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Gateway overview

Overview of MultiversX Gateway REST API​

The MultiversX's Gateway REST API can be used by any application - dApp, desktop or server application - to interact with the Blockchain. The Gateway is backed by the proxy and the names Gateway or Proxy are often referred as the same thing. The difference is that gateway is MultiversX's infrastructure backed by the mx-chain-proxy-go repository.

Proxy API vs. Observer API​

Both the MultiversX Proxy and the Node (Observer) are designed to expose (almost) the same HTTP endpoints, though this doesn't always hold due to architectural constraints. When describing each HTTP endpoint on the following pages, if there is any discrepancy or mismatch between the Proxy endpoint and the Observer endpoint, this will be captured in a note as the one below:

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Proxy/Gateway endpoints are referred as https://gateway.multiversx.com/...., while node endpoints are referred as http://localhost:8080/.....

Authentication​

Currently, authentication is not needed to access the API.

HTTP Response format​

Each request against the MultiversX API will resolve to a JSON response having the following structure:

{
  "data": {
    ...
  },
  "error": "...",
  "code": "..."
}

That is, all responses will contain the fields data, error and code.

In case of a success, the data field is populated, the error field is empty, while the code field is set to **successful**. For example:

{
  "data": {
    "account": {
      "address": "erd1...",
      "nonce": 0,
      "balance": "42",
      ...
    }
  },
  "error": "",
  "code": "successful"
}

In the case of an error, the data field is unset, the error field contains a human-readable description of the issue, while the code field is set to a both machine and human-readable error code. For example:

{
  "data": null,
  "error": "checksum failed. Expected 2rq9g5, got smsgld.",
  "code": "internal_issue"
}
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When describing each HTTP endpoint on the following pages, the basic structure of the response is simplified for brevity, and, in general, only the actual payload of the response is depicted.