Start the Light Client Daemon (LCD)
The light client daemon (LCD) provides a REST-based adapter for the RPC endpoints, which also helps for decoding the Amino-encoded blockchain data into parseable JSON. This enables apps to communicate with a node through simple HTTP.
Note
The XPLA Chain SDKs currently rely on an active connection to a running LCD server. If you need a dedicated connection for the SDKs, set up an LCD.
To enable the REST API and Swagger, and to start the LCD, complete the following steps:
Open
~/.xpla/config/app.toml
.Locate the
API Configuration
section ([api]
).Change
enable = false
toenable = true
.# Enable defines if the API server should be enabled.
Optional: To enable Swagger, change
swagger = false
toswagger = true
.# Swagger defines if swagger documentation should automatically be registered. swagger = true
Restart.
Once restarted, the LCD will be available.
For more information about the XPLA Chain REST API endpoints, see the Swagger documentation.
For more information on configuring app.toml
, see Configure General Settings.