ledger_entry - XRPL.

Example code for the ledger_entry JSON RPC method. Complete guide to using ledger_entry JSON-RPC in the GetBlock Web3 documentation.

This method returns a single ledger entry from the XRP Ledger in its raw format.

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
index	string	No	Object ID
account_root	string	No	Account address
directory	object	No	Directory specification
offer	object	No	Offer specification
ripple_state	object	No	Trust line specification
check	string	No	Check ID
escrow	object	No	Escrow specification
payment_channel	string	No	Channel ID
deposit_preauth	object	No	Preauth specification
ticket	object	No	Ticket specification
ledger_hash	string	No	Ledger hash
ledger_index	string/number	No	Ledger index

Request Examples

cURL

curl

curl --location --request POST 'https://shared.eu-central-1.getblock.io/<ACCESS_TOKEN>/' \

--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data-raw '{
    "jsonrpc": "2.0",
    "method": "ledger_entry",
    "params": [{
        "account_root": "rN7n7otQDd6FczFgLdSqtcsAUxDkw6fzRH",
        "ledger_index": "validated"
    }],
    "id": "getblock.io"
}'

JavaScript (Axios)

example.js

const axios = require('axios');

const url = 'https://shared.eu-central-1.getblock.io/<ACCESS_TOKEN>/';
const headers = {
    'x-api-key': 'YOUR-API-KEY',
    'Content-Type': 'application/json'
};

const payload = {
    jsonrpc: '2.0',
    method: 'ledger_entry',
    params: [{
        account_root: 'rN7n7otQDd6FczFgLdSqtcsAUxDkw6fzRH',
        ledger_index: 'validated'
    }],
    id: 'getblock.io'
};

axios.post(url, payload, { headers })
    .then(response => console.log(response.data))
    .catch(error => console.error(error));

Python

example.py

import requests

url = "https://shared.eu-central-1.getblock.io/<ACCESS_TOKEN>/\"
headers = {
   
    "Content-Type": "application/json"
}

payload = {
    "jsonrpc": "2.0",
    "method": "ledger_entry",
    "params": [{
        "account_root": "rN7n7otQDd6FczFgLdSqtcsAUxDkw6fzRH",
        "ledger_index": "validated"
    }],
    "id": "getblock.io"
}

response = requests.post(url, headers=headers, json=payload)
print(response.json())

Rust

main.rs

use reqwest::Client;
use serde_json::json;

#[tokio::main]
async fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
    let client = Client::new();
    
    let payload = json!({
        "jsonrpc": "2.0",
        "method": "ledger_entry",
        "params": [{
            "account_root": "rN7n7otQDd6FczFgLdSqtcsAUxDkw6fzRH",
            "ledger_index": "validated"
        }],
        "id": "getblock.io"
    });

    let response = client
        .post("https://shared.eu-central-1.getblock.io/<ACCESS_TOKEN>/")

        .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
        .json(&payload)
        .send()
        .await?;

    let result: serde_json::Value = response.json().await?;
    println!("{:#?}", result);
    
    Ok(())
}

Response Example

response.json

{
    "result": {
        "index": "B1CB040A17F9469BC00376EC8719535655824AD16CB5F539DD5765FEA88FDBE3",
        "ledger_current_index": 102053097,
        "node": {
            "Account": "rN7n7otQDd6FczFgLdSqtcsAUxDkw6fzRH",
            "Balance": "1070051282",
            "Flags": 0,
            "LedgerEntryType": "AccountRoot",
            "OwnerCount": 0,
            "PreviousTxnID": "8CA6DE7FCB677A4E59D34B782AF47298E8426E4C1F5774CD0F0185664C68CE52",
            "PreviousTxnLgrSeq": 100788827,
            "Sequence": 45,
            "index": "B1CB040A17F9469BC00376EC8719535655824AD16CB5F539DD5765FEA88FDBE3"
        },
        "status": "success",
        "validated": false
    }
}

Response Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
index	string	Object identifier
node	object	Entry data
ledger_index	integer	Ledger index

Use Cases

• Get specific entry

• Check account state

• Verify offers/escrows

Error Handling

Error Code	Description
entryNotFound	Entry not found
invalidParams	Invalid parameters

SDK Integration

xrpl.js

xrpl.js example

const xrpl = require('xrpl');

async function getEntry() {
    const client = new xrpl.Client('wss://xrplcluster.com');
    await client.connect();
    
    const response = await client.request({
        command: 'ledger_entry',
        account_root: 'rN7n7otQDd6FczFgLdSqtcsAUxDkw6fzRH'
    });
    
    console.log('Entry:', response.result.node);
    await client.disconnect();
}

getEntry();

xrpl-py

xrpl-py example

from xrpl.clients import JsonRpcClient
from xrpl.models.requests import LedgerEntry

client = JsonRpcClient("https://xrp.getblock.io/mainnet/")
request = LedgerEntry(account_root="rN7n7otQDd6FczFgLdSqtcsAUxDkw6fzRH")
response = client.request(request)
print(response.result)