Filecoin.ChainGetPath

POST

https://fil.nownodes.io/rpc/v1

Authorizations

ApiKeyAuthApiKeyAuth

api-key string

NOWNodes API key passed in the api-key header.

Computes the path of tipset changes (revert and apply operations) required to traverse from one tipset to another. This is useful for determining what state transitions need to be undone and re-applied when the chain head changes, particularly during chain reorganizations.

Body

application/json

jsonrpcstringrequired

JSON-RPC protocol version. Must always be "2.0".

methodstringrequired

The name of the JSON-RPC method to invoke.

paramsArray<Array<object>>required

Ordered list of parameters containing two tipset keys. The first is the source tipset and the second is the destination tipset.

idintegerrequired

An identifier for this JSON-RPC request.

Response

200OK

Successful response containing the path of head changes between the two tipsets.

Filecoin.ChainGetPath

curl -X POST 'https://fil.nownodes.io/rpc/v1' \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{
    "jsonrpc": "2.0",
    "method": "Filecoin.ChainGetPath",
    "params": [
      [
        {
          "/": "bafy2bzacecnamxgqmtss3ajur6zprk4oxwx7ic5g7xzt7y6f6ygcgse2e6uhq"
        }
      ],
      [
        {
          "/": "bafy2bzaceaxm23epjsmh75yvzcecsrbavlmkcxnva66bkdebdcnyw3bjrc74u"
        }
      ]
    ],
    "id": 1
  }'

import { JsonRpcProvider } from "ethers";

const provider = new JsonRpcProvider("https://fil.nownodes.io/rpc/v1");
const result = await provider.send("Filecoin.ChainGetPath", [
  [
    {
      "/": "bafy2bzacecnamxgqmtss3ajur6zprk4oxwx7ic5g7xzt7y6f6ygcgse2e6uhq"
    }
  ],
  [
    {
      "/": "bafy2bzaceaxm23epjsmh75yvzcecsrbavlmkcxnva66bkdebdcnyw3bjrc74u"
    }
  ]
]);
console.log(result);

require 'eth'
require 'json'
require 'net/http'

uri = URI('https://fil.nownodes.io/rpc/v1')
request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(uri)
request['Content-Type'] = 'application/json'
request.body = '{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "method": "Filecoin.ChainGetPath",
  "params": [
    [
      {
        "/": "bafy2bzacecnamxgqmtss3ajur6zprk4oxwx7ic5g7xzt7y6f6ygcgse2e6uhq"
      }
    ],
    [
      {
        "/": "bafy2bzaceaxm23epjsmh75yvzcecsrbavlmkcxnva66bkdebdcnyw3bjrc74u"
      }
    ]
  ],
  "id": 1
}'

response = Net::HTTP.start(uri.hostname, uri.port, use_ssl: true) do |http|
  http.request(request)
end

puts JSON.parse(response.body)

from web3 import Web3

w3 = Web3(Web3.HTTPProvider("https://fil.nownodes.io/rpc/v1"))
response = w3.provider.make_request("Filecoin.ChainGetPath", [
  [
    {
      "/": "bafy2bzacecnamxgqmtss3ajur6zprk4oxwx7ic5g7xzt7y6f6ygcgse2e6uhq"
    }
  ],
  [
    {
      "/": "bafy2bzaceaxm23epjsmh75yvzcecsrbavlmkcxnva66bkdebdcnyw3bjrc74u"
    }
  ]
])
print(response)

import { createPublicClient, http } from "viem";

const client = createPublicClient({
  transport: http("https://fil.nownodes.io/rpc/v1"),
});

const result = await client.request({
  method: "Filecoin.ChainGetPath",
  params: [
  [
    {
      "/": "bafy2bzacecnamxgqmtss3ajur6zprk4oxwx7ic5g7xzt7y6f6ygcgse2e6uhq"
    }
  ],
  [
    {
      "/": "bafy2bzaceaxm23epjsmh75yvzcecsrbavlmkcxnva66bkdebdcnyw3bjrc74u"
    }
  ]
],
});

console.log(result);

const endpoint = "https://fil.nownodes.io/rpc/v1";
const apiKey = "YOUR_API_KEY";

async function nownodesRequest(payload) {
  const response = await fetch(endpoint, {
    method: "POST",
    headers: {
      "Content-Type": "application/json",
      "api-key": apiKey,
    },
    body: JSON.stringify(payload),
  });

  return response.json();
}

const result = await nownodesRequest({ jsonrpc: "2.0", method: "Filecoin.ChainGetPath", params: [
  [
    {
      "/": "bafy2bzacecnamxgqmtss3ajur6zprk4oxwx7ic5g7xzt7y6f6ygcgse2e6uhq"
    }
  ],
  [
    {
      "/": "bafy2bzaceaxm23epjsmh75yvzcecsrbavlmkcxnva66bkdebdcnyw3bjrc74u"
    }
  ]
], id: 1 });
console.log(result);

const response = await fetch('https://fil.nownodes.io/rpc/v1', {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {
    'Content-Type': 'application/json',
  },
  body: JSON.stringify({
      "jsonrpc": "2.0",
      "method": "Filecoin.ChainGetPath",
      "params": [
        [
          {
            "/": "bafy2bzacecnamxgqmtss3ajur6zprk4oxwx7ic5g7xzt7y6f6ygcgse2e6uhq"
          }
        ],
        [
          {
            "/": "bafy2bzaceaxm23epjsmh75yvzcecsrbavlmkcxnva66bkdebdcnyw3bjrc74u"
          }
        ]
      ],
      "id": 1
    }),
});

const data = await response.json();

import requests

payload = {
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "method": "Filecoin.ChainGetPath",
  "params": [
    [
      {
        "/": "bafy2bzacecnamxgqmtss3ajur6zprk4oxwx7ic5g7xzt7y6f6ygcgse2e6uhq"
      }
    ],
    [
      {
        "/": "bafy2bzaceaxm23epjsmh75yvzcecsrbavlmkcxnva66bkdebdcnyw3bjrc74u"
      }
    ]
  ],
  "id": 1
}

response = requests.post('https://fil.nownodes.io/rpc/v1', json=payload)
data = response.json()

require 'net/http'
require 'json'

uri = URI('https://fil.nownodes.io/rpc/v1')
request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(uri)
request['Content-Type'] = 'application/json'
request.body = '{
    "jsonrpc": "2.0",
    "method": "Filecoin.ChainGetPath",
    "params": [
      [
        {
          "/": "bafy2bzacecnamxgqmtss3ajur6zprk4oxwx7ic5g7xzt7y6f6ygcgse2e6uhq"
        }
      ],
      [
        {
          "/": "bafy2bzaceaxm23epjsmh75yvzcecsrbavlmkcxnva66bkdebdcnyw3bjrc74u"
        }
      ]
    ],
    "id": 1
  }'

response = Net::HTTP.start(uri.hostname, uri.port, use_ssl: true) { |http| http.request(request) }
data = JSON.parse(response.body)

Request Body

{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "method": "Filecoin.ChainGetPath",
  "params": [
    [
      {
        "/": "bafy2bzacecnamxgqmtss3ajur6zprk4oxwx7ic5g7xzt7y6f6ygcgse2e6uhq"
      }
    ],
    [
      {
        "/": "bafy2bzaceaxm23epjsmh75yvzcecsrbavlmkcxnva66bkdebdcnyw3bjrc74u"
      }
    ]
  ],
  "id": 1
}

200

{
  "id": 1,
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "result": [
    {
      "Type": "apply",
      "Val": {
        "Cids": [
          {
            "/": "bafy2bzacecnamxgqmtss3ajur6zprk4oxwx7ic5g7xzt7y6f6ygcgse2e6uhq"
          }
        ],
        "Blocks": [
          {}
        ],
        "Height": 3500000
      }
    }
  ]
}

Documentation

How to migrate to NOWNodes

Filecoin.ChainGetPath

Authorizations

Body

Response