system_properties RPC Method

Parameters

This method does not accept any parameters

Returns

result

object

The chain properties as configured in the runtime

ss58Format

integer

The SS58 address format identifier used by the chain

tokenDecimals

integer

The number of decimal places the native token uses

tokenSymbol

string

The symbol of the native token used on the chain

Request

curl --location 'https://docs-demo.dot-mainnet.quiknode.pro/asset-hub' \
     --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
     --data '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"system_properties","params":[]}'

const myHeaders = new Headers();
myHeaders.append("Content-Type", "application/json");

const raw = JSON.stringify({
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "system_properties",
  "params": []
});

const requestOptions = {
  method: "POST",
  headers: myHeaders,
  body: raw,
  redirect: "follow"
};

fetch("https://docs-demo.dot-mainnet.quiknode.pro/asset-hub", requestOptions)
  .then((response) => response.text())
  .then((result) => console.log(result))
  .catch((error) => console.error(error));

import requests
import json

url = "https://docs-demo.dot-mainnet.quiknode.pro/asset-hub"

payload = json.dumps({
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "system_properties",
  "params": []
})

headers = {
  'Content-Type': 'application/json'
}

response = requests.request("POST", url, headers=headers, data=payload)
print(response.text)

require "uri"
require "json"
require "net/http"

url = URI("https://docs-demo.dot-mainnet.quiknode.pro/asset-hub")

https = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
https.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["Content-Type"] = "application/json"
request.body = JSON.dump({
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "system_properties",
  "params": []
})

response = https.request(request)
puts response.read_body

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