Robinhood Chain API Quickstart

To use the Robinhood Chain API you'll need to create a free Alchemy account first!

What is Robinhood Chain?

Robinhood Chain is a permissionless Ethereum Layer 2 built on Arbitrum, optimized for tokenized real-world assets including equities and ETFs, enabling 24/7 onchain trading and self-custody.

What is the Robinhood Chain API?

The Robinhood Chain API lets you interact with the Robinhood Chain network through a set of JSON-RPC methods. If you've worked with Ethereum's JSON-RPC APIs, the design will feel familiar.

Getting started

1. Choose a package manager (npm or yarn)

Choose between npm and yarn based on your preference or project requirements.

# Begin with npm by following the npm documentation
# https://docs.npmjs.com/downloading-and-installing-node-js-and-npm

# For yarn, refer to yarn's installation guide
# https://classic.yarnpkg.com/lang/en/docs/install

2. Set up your project

Run the following commands to create and initialize your project:

mkdir robinhood-chain-api-quickstart
cd robinhood-chain-api-quickstart
npm init --yes

mkdir robinhood-chain-api-quickstart
cd robinhood-chain-api-quickstart
yarn init --yes

This creates a new directory named robinhood-chain-api-quickstart and initializes a Node.js project within it.

3. Make your first request

Install Axios, a popular HTTP client, to make API requests:

npm install axios

yarn add axios

Create an index.js file in your project directory and paste the following code:

const axios = require('axios');
 
const url = 'https://robinhood-testnet.g.alchemy.com/v2/your-api-key';
 
const payload = {
  jsonrpc: '2.0',
  id: 1,
  method: 'eth_blockNumber',
  params: []
};
 
axios.post(url, payload)
  .then(response => {
    console.log('Latest Block:', response.data.result);
  })
  .catch(error => {
    console.error(error);
  });

Replace your-api-key with your actual Alchemy API key from the Alchemy Dashboard.

4. Run your script

Run your script to make a request to the Robinhood Chain network:

node index.js

You should see the latest block information from Robinhood Chain's network outputted to your console:

Latest Block: 0x...

Next steps

You've made your first request to the Robinhood Chain network. You can now explore the various JSON-RPC methods available on Robinhood Chain and start building your dApps.