---
title: "Network information"
method: POST
path: "/spacemesh.v2alpha1.NetworkService/Info"
tags: ["NetworkService"]
---

# Network information

`POST /spacemesh.v2alpha1.NetworkService/Info`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://testnet-api.spacemesh.network`
- URL: `https://testnet-api.spacemesh.network/spacemesh.v2alpha1.NetworkService/Info`
- Auth: none declared
- TypeScript: <https://skmtc.dev/spacemesh/apis/spacemesh-api/docs/spacemesh.v2alpha1.NetworkService/Info/post.ts> (a function with typed inputs; its response is checked against the schema)

Info is a method that returns an "NetworkInfoResponse".
This method is used to retrieve network information.

## Request body

- Spacemeshv2alpha1NetworkInfoRequest

## Response `200`

A successful response.

- Spacemeshv2alpha1NetworkInfoResponse
  - `effectiveGenesisLayer` integer
  - `genesisId` string, byte
  - `genesisTime` string, date-time
  - `hrp` string
  - `labelsPerUnit` string, uint64
  - `layerDuration` string
  - `layersPerEpoch` integer

## Other responses

- `default`: An unexpected error response.

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