---
title: "Get Blockchain information"
method: GET
path: "/v3/ada/info"
tags: ["Cardano - Tatum API"]
---

# Get Blockchain information

`GET /v3/ada/info`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.tatum.io`
- URL: `https://api.tatum.io/v3/ada/info`
- Auth: API key in header `x-api-key`

/v3/ada/info

**You can work with Cardano by [connecting directly to a blockchain node provided by Tatum](https://apidoc.tatum.io/tag/Node-RPC#operation/NodeJsonPostRpcDriver).**

  

#### 1 credit per API call.

Gets Ada blockchain information. Obtains basic info like the testnet / mainnet version of the chain, the current block number and its hash.

## Response `200`

OK

- AdaInfo
  - `testnet` string: Chain of the blockchain, main or test.
  - `tip` object
    - `number` number: Last block.
    - `slotNo` number: Last slot number.
    - `epoch` object
      - `number` number: Last epoch number.

## Other responses

- `401`: Unauthorized. Not valid or inactive subscription key present in the HTTP Header.
- `403`: Forbidden. The request is authenticated, but it is not possible to perform the required operation due to a logical error or invalid permissions.
- `500`: Internal server error. There was an error on the server during the processing of the request.

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[API](https://skmtc.dev/tatum/apis/blockchain.md) - [All operations](https://skmtc.dev/tatum/apis/blockchain/llms.txt) - [OpenAPI document](https://skmtc.dev/tatum/apis/blockchain/revisions/f9623a85f420?raw)