ledger_range - Validation Cloud

Returns the index numbers of the earliest and latest ledgers that the server has. On our endpoint this is the full-history range held by Clio, starting at ledger 32,570, the earliest ledger available anywhere on XRPL mainnet (ledgers 1 to 32,569 were lost early in the network’s life). This method will use 20 Compute Units.

Reference: Here

Parameters

None

Returns

ledger_index_min (number) The earliest ledger index the server has.
ledger_index_max (number) The most recent ledger index the server has.

// Result
{
  "result": {
    "ledger_index_min": 32570,
    "ledger_index_max": 107292937,
    "status": "success"
  }
}

curl https://mainnet.xrpl.validationcloud.io/v1/<YOUR_API_KEY_HERE> \
    -X POST \
    -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
    -d '{"method":"ledger_range","params":[{}]}'

Over WebSocket, send {"id":1,"command":"ledger_range"} to wss://mainnet.xrpl.validationcloud.io/v1/<YOUR_API_KEY_HERE>.

This method is served by Clio, our full-history XRPL server, and is not available from rippled. It is not documented on xrpl.org; the reference above points at the Clio source.