200)
marker String Pagination key from previously returned response
descending Boolean Reverse chronological order
parent String Limit results to specified parent account
reduce Boolean Return a count of results only
format String Format of returned results: csv,json defaults to json

Response Format

A successful response uses the HTTP code 200 OK and has a JSON body with the following:

Field Value Description
result success Indicates that the body represents a successful response.
count Integer Number of reports returned.
marker String Pagination marker
stats Array of account creation objects The requested accounts

Get Account

[Source]

Get creation info for a specific ripple account

Request Format

GET /v2/account/{:address}

This method requires the following URL parameters:

Field Value Description
address String Ripple address to query

Response Format

A successful response uses the HTTP code 200 OK and has a JSON body with the following:

Field Value Description
result success Indicates that the body represents a successful response.
account account creation object The requested account

Get Account Balances

[Source]

Get balances for a specific ripple account

REST

GET /v2/account/{:address}/balances

This method requires the following URL parameters:

Field Value Description
address String Ripple address to query

Optionally, you can also include the following query parameters:

Field Value Description
ledger_index Integer Index of ledger for historical balances
ledger_hash String Ledger hash for historical balances
date String UTC date for historical balances
currency String Restrict results to specified currency
issuer String Restrict results to specified counterparty/issuer
limit Integer Max results per page (defaults to 200)
marker String Pagination key from previously returned response
format String Format of returned results: csv,json defaults to json

Response Format

A successful response uses the HTTP code 200 OK and has a JSON body with the following:

Field Value Description
result success Indicates that the body represents a successful response.
ledger_index Integer ledger index for balances query
close_time String close time of the ledger
limit String number of results returned, if limit was exceeded
marker String Pagination marker
balances Array of balance objects The requested balances

Get Account Transactions V2

[Source]

Retrieve a history of transactions that affected a specific account. This includes all transactions the account sent, payments the account received, and payments that rippled through the account.

Request Format

REST

GET /v2/accounts/{:address}/transactions

This method requires the following URL parameters:

Field Value Description
:address String Ripple address to query

Optionally, you can also include the following query parameters:

Field Value Description
start String UTC start time of query range
end String UTC end time of query range
min_sequence String Minimum sequence number to query
max_sequence String Max sequence number to query
type String Restrict results to a specified transaction type
result String Restrict results to specified transaction result
binary Boolean Return results in binary format
descending Boolean Reverse chronological order
limit Integer Max results per page (defaults to 20)
marker String Pagination key from previously returned response
format String Format of returned results: csv,json defaults to json

Response Format

A successful response uses the HTTP code 200 OK and has a JSON body with the following:

Field Value Description
result success Indicates that the body represents a successful response.
count Integer The number of objects contained in the transactions field.
marker String Pagination marker
transactions Array of transaction objects All transactions matching the request.

Get Transactions By Account And Sequence V2

[Source]

Retrieve a specifc transaction originating from a specified account

Request Format

REST

GET /v2/accounts/{:address}/transactions/{:sequence}

This method requires the following URL parameters:

Field Value Description
:address String Ripple address to query
:sequence Integer Transaction sequence

Optionally, you can also include the following query parameters:

Field Value Description
binary Boolean Return transaction in binary format

Response Format

A successful response uses the HTTP code 200 OK and has a JSON body with the following:

Field Value Description
result success Indicates that the body represents a successful response.
transaction transaction object requested transaction

Get Account Payments

[Source]

Retrieve a payments for a specified account

Request Format

REST

GET /v2/accounts/{:address}/payments

This method requires the following URL parameters:

Field Value Description
:address String Ripple address to query

Optionally, you can also include the following query parameters:

Field Value Description
start String UTC start time of query range
end String UTC end time of query range
type String Type of payment - sent or received
currency String Restrict results to specified currency
issuer String Restrict results to specified issuer
descending Boolean Reverse chronological order
limit Integer Max results per page (defaults to 20)
marker String Pagination key from previously returned response
format String Format of returned results: csv,json defaults to json

Response Format

A successful response uses the HTTP code 200 OK and has a JSON body with the following:

Field Value Description
result success Indicates that the body represents a successful response.
count Integer The number of objects contained in the payments field.
marker String Pagination marker
payments Array of payment objects All payments matching the request.

Get Account Exchanges

[Source]

Retrieve Exchanges for a given account over time.

Request Format

REST

GET /v2/account/{:address}/exchanges/
GET /v2/account/{:address}/exchanges/{:base}/{:counter}

This method requires the following URL parameters:

Field Value Description
:address String Ripple address to query
:base String Base currency of the pair in the format currency[+issuer]
:counter String Counter currency of the pair in the format currency[+issuer]

Optionally, you can also include the following query parameters:

Field Value Description
start String UTC start time of query range
end String UTC end time of query range
descending Boolean Reverse chronological order
limit Integer Max results per page (defaults to 200)
marker String Pagination key from previously returned response
format String Format of returned results: csv,json defaults to json

Response Format

A successful response uses the HTTP code 200 OK and has a JSON body with the following:

Field Value Description
result success Indicates that the body represents a successful response.
count Integer Number of exchanges returned.
marker String Pagination marker
exchanges Array of exchange objects The requested exchanges

Get Account Balance Changes

[Source]

Retrieve Balance changes for a given account over time.

Request Format

REST

GET /v2/account/{:address}/balance_changes/

This method requires the following URL parameters:

Field Value Description
:address String Ripple address to query

Optionally, you can also include the following query parameters:

Field Value Description
currency String Restrict results to specified currency
issuer String Restrict results to specified counterparty/issuer
start String UTC start time of query range
end String UTC end time of query range
descending Boolean Reverse chronological order
limit Integer Max results per page (defaults to 200)
marker String Pagination key from previously returned response
format String Format of returned results: csv,json defaults to json

Response Format

A successful response uses the HTTP code 200 OK and has a JSON body with the following:

Field Value Description
result success Indicates that the body represents a successful response.
count Integer Number of balance changes returned.
marker String Pagination marker
exchanges Array of balance change objects The requested balance changes

Get Account Reports

[Source]

Retrieve daily summaries of payment activity for an account.

REST

GET /v2/account/{:address}/reports/
GET /v2/account/{:address}/reports/{:date}

This method requires the following URL parameters:

Field Value Description
:address String Ripple address to query
:date String UTC date for single report

Optionally, you can also include the following query parameters:

Field Value Description
start String UTC start time of query range
end String UTC end time of query range
accounts Boolean Include lists of counterparty accounts
payments Boolean Include lists of individual payments
descending Boolean Reverse chronological order
format String Format of returned results: csv,json defaults to json

Response Format

A successful response uses the HTTP code 200 OK and has a JSON body with the following:

Field Value Description
result success Indicates that the body represents a successful response.
count Integer Number of reports returned.
reports Array of report objects The requested reports

Running the Historical Database

You can also run your own instance of the Historical Database software, and populate it with transactions from your own rippled instance. This is useful if you do not want to depend on Ripple Labs to operate the historical database indefinitely, or you want access to historical transactions from within your own intranet.

Installation

Dependencies

The Historical Database requires the following software installed first:

Installation Process

For v1 (postgres):

  1. Create a new postgres database: createdb ripple_historical in PostgreSQL
  2. Clone the rippled Historical Database Git Repository: git clone https://github.com/ripple/rippled-historical-database.git (You can also download and extract a zipped release instead.)
  3. Use npm to install additional modules: cd rippled-historical-database npm install The install script will also create the required config files: config/api.config.json and config/import.config.json
  4. Modify the API and import config files as needed. If you only wish to run the v1 endpoints, remove the hbase section from the api config.
  5. Load the latest database schema for the rippled Historical Database: ./node_modules/knex/lib/bin/cli.js migrate:latest

For v2 (hbase):

  1. Set up an hbase cluster
  2. Clone the rippled Historical Database Git Repository: git clone https://github.com/ripple/rippled-historical-database.git (You can also download and extract a zipped release instead.)
  3. Use npm to install additional modules: cd rippled-historical-database npm install The install script will also create the required config files: config/api.config.json and config/import.config.json
  4. Modify the API and import config files as needed. If you only wish to run the v2 endpoints, remove the postgres section from the api config file.

At this point, the rippled Historical Database is installed. See Services for the different components that you can run.

Services

The rippled Historical Database consists of several processes that can be run separately.

  • Live Ledger Importer - Monitors rippled for newly-validated ledgers. Command: node import/live
  • Backfiller - Populates the database with older ledgers from a rippled instance. Command: node import/postgres/backfill
  • API Server - Provides REST API access to the data. Command: npm start (restarts the server automatically when source files change), or node api/server.js (simple start)

Importing Data

In order to retrieve data from the rippled Historical Database, you must first populate it with data. Broadly speaking, there are two ways this can happen:

  • Connect to a rippled server that has the historical ledgers, and retrieve them. (Later, you can reconfigure the rippled server not to maintain history older than what you have in your Historical Database.)
    • You can choose to retrieve only new ledgers as they are validated, or you can retrieve old ledgers, too.
  • Or, you can load a dump from a database that already has the historical ledger data. (At this time, there are no publicly-available database dumps of historical data.) Use the standard process for your database.

In all cases, keep in mind that the integrity of the data is only as good as the original source. If you retrieve data from a public server, you are assuming that the operator of that server is trustworthy. If you load from a database dump, you are assuming that the provider of the dump has not corrupted or tampered with the data.

Live Ledger Importer

The Live Ledger Importer is a service that connects to a rippled server using the WebSocket API, and listens for ledger close events. Each time a new ledger is closed, the Importer requests the latest validated ledger. Although this process has some fault tolerance built in to prevent ledgers from being skipped, it is still possible that the Importer may miss ledgers.

The Live Ledger Importer includes a secondary process that runs periodically to validate the data already imported and check for gaps in the ledger history.

The Live Ledger Importer can import to one or more different data stores concurrently. If you have configured the historical database to use another storage scheme, you can use the --type parameter to specify the database type or types to use. If not specified, the rippled Historical Database defaults to PostgreSQL.

Here are some examples:

// defaults to Hbase:
$ node import/live

// Use Postgres instead:
$ node import/live --type postgres

// Use PostgreSQL and Hbase simultaneously:
$ node import/live --type postgres,hbase

Backfiller

The Backfiller retrieves old ledgers from a rippled instance by moving backwards in time. You can optionally provide start and stop indexes to retrieve a specific range of ledgers, by their sequence number.

The --startIndex parameter defines the most-recent ledger to retrieve. The Backfiller retrieves this ledger first and then continues retrieving progressively older ledgers. If this parameter is omitted, the Backfiller begins with the newest validated ledger.

The --stopIndex parameter defines the oldest ledger to retrieve. The Backfiller stops after it retrieves this ledger. If omitted, the Backfiller continues as far back as possible. Because backfilling goes from most recent to least recent, the stop index should be a smaller than the start index.

Warning: The Backfiller is best for filling in relatively short histories of transactions. Importing a complete history of all Ripple transactions using the Backfiller could take weeks. If you want a full history, we recommend acquiring a database dump with early transctions, and importing it directly. Ripple Labs used the internal SQLite database from an offline rippled to populate its historical databases with the early transactions, then used the Backfiller to catch up to date after the import finished.

Here are some examples:

// retrieve everything to PostgreSQL
node import/postgres/backfill

// get ledgers #1,000,000 to #2,000,000 (inclusive) and store in hbase
node import/hbase/backfill --startIndex 2000000 --stopIndex 1000000