Parameters

This method does not accept any parameters

Returns

blockchains

array

An array of blockchain objects. Each blockchain object contains the following fields:

name

String

The human-readable name of this blockchain.

id

String

The blockchain ID.

subnetID

String

The ID of the subnet that validates this blockchain.

vmID

String

The ID of the Virtual Machine the blockchain runs.

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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  "method": "platform.getBlockchains",
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  "params": {},
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  "id": 1
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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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  "method": "platform.getBlockchains",
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  "params": {},
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  "id": 1
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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 = {};
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  const result = await provider.send("platform.getBlockchains", 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 = {};
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  const result = await provider.send("platform.getBlockchains", 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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request = w3.provider.make_request('platform.getBlockchains', [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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request = w3.provider.make_request('platform.getBlockchains', [params])
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print(request)
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