The quickest way to start building on Celestia with Quicknode is by sending a REST API request to your endpoint. In this quickstart, you’ll create an endpoint, copy its provider URL, and make your first request. Code samples are available in cURL as well as other popular programming languages.
Get Your Celestia Endpoint
Create a Quicknode account
Sign up here if you haven't already.
Go to your dashboard
Open the Endpoints dashboard from the left sidebar menu to manage all your blockchain endpoints
Create a new endpoint
Click Create an Endpoint in the top-right corner, select Celestia as your blockchain, then select your preferred network
Copy your provider URLs
Keep the HTTP URL handy. You'll use it in your requests below.
For a detailed walkthrough of the Quicknode dashboard, check out our guide
Send Your First Request
Your endpoint is ready. Now, let's make your first call to the Celestia blockchain. We’ll use the status method, which retrieves Tendermint status including node info, pubkey, latest block hash, app hash, block height and time. Select your preferred language and follow the steps below to send your first request.
- cURL
- Node.js
- Python
- TypeScript
- Ruby
Check cURL installation
Most *nix based systems have cURL support out of the box. Open your terminal and check the cURL version by running the command below:
curl --version
Get Status
To retrieve the node status, run the following cURL command:
curl --location 'YOUR_QUICKNODE_ENDPOINT_URL/status' \
--header 'accept: application/json'
Set up your project
Create a directory and initialize a Node.js project:
mkdir celestia-js-quickstart
cd celestia-js-quickstart
npm init -y
Create app.js
Create a file named app.js to call the status endpoint:
const https = require('https');
const options = {
hostname: '{your-endpoint-name}.quiknode.pro',
path: '/{your-token}/status',
method: 'GET',
headers: {
'accept': 'application/json'
}
};
const req = https.request(options, (res) => {
let result = '';
res.on('data', (chunk) => {
result += chunk;
});
res.on('end', () => {
console.log('Status:', result);
});
});
req.on('error', (error) => {
console.error('Error:', error);
});
req.end();
Run
Execute your script:
node app.js
Set up your project
Create a new directory for your Python project:
mkdir celestia-python-quickstart
cd celestia-python-quickstart
Create and activate a virtual environment
Create a virtual environment to manage dependencies:
python3 -m venv venv
source venv/bin/activate
Install requests
Install the requests library for making HTTP requests:
pip install requests
Create a Python script (app.py)
Create a Python file to call the status endpoint:
import requests
url = "YOUR_QUICKNODE_ENDPOINT_URL/status"
headers = {
'accept': 'application/json'
}
response = requests.request("GET", url, headers=headers)
print('Status:')
print(response.text)
Run
Execute your script:
python app.py
Set up your project
Create a directory and initialize a TypeScript project:
mkdir celestia-ts-quickstart
cd celestia-ts-quickstart
npm init -y
npm install typescript @types/node tsx
npx tsc --init
Create app.ts
Create a file named app.ts to call the status endpoint:
import https from 'https';
const options: https.RequestOptions = {
hostname: '{your-endpoint-name}.quiknode.pro',
path: '/{your-token}/status',
method: 'GET',
headers: {
'accept': 'application/json'
}
};
const req = https.request(options, (res) => {
let result = '';
res.on('data', (chunk: Buffer) => {
result += chunk.toString();
});
res.on('end', () => {
console.log('Status:', result);
});
});
req.on('error', (error: Error) => {
console.error('Error:', error);
});
req.end();
Run
Execute your script:
npx tsx app.ts
Set up your project
Create a new directory for your Ruby project:
mkdir celestia-ruby-quickstart
cd celestia-ruby-quickstart
Check Ruby installation
Verify Ruby is installed on your system. If not, install it from https://ruby-lang.org:
ruby --version
Create a Ruby script (app.rb)
Create an app.rb file to call the status endpoint:
require "uri"
require "net/http"
url = URI("YOUR_QUICKNODE_ENDPOINT_URL/status")
https = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
https.use_ssl = true
request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(url)
request["accept"] = "application/json"
response = https.request(request)
puts "Status:"
puts response.read_body
Run the script
Execute your Ruby script:
ruby app.rb
If you want to continue learning about making API requests, check out our guides and sample apps.
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