---
title: "Get Litecoin Blockchain Information"
method: GET
path: "/v3/litecoin/info"
tags: ["Litecoin - Tatum API"]
---

# Get Litecoin Blockchain Information

`GET /v3/litecoin/info`

## Request

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

/v3/litecoin/info

#### 5 credits per API call.

  

Get Litecoin Blockchain Information. Obtain basic info like testnet / mainnet version of the chain, current block number and it's hash.

  
Examples of using this endpoint with the Tatum JS SDK can be found in [Tatum LTC SDK](https://github.com/tatumio/tatum-js/tree/v2/examples/ltc-example/src/app/ltc.blockchain.example.ts).

## Response `200`

OK

- LtcInfo
  - `chain` string: Chain of the blockchain, main or test.
  - `blocks` number: Last block.
  - `headers` number: Last headers.
  - `bestblockhash` string: Hash of the last block.
  - `difficulty` number: Difficulty of the PoW algorithm.

## 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 required perform operation due to 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)