Parameters

assetID

string

REQUIRED

The ID of the asset for which the information is requested.

Returns

assetID

string

The ID of the asset for which the information is requested.

name

string

The asset's human-readable, not necessarily unique name.

symbol

string

The asset's symbol.

denomination

string

Used to determine how the balances of this asset are displayed by user interfaces. If the denomination is 0, 100 units of this asset are displayed as 100. If the denomination is 1, 100 units of this asset are displayed as 10.0. If the denomination is 2, 100 units of this asset are displayed as .100, etc.

Request

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curl --location --request POST https://docs-demo.avalanche-mainnet.quiknode.pro \
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--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
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--data-raw '{
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  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
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  "id": 1,
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  "method": "avm.getAssetDescription",
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  "params": {
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    "assetID": "AVAX"
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  }
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}'

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curl --location --request POST https://docs-demo.avalanche-mainnet.quiknode.pro \
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--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
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--data-raw '{
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  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
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  "id": 1,
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  "method": "avm.getAssetDescription",
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  "params": {
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    "assetID": "AVAX"
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  }
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}'

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import { ethers } from "ethers";
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(async () => {
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  const provider = new ethers.JsonRpcProvider(
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    "https://docs-demo.avalanche-mainnet.quiknode.pro"
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  );
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  const params = { "assetID": "AVAX" };
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  const result = await provider.send("avm.getAssetDescription", params);
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  console.log(result);
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})();
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import { ethers } from "ethers";
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(async () => {
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  const provider = new ethers.JsonRpcProvider(
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    "https://docs-demo.avalanche-mainnet.quiknode.pro"
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  );
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  const params = { "assetID": "AVAX" };
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  const result = await provider.send("avm.getAssetDescription", params);
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  console.log(result);
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})();
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from web3 import Web3, HTTPProvider
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w3 = Web3(HTTPProvider('https://docs-demo.avalanche-mainnet.quiknode.pro'))
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params = {
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    "assetID" :"AVAX"
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}
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request = w3.provider.make_request('avm.getAssetDescription', [params])
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print(request)
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from web3 import Web3, HTTPProvider
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w3 = Web3(HTTPProvider('https://docs-demo.avalanche-mainnet.quiknode.pro'))
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params = {
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    "assetID" :"AVAX"
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}
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request = w3.provider.make_request('avm.getAssetDescription', [params])
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print(request)
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