Root
Returns the Horizon root document: the Horizon and stellar-core versions, the ledger range the node currently serves, the network passphrase, and _links to every Horizon resource. HAL clients and indexers read this first and follow the links.
This method will use 10 Compute Units.
Reference: Here
Parameters
None
Returns
The response lists 23 links under _links, one for each Horizon resource. Every href already contains your API key, so nothing needs to be appended to it.
Links marked templated: true hold variables in braces, such as {account_id} or {sequence}. Substitute those before requesting the link. Links without that marker can be requested exactly as returned.
The example below is abbreviated to 4 of the 23 links, and <YOUR_API_KEY_HERE> stands in for your own key.
{
"_links": {
"account": {
"href": "https://mainnet.stellar.validationcloud.io/v1/<YOUR_API_KEY_HERE>/accounts/{account_id}",
"templated": true
},
"fee_stats": {
"href": "https://mainnet.stellar.validationcloud.io/v1/<YOUR_API_KEY_HERE>/fee_stats"
},
"ledgers": {
"href": "https://mainnet.stellar.validationcloud.io/v1/<YOUR_API_KEY_HERE>/ledgers{?cursor,limit,order}",
"templated": true
},
"self": {
"href": "https://mainnet.stellar.validationcloud.io/v1/<YOUR_API_KEY_HERE>/"
}
},
"horizon_version": "28.0.1-a70eb47f76985d372de3e59f4d75c7f8542752f7",
"core_version": "stellar-core 28.0.1 (947aad8413c189d85504acf72207e85eeda9b021)",
"ingest_latest_ledger": 64377921,
"history_latest_ledger": 64377921,
"history_latest_ledger_closed_at": "2026-09-11T12:04:41Z",
"history_elder_ledger": 62822161,
"core_latest_ledger": 64377921,
"network_passphrase": "Public Global Stellar Network ; September 2015",
"current_protocol_version": 27,
"supported_protocol_version": 28,
"core_supported_protocol_version": 28
}history_elder_ledger is the oldest ledger the endpoint can serve. Use it to check the history depth available on Pubnet, Testnet and Pubnet Archive.
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