Arweave

name: Arweave
description: Arweave is a permanent decentralized data storage network that enables developers to store data forever with a single upfront payment. It provides REST and GraphQL APIs for uploading data, querying blocks and transactions by tags and metadata, retrieving wallet balances, and accessing the permaweb data ecosystem. The network uses the AR token for storage fees and supports bundled uploads via the Turbo service with fiat and multi-chain crypto payment options.
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tags:
  - Decentralized Storage
  - Blockchain
  - Permaweb
  - Web3
  - Data Storage
  - GraphQL
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specificationVersion: '0.19'
modified: '2026-06-13'
apis:
  - name: Arweave HTTP Node API
    description: The core Arweave node REST API for submitting and retrieving transactions, uploading data chunks, querying wallet balances, fetching blocks, and inspecting network state. Requests target any Arweave node on port 1984 (default gateway arweave.net). Amounts are denominated in winstons (1 AR = 10^12 winstons).
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    humanURL: https://docs.arweave.org/developers/arweave-node-server/http-api
    baseURL: https://arweave.net
    tags:
      - Transactions
      - Blocks
      - Wallets
      - Chunks
      - Network
    properties:
      - type: Documentation
        url: https://docs.arweave.org/developers/arweave-node-server/http-api
      - type: OpenAPI
        url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/arweave/refs/heads/main/openapi.yml
      - type: JSONSchema
        url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/arweave/refs/heads/main/json-schema/transaction.json
      - type: JSONSchema
        url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/arweave/refs/heads/main/json-schema/network-info.json
      - type: JSONSchema
        url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/arweave/refs/heads/main/json-schema/chunk.json
      - type: Example
        url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/arweave/refs/heads/main/examples/get-network-info.json
      - type: Example
        url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/arweave/refs/heads/main/examples/submit-transaction.json
      - type: Example
        url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/arweave/refs/heads/main/examples/get-wallet-balance.json
      - type: Example
        url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/arweave/refs/heads/main/examples/get-transaction-price.json
    contact:
      - FN: Arweave Team
        url: https://www.arweave.org/
        email: [email protected]

  - name: Arweave GraphQL API
    description: GraphQL API for querying Arweave transaction and block metadata by tags, owner addresses, recipients, block height ranges, and transaction IDs. Supports cursor-based pagination and sorting. Primary endpoints are hosted at arweave.net/graphql and high-performance alternatives at arweave-search.goldsky.com/graphql. Use GraphQL to find transaction IDs, then use the REST API to fetch the actual data.
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    humanURL: https://gql-guide.vercel.app/
    baseURL: https://arweave.net/graphql
    tags:
      - GraphQL
      - Transactions
      - Blocks
      - Tags
      - Search
    properties:
      - type: Documentation
        url: https://gql-guide.vercel.app/
      - type: GraphQL
        url: https://arweave.net/graphql

  - name: Arweave Turbo Upload API
    description: Managed bundling upload service (ar.io Turbo) that implements ANS-104 bundling for high-throughput data uploads to Arweave. Handles millions of uploads daily with automatic retry, sub-100 KiB free tier, and payment via credit card, AR, ETH, SOL, MATIC, USDC, and KYVE. Uploads are priced per byte with dynamic rates tracking the AR token and Arweave network storage cost.
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    humanURL: https://docs.ar.io/build/upload/bundling-services
    baseURL: https://turbo.ardrive.io
    tags:
      - Upload
      - Bundling
      - ANS-104
      - Storage
    properties:
      - type: Documentation
        url: https://docs.ar.io/build/upload/bundling-services
      - type: PricingPage
        url: https://docs.ar.io/build/upload/turbo-credits

common:
  - type: Website
    url: https://www.arweave.org/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.arweave.org/developers
  - type: Cookbook
    url: https://cookbook.arweave.net/
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://docs.ar.io/build/
  - type: GitHubOrganization
    url: https://github.com/ArweaveTeam
  - type: Plans
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/arweave/refs/heads/main/plans/plans.yml
  - type: RateLimits
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/arweave/refs/heads/main/rate-limits/rate-limits.yml
  - type: FinOps
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/arweave/refs/heads/main/finops/finops.yml
  - type: PricingPage
    url: https://docs.ar.io/build/upload/turbo-credits
  - type: StatusPage
    url: https://status.ar.io/
  - type: Discord
    url: https://discord.gg/arweave
  - type: Twitter
    url: https://twitter.com/ArweaveTeam
  - type: TermsOfService
    url: https://www.arweave.org/legal/terms-of-use
  - type: PrivacyPolicy
    url: https://www.arweave.org/legal/privacy-policy
  - type: Blog
    url: https://arweave.medium.com/
  - type: Vocabulary
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/arweave/refs/heads/main/vocabulary/arweave-vocabulary.json
  - type: JSONLDContext
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/arweave/refs/heads/main/json-ld/arweave-context.jsonld

maintainers:
  - FN: Kin Lane
    url: https://apievangelist.com
    email: [email protected]