# Exit Validators

## POST /v1/api/ethereum/{network}/exit\_validators

> Provides a transaction, which after being signed and broadcasted, enables the specified validators to exit.

```json
{"openapi":"3.0.3","info":{"title":"Validation Cloud Staking API","version":"1.0.0"},"servers":[{"url":"https://ethereum-staking.sprd.validationcloud.io"}],"security":[{"bearerAuth":[]}],"components":{"securitySchemes":{"bearerAuth":{"type":"http","scheme":"bearer","bearerFormat":"JWT"}},"schemas":{"ExitValidatorsRequest":{"properties":{"validators":{"items":{"$ref":"#/components/schemas/ValidatorKey"},"type":"array"},"transaction_type":{"type":"integer","default":0,"description":"Type of the returned transaction.\n0 for legacy transactions.\n2 for EIP-1559 transactions.\n"}},"required":["validators"],"type":"object"},"ValidatorKey":{"type":"object","properties":{"public_key":{"format":"binary","type":"string"}},"description":"The public key of a validator."},"Transaction":{"type":"object","properties":{"data":{"format":"binary","type":"string","description":"The data that will be sent to the contract."},"gas":{"type":"integer","description":"The amount of gas that will be used to execute the transaction."},"gas_price":{"type":"string","description":"The price of gas in Gwei."},"nonce":{"type":"integer","description":"The nonce of the transaction. This is used to prevent replay attacks."},"to":{"format":"binary","type":"string","description":"The address of the contract that will be called."},"transaction_serialized":{"format":"binary","type":"string","description":"The canonical RLP encoding of the transaction"},"value":{"type":"string","description":"The amount of Ether that will be sent to the contract."}},"description":"The transaction that will need to be signed to be broadcasted to the Ethereum network."},"ErrorResponse":{"type":"object","properties":{"error":{"type":"string"}}}}},"paths":{"/v1/api/ethereum/{network}/exit_validators":{"post":{"description":"Provides a transaction, which after being signed and broadcasted, enables the specified validators to exit.","requestBody":{"content":{"application/json":{"schema":{"$ref":"#/components/schemas/ExitValidatorsRequest"}}}},"parameters":[{"name":"network","in":"path","required":true,"schema":{"type":"string","default":"mainnet","enum":["mainnet","hoodi"]},"description":"The network"}],"responses":{"200":{"description":"OK","content":{"application/json":{"schema":{"$ref":"#/components/schemas/Transaction"}}}},"400":{"description":"Bad Request","content":{"application/json":{"schema":{"$ref":"#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse"}}}},"401":{"description":"Bad Request","content":{"application/json":{"schema":{"$ref":"#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse"}}}},"403":{"description":"Bad Request","content":{"application/json":{"schema":{"$ref":"#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse"}}}},"500":{"description":"Bad Request","content":{"application/json":{"schema":{"$ref":"#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse"}}}}},"tags":["Exit Validators"]}}}}
```


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