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Ripple methods
Every method the Ripple gateway accepts, grouped by interface. 36 in total, read live from the node rather than kept by hand.
Mainnet is the live Ripple network. Every transaction it
accepts is final, and every XRP balance it
reports is real money.
Testnet answers the same methods on a network funded with tokens that have no market value. Develop there, then change the URL to Mainnet when the code is stable. Nothing else about your integration has to change.
Ripple answers over 2 interfaces: JSON-RPC and REST. Each is listed once below with every method it accepts. The endpoints differ per network, and all of them are in the gateway list above.
What sits between you and Ripple
A node is a machine running Ripple with a copy of the chain. Your code cannot ask the chain directly, it asks a node. The gateway picks a healthy one for every call, so you point at one URL instead of one machine.
- One URL, nothing to run or keep patched yourself.
- Calls routed to a node that is up and in sync.
- A failing node is skipped rather than returned to you as an error.
JSON-RPC
36 methodsThe default. Every wallet, library and framework speaks it, and it is what you want unless you specifically need something else.
One POST carries a method name, its parameters and an id, and the response comes back on the same connection carrying that same id. Requests are independent, so there is no session to keep alive and nothing to reconnect, which is why it runs unchanged behind a load balancer or inside a serverless function. Send an array instead of a single object and the node works through the whole batch in one round trip.
Where it fits
- Anything your library already does for you. ethers, web3.js, viem and their equivalents all target this.
- Batching reads. One array of twenty calls costs one round trip instead of twenty.
- Stateless and serverless deployments, because nothing has to stay connected between calls.
- Historical queries, by passing a block number where you would otherwise pass latest.
Trade-offs
- It cannot push. Finding out that a block landed means polling for it, or moving to WebSocket.
- Wide log queries get refused. Page through in fixed block windows and merge the results yourself.
- Batch responses may come back in any order. Match them on id, never on position.
Enabled and tested methods
Read live from the endpoint, so this is what it actually serves today rather than what the protocol allows in principle. Anything not on this list returns a method-not-found error.
- account_channels
- Lists the payment channels an account has opened.
- account_currencies
- Lists the currencies an account can send or receive.
- account_info
- Returns an account: balance, sequence and settings.
- account_lines
- Lists the trust lines an account holds.
- account_nfts
- Lists the NFTs an account owns.
- account_objects
- Lists the ledger objects an account owns, such as offers and escrows.
- account_offers
- Lists the open order-book offers an account has placed.
- account_tx
- Returns the transaction history of an account.
- amm_info
- Returns the state of an automated market maker pool.
- book_offers
- Returns the open offers in an order book for a currency pair.
- channel_authorize
- Signs a claim authorising a payment channel withdrawal.
- channel_verify
- Verifies a payment channel claim signature.
- deposit_authorized
- Reports whether one account is authorised to send funds to another.
- fee
- Returns the current transaction cost and load-scaled fee levels.
- gateway_balances
- Returns the obligations a gateway account has issued.
- ledger
- Returns a ledger version, with optional transaction and state data.
- ledger_closed
- Returns the most recently closed ledger.
- ledger_current
- Returns the ledger version currently being built.
- ledger_data
- Returns the raw contents of a ledger, a page at a time.
- ledger_entry
- Returns a single object from the ledger state.
- manifest
- Returns the published manifest of a validator key.
- nft_buy_offers
- Lists the buy offers open against an NFT.
- nft_sell_offers
- Lists the sell offers open for an NFT.
- noripple_check
- Suggests fixes for trust-line settings that may block payments.
- ping
- Confirms the server is responding.
- random
- Returns a random number generated by the server.
- ripple_path_find
- Finds payment paths between two accounts, for interactive use.
- server_definitions
- Returns the protocol definitions the server understands.
- server_info
- Returns server state, version and load in human-readable form.
- server_state
- Returns server state in machine-readable form.
- submit
- Submits a signed transaction to the network.
- submit_multisigned
- Submits a transaction carrying several signatures.
- transaction_entry
- Returns a transaction from a specific ledger version.
- tx
- Returns a transaction by its hash, with the ledger it was validated in.
- tx_history
- Returns recent transactions across the network.
- version
- Returns the API versions the server supports.
Common JSON-RPC errors
What you are most likely to hit calling this interface, and what to do about it.
- -32700
- Parse error. The request body was not valid JSON. Check that the body is serialised JSON and that Content-Type is application/json.
- -32600
- Invalid request. The JSON parsed, but it is not a well-formed JSON-RPC call. Include jsonrpc, method and id fields. A batch must be a non-empty array.
- -32601
- Method not found. This node does not expose the method you called. Check the spelling and the namespace, and confirm the method is in the list above for this network. Tracing methods in particular are not enabled everywhere.
- -32602
- Invalid params. The method exists but the arguments are wrong. Check argument order and types. Most EVM methods want hex-encoded quantities, and a block parameter such as latest or a hex height.
- -32603
- Internal error. The node failed while handling an otherwise valid request. Retry with backoff. If it persists on one method, it is usually that method rather than the node.
- -32000
- Server error. A catch-all the node uses for execution failures, most often a reverted call or a request over a limit. Read the accompanying message. Execution reverted means your call failed on chain, not in transport. Narrow the block range if you are querying logs.
- HTTP 429
- Rate limited. You have exceeded the free tier request allowance. Back off and retry, batch reads into single calls, or move to a dedicated endpoint for production traffic.
- HTTP 413
- Payload too large. The request body exceeded what the node accepts. Split large batches into smaller ones.
REST
Every resource has its own URL, so a request is just an address you can open.
Paste it into a browser, curl it, or bookmark it. There is no body to construct and no method name to look up, and because a read is a plain GET, ordinary HTTP caching applies at the CDN and in your own client. Responses are JSON, and the path itself usually tells you what you are getting.
Where it fits
- Getting oriented on an unfamiliar chain without writing any code first.
- Caching, because a GET can be cached by anything sitting between you and the node.
- Debugging, since the request that failed is a URL you can paste to a colleague.
Trade-offs
- You get exactly what the endpoint returns. There is no way to ask for less, or for more.
- Building a full picture takes several round trips where one batched JSON-RPC call would do.
- Paths carry version prefixes and shift between node releases more readily than method names do.
This endpoint does not publish a machine-readable method list, so there is nothing to enumerate here. Use server reflection against the endpoint above to see what it exposes.
Common REST errors
What you are most likely to hit calling this interface, and what to do about it.
- 400
- Bad request. A path or query parameter is malformed. Check the parameter format, and that path values are URL-encoded.
- 404
- Not found. Either the path is wrong, or the resource genuinely does not exist at that height. Confirm the path against the list above. A valid path can still 404 for pruned history on a non-archive node.
- 429
- Rate limited. You have exceeded the free tier request allowance. Back off and retry. REST responses cache well, so caching on your side removes most repeat traffic.
- 500
- Internal server error. The node failed while handling the request. Retry with backoff.
- 503
- Service unavailable. The node is starting, resyncing, or temporarily out of rotation. Retry with backoff; this is normally short-lived.
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About Ripple
What it is, and guides for building on it.
The Ripple RPC documentation provides developers with the tools to interact programmatically with the Ripple blockchain, designed for fast, low-cost cross-border payments using its native cryptocurrency, XRP. The documentation includes API endpoints for querying blockchain data, managing transactions, and interacting with Ripple’s financial network. Developers can leverage Ripple’s efficient architecture and robust infrastructure to build decentralized financial applications, particularly in payment processing and remittance.
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