POST
https://nd-907-114-772.p2pify.com
/
b9b0fb92029d58b396139a9e89cf479b
curl --request POST \
  --url https://nd-907-114-772.p2pify.com/b9b0fb92029d58b396139a9e89cf479b \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '{
  "id": 1,
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "method": "web3_clientVersion",
  "params": []
}'
{
  "jsonrpc": "<string>",
  "id": 123,
  "result": "<string>"
}

Cronos API method that returns the client type and version running on the Cronos node. This information can be useful to developers to verify that a node they are connecting to is compatible with their needs.

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Parameters

  • none

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Response

  • string — a string identifying the type of client, version, operating system, and language version running on the node

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web3_clientVersion code examples

const { Web3 } = require("web3");

const NODE_URL = "CHAINSTACK_NODE_URL";

const web3 = new Web3(NODE_URL);



async function getClient() {

  const client = await web3.eth.getNodeInfo();

  console.log(client);

}



getClient();

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Use case

A use case for the web3_clientVersion method can be to verify which client is running to then decide which method to run.

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Body

application/json

Response

200 - application/json

The client running on this node.

The response is of type object.