Going Live

BlockCypher APIs can be used up to these rate limits:

• Classic requests, up to 3 requests/sec and 200 requests/hr
• WebHooks and WebSockets, up to 200 requests/hr

If you exceed a limit, an HTTP status code 429 will be returned. Please register for a user token if your usage can exceed those limits. Our future pricing plan will be tiered based on usage and volume. We will have a free tier and an extended free plan for our early users. To request higher limits or SLAs, please contact us

1. Get the credentials

Create a new token on your dashboard -> +Create New Token as shown below.

2. Set your configurations

• If using sdk_config.ini, add acct1.accessToken = YOUR-TOKEN in the [Account] section (a complete example can be found here):

  ...
  ;Account Configuration
  [Account]
  acct1.accessToken = c0afcccdde5081d6429de37d16166ead
  ...

• If using code based configurations, add mode as follows:

  $token = 'YOUR TOKEN'; 
  $credentials = new SimpleTokenCredential($token);
  
  $config = array(
      'log.LogEnabled' => true,
      'log.FileName' => '../BlockCypher.log',
      'log.LogLevel' => 'DEBUG', // PLEASE USE `FINE` LEVEL FOR LOGGING IN LIVE ENVIRONMENTS
      'validation.level' => 'log',
      // 'http.CURLOPT_CONNECTTIMEOUT' => 30
  );
  
  $apiContext = ApiContext::create($credentials, $config);
  
  ApiContext::setDefault($apiContext);

3. Explore the Blockchain ...

... with BlockCypher !