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Code snippets

curl "https://api.oanor.com/hivewitness-api/v1/meta" \
  -H "x-oanor-key: oanor_test_..."
await fetch("https://api.oanor.com/hivewitness-api/v1/meta", {
  headers: { "x-oanor-key": "oanor_test_..." }
});
$ch = curl_init("https://api.oanor.com/hivewitness-api/v1/meta");
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, ["x-oanor-key: oanor_test_..."]);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
$out = curl_exec($ch);
import requests
requests.get(
    "https://api.oanor.com/hivewitness-api/v1/meta",
    headers={"x-oanor-key": "oanor_test_..."}
)

Example response

A real response from this endpoint, captured by the latest health check.

{
    "data": {
        "sample": {
            "votes_hp": 100522708,
            "top_witness": "ocd-witness"
        },
        "source": "public Hive RPC nodes (api.hive.blog and peers), keyless",
        "service": "hivewitness-api",
        "endpoints": {
            "GET /v1/meta": "This document.",
            "GET /v1/network": "Live consensus overview: head block, current witness, participation, vesting fund.",
            "GET /v1/witness": "One witness by account: votes, rank, missed, parameters (account; omit for top).",
            "GET /v1/witnesses": "Witnesses ranked by vote weight, with HP, missed blocks, version, price feed (limit)."
        },
        "description": "Read the Hive blockchain's delegated-proof-of-stake consensus live from the public Hive RPC nodes: rank witnesses by vote weight (in HIVE Power) with their missed blocks, node version, price feed and chain parameters; look up a single witness by account; and read a live network overview (head block, current witness, participation, vesting fund). The consensus-and-governance layer for Hive wallets, witness dashboards and voters. Live, short cache only.",
        "upstream_status": "ok"
    },
    "meta": {
        "timestamp": "2026-06-14T17:04:37.645Z",
        "request_id": "d986e819-55e3-4358-a664-6fcaf0551c89"
    },
    "status": "ok",
    "message": "Meta",
    "success": true
}