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Full node update - appbasetest.timcliff.com changing to api.timcliff.com

TimCliff@timcliff (74)2517d

Hi All. I hope everybody is doing well :)

I have a brief update about my full node.

TLDR

  • The URL for my full node appbasetest.timcliff.com will be changing to api.timcliff.com.
  • Both URLs are currently being supported in parallel.
  • The old appbasetest.timcliff.com URL will be turned off after 12/31/2019.

Explanation

Back in March 2018, I started supporting a full node: appbasetest.timcliff.com. At the time, the node was intended to support the testing of the new AppBase release.

At the time I setup the node, I said: I have not decided if I plan to support this indefinitely. I plan to keep it up for at least the next 2-3 months as everyone is testing AppBase - since there is obviously a clear need for it right now. We'll see in a few months where to go from here.

Well, quite a bit of time has gone by, and there has continued be a need for public "full" API nodes. I plan to continue supporting the node, although the original name that I chose for testing AppBase no longer makes sense.

For this reason, I will start supporting the node under a new name: api.timcliff.com.

Technical Notes

  • The sever does do moderate rate-limiting to prevent excessive use from taking the node down.
  • This is not a "high availability" node. If it goes down, I will do my best to get it up as quickly as possible - but it may take time depending on what needs to be done to revive it.

Example use

I assume that most people who care about this already know how to connect to and use an RPC node, but here are a few examples to get you started in case you don't:

cli_wallet

cli_wallet -s wss://api.timcliff.com

CURL

curl https://api.timcliff.com --data '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":0,"method":"condenser_api.get_account_history","params":["timcliff", -1, 10]}'

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Comments · 8

  • @joeyarnoldvn(68)· 2450d

    Is a node basically a type of server that is for blockchains like Steem for example? Good work with your node.

  • @contrabourdon(73)· 2514d

    Nice one Tim. Good to know that there's another RPC node out there. Question: can you have api.timcliff.com return a status like api.steemit.com does, indicating that it's ok?

    e.g. {"status":"OK","datetime":"2019-11-13T02:00:20.796123","source_commit":"ae6c6c77601436e496a8816ece2cbc6e26fbe3c2","docker_tag":"latest","jussi_num":38126136}

    Yours returns: {"jsonrpc":"2.0","error":{"code":-32000,"message":"End Of File:stringstream","data":{"code":11,"name":"eof_exception","message":"End Of File","stack":[{"context":{"level":"error","file":"sstream.cpp","line":109,"method":"peek","hostname":"","timestamp":"2019-11-13T02:00:16"},"format":"stringstream","data":{}},{"context":{"level":"warn","file":"json.cpp","line":489,"method":"from_string","hostname":"","timestamp":"2019-11-13T02:00:16"},"format":"","data":{"str":""}}]}},"id":null}

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  • @kingscrown(82)· 2516d

    good one

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  • @sanjeevm(78)· 2517d

    Glad to see you back in action.

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  • @chesatochi(73)· 2517d

    What the specs required to run a full node at this stage compared to a wtiness node?

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