Parameters

size

int

The number of validators to sample.

subnetID

string

The subnet to sample from. If omitted, defaults to the Primary Network.

Returns

validators

[]string

IDs of the sampled validators.

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": "platform.sampleValidators",
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  "params": {
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    "size": 2
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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": "platform.sampleValidators",
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  "params": {
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    "size": 2
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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 = {
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    "size": 2,
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  };
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  const result = await provider.send("platform.sampleValidators", 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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    "size": 2,
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  };
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  const result = await provider.send("platform.sampleValidators", 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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    "size": 2
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}
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request = w3.provider.make_request('platform.sampleValidators', [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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    "size": 2
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}
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request = w3.provider.make_request('platform.sampleValidators', [params])
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print(request)
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