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Public Endpoints

ANKR, Kava Labs and Chainstack provide public API endpoints for the community to use for consuming and integrating with Kava, e.g. for setting up and syncing a new archive node or getting the latest block info.

Pruning API​

Pruning APIs provide information on the last 1000 blocks, and are useful for getting the latest state and most recent transactions.

Mainnet Pruning API Endpoints​

Ankr hosted​

  • api.kava-rpc.com - HTTP Rest Endpoint
  • rpc.kava-rpc.com - JSON-RPC Endpoint
  • evm.kava-rpc.com - EVM JSON-RPC Endpoint
  • wevm.kava-rpc.com - EVM Websocket Endpoint

Kava Labs hosted:​

  • api.kava.io - HTTP Rest Endpoint
  • rpc.kava.io - JSON-RPC Endpoint
  • grpc.kava.io - GRPC Endpoint
  • evm.kava.io - EVM JSON-RPC Endpoint
  • wevm.kava.io - EVM Websocket Endpoint

Chainstack hosted:​

  • api.kava.chainstacklabs.com - HTTP Rest Endpoint
  • rpc.kava.chainstacklabs.com - JSON-RPC Endpoint
  • grpc.kava.chainstacklabs.com - GRPC Endpoint
  • evm.kava.chainstacklabs.com - EVM JSON-RPC Endpoint
  • wevm.kava.chainstacklabs.com - EVM Websocket Endpoint

Testnet Pruning API Endpoints​

Kava Labs hosted:​

  • api.testnet.kava.io - HTTP Rest Endpoint
  • rpc.testnet.kava.io - JSON-RPC Endpoint
  • grpc.testnet.kava.io - GRPC Endpoint
  • evm.testnet.kava.io - EVM JSON-RPC Endpoint
  • wevm.testnet.kava.io - EVM Websocket Endpoint

Archive API​

Archive APIs provide a complete historical record of all state on the chain from the first block to the latest block.

Mainnet Archive API Endpoints​

Kava Labs hosted:​

  • api.data.kava.io - HTTP Rest Endpoint
  • rpc.data.kava.io - JSON-RPC Endpoint
  • grpc.data.kava.io - GRPC Endpoint
  • evm.data.kava.io - EVM JSON-RPC Endpoint
  • wevm.data.kava.io - EVM Websocket Endpoint

Chainstack hosted:​

  • api.data.kava.chainstacklabs.com - HTTP Rest Endpoint
  • rpc.data.kava.chainstacklabs.com - JSON-RPC Endpoint
  • grpc.data.kava.chainstacklabs.com - GRPC Endpoint
  • evm.data.kava.chainstacklabs.com - EVM JSON-RPC Endpoint
  • wevm.data.kava.chainstacklabs.com - EVM Websocket Endpoint

Testnet Archive API Endpoints​

Kava Labs hosted:​

  • api.data-testnet.kava.io - HTTP Rest Endpoint
  • rpc.data-testnet.kava.io - JSON-RPC Endpoint
  • grpc.data-testnet.kava.io - GRPC Endpoint
  • evm.data-testnet.kava.io - EVM JSON-RPC Endpoint
  • wevm.data-testnet.kava.io - EVM Websocket Endpoint

Default API Rate Limits​

To provide fair use of Kava's public API capacity, request rate limits are enforced for consumers of the following endpoints as below.

ANKR hosted:​

  • Mainnet Pruning API: 7500 requests per 10 minutes

Kava Labs hosted:​

  • Mainnet Archive API: 100 requests per 5 minutes
  • Mainnet Pruning API: 1200 requests per 5 minutes
  • Testnet Archive API: 500 requests per 5 minutes