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diff --git a/doc/REST-interface.md b/doc/REST-interface.md index d33165cb82..d21df36130 100644 --- a/doc/REST-interface.md +++ b/doc/REST-interface.md @@ -6,6 +6,12 @@ The REST API can be enabled with the `-rest` option. The interface runs on the same port as the JSON-RPC interface, by default port 8332 for mainnet, port 18332 for testnet, and port 18443 for regtest. +REST Interface consistency guarantees +------------------------------------- + +The [same guarantees as for the RPC Interface](/doc/JSON-RPC-interface.md#rpc-consistency-guarantees) +apply. + Supported API ------------- @@ -21,6 +27,7 @@ For full TX query capability, one must enable the transaction index via "txindex `GET /rest/block/notxdetails/<BLOCK-HASH>.<bin|hex|json>` Given a block hash: returns a block, in binary, hex-encoded binary or JSON formats. +Responds with 404 if the block doesn't exist. The HTTP request and response are both handled entirely in-memory, thus making maximum memory usage at least 2.66MB (1 MB max block, plus hex encoding) per request. @@ -30,6 +37,7 @@ With the /notxdetails/ option JSON response will only contain the transaction ha `GET /rest/headers/<COUNT>/<BLOCK-HASH>.<bin|hex|json>` Given a block hash: returns <COUNT> amount of blockheaders in upward direction. +Returns empty if the block doesn't exist or it isn't in the active chain. #### Blockhash by height `GET /rest/blockhashbyheight/<HEIGHT>.<bin|hex|json>` |