Aliases
Buy / Sell Alias
Buy or sell an alias. POST only.
Request: Refer to Create Transaction Request for common parameters.
- requestType is either buyAlias or sellAlias
- alias is the ID of the alias (optional)
- aliasName is the alias name (optional if alias provided)
- priceNQT is the asking price (in NQT) of the alias (sellAlias only)
- amountNQT is the amount (in NQT) offered for an alias for sale (buyAlias only)
- recipient is the account ID of the recipient (only required for sellAlias and only if there is a designated recipient)
- recipientPublicKey is the public key of the recipient account (only applicable if recipient provided; optional, enhances security of a new account)
Note: An alias can be transferred rather than sold by setting priceNQT to zero. A pending sale can be canceled by selling again to self for a price of zero.
Response: Refer to Create Transaction Response.
Buy / Sell Alias Example
http://localhost:7876/nxt?
requestType=sellAlias&
secretPhrase=IWontTellYou&
aliasName=nextus&
priceNQT=5&
recipient=NXT-4VNQ-RWZC-4WWQ-GVM8S&
feeNQT=100000000&
deadline=60
{
"signatureHash": "d6f026cd8a883b5b6ff78a7d0121e4847eb6744b02757427de6d7ca0bf304226",
"unsignedTransactionBytes": "01166e01d4013c0057fb6f3a958e320bb49c4e81b4c2cf28b9f25d086c143...",
"transactionJSON": {
"senderPublicKey": "57fb6f3a958e320bb49c4e81b4c2cf28b9f25d086c143b473beec228f79ff93c",
"signature": "2041afc1687da2693ba092e33a84f665ad461e3b6762c18af61778261bc7e...",
"feeNQT": "100000000",
"type": 1,
"fullHash": "14a3eeb17cd4082db287259a768d32065d4cf5397ed6053fffa25e92a8a66ac7",
"version": 1,
"ecBlockId": "1612829598027150491",
"signatureHash": "d6f026cd8a883b5b6ff78a7d0121e4847eb6744b02757427de6d7ca0bf304226",
"attachment": {
"alias": "nextus",
"priceNQT": "5",
"version.AliasSell": 1
},
"senderRS": "NXT-L6FM-89WK-VK8P-FCRBB",
"subtype": 6,
"amountNQT": "0",
"sender": "15323192282528158131",
"recipientRS": "NXT-4VNQ-RWZC-4WWQ-GVM8S",
"recipient": "17013046603665206934",
"ecBlockHeight": 284050,
"deadline": 60,
"transaction": "3245077163546682132",
"timestamp": 30671214,
"height": 2147483647
},
"broadcasted": true,
"requestProcessingTime": 8515,
"transactionBytes": "01166e01d4013c0057fb6f3a958e320bb49c4e81b4c2cf28b9f25d086c143...",
"fullHash": "14a3eeb17cd4082db287259a768d32065d4cf5397ed6053fffa25e92a8a66ac7",
"transaction": "3245077163546682132"
}
Buy Alias
Refer to Buy / Sell Alias.
Sell Alias
Refer to Buy / Sell Alias.
Set Alias
Create and/or assign an alias. POST only.
Request: Refer to Create Transaction Request for common parameters.
- requestType is setAlias
- aliasName is the alias name
- aliasURI is the alias URI (e.g. http://www.google.com/)
Response: Refer to Create Transaction Response. The transaction ID is also the alias ID.
Set Alias Example
http://localhost:7876/nxt?
requestType=setAlias&
secretPhrase=IWontTellYou&
aliasName=iwonttellyou&
aliasURI=acct:nxt-l6fm-89wk-vk8p-fcrbb@nxt&
feeNQT=100000000&
deadline=60
{
"signatureHash": "0dc7e07acef27fe86686cfabe2d1bd57c0c038f9465c3fe3d10f67932a97af10",
"unsignedTransactionBytes": "011135d0d3013c0057fb6f3a958e320bb49c4e81b4c2cf28b9f25d086c143...",
"transactionJSON": {
"senderPublicKey": "57fb6f3a958e320bb49c4e81b4c2cf28b9f25d086c143b473beec228f79ff93c",
"signature": "d92aefbab189b6e61f890c34b06a47e14a1a2b2ce868f77a4591d2067c51d...",
"feeNQT": "100000000",
"type": 1,
"fullHash": "53917acbf44109391609a9bb57832c0d5903301e3d2bd6ffcf45cf893480f5a1",
"version": 1,
"ecBlockId": "4181883296304410027",
"signatureHash": "0dc7e07acef27fe86686cfabe2d1bd57c0c038f9465c3fe3d10f67932a97af10",
"attachment": {
"alias": "iwonttellyou",
"version.AliasAssignment": 1,
"uri": "acct:nxt-l6fm-89wk-vk8p-fcrbb@nxt"
},
"senderRS": "NXT-L6FM-89WK-VK8P-FCRBB",
"subtype": 1,
"amountNQT": "0",
"sender": "15323192282528158131",
"ecBlockHeight": 283939,
"deadline": 60,
"transaction": "4109888654593921363",
"timestamp": 30658613,
"height": 2147483647
},
"broadcasted": true,
"requestProcessingTime": 8104,
"transactionBytes": "011135d0d3013c0057fb6f3a958e320bb49c4e81b4c2cf28b9f25d086c143b473...",
"fullHash": "53917acbf44109391609a9bb57832c0d5903301e3d2bd6ffcf45cf893480f5a1",
"transaction": "4109888654593921363"
}
Delete Alias
Delete an alias given an alias ID or name. POST only.
Request: Refer to Create Transaction Request for common parameters.
- requestType is deleteAlias
- alias is the alias ID (optional)
- aliasName is the alias name to be deleted (optional if alias provided)
Response: Refer to Create Transaction Response.
Delete Alias Example
https://localhost:7876/nxt?
requestType=deleteAlias&
aliasName=mystical
{
"signatureHash": "a6e68daed99c1015dd12546c042466612b52a9f5193d8513f7f12684aba5bf1d",
"unsignedTransactionBytes": "011809e60c023c0010f09c34f225d425306e5be55a49469081...",
"transactionJSON": {
"senderPublicKey": "10f09c34f225d425306e5be55a4946908156072afbead4d574a512d7e086ef5c",
"signature": "a5088bc6469e528d884e7fd3c49afeefc8656dd59c9fa5ffeab2a17b465f6d03e77...",
"feeNQT": "100000000",
"type": 1,
"fullHash": "63afc769e677b6210617ff7a9f5be2d7fe1aea7e46ccad968017d28df578fabf",
"version": 1,
"ecBlockId": "17895923487075501156",
"signatureHash": "a6e68daed99c1015dd12546c042466612b52a9f5193d8513f7f12684aba5bf1d",
"attachment": {
"version.AliasDelete": 1,
"alias": "mystical"
},
"senderRS": "NXT-4VDY-LNVT-LMAY-FMCKA",
"subtype": 8,
"amountNQT": "0",
"sender": "15295723609781267838",
"ecBlockHeight": 161137,
"deadline": 60,
"transaction": "2429260880513838947",
"timestamp": 34399753,
"height": 2147483647
},
"broadcasted": true,
"requestProcessingTime": 52,
"transactionBytes": "011809e60c023c0010f09c34f225d425306e5be55a4946908156072...",
"transaction": "2429260880513838947"
}
Get Alias
Get information about a given alias
Request:
- requestType is getAlias
- alias is the alias ID (optional)
- aliasName is the name of the alias (optional if alias provided)
- requireBlock is the block ID of a block that must be present in the blockchain during execution (optional)
- requireLastBlock is the block ID of a block that must be last in the blockchain during execution (optional)
Response:
- timestamp (N) is the time (in seconds since the genesis block) when the alias was created or last transferred
- aliasName (S) is the name of the alias
- account (S) is the number of the account that owns the alias
- accountRS (S) is the Reed-Solomon address of the account that owns the alias
- aliasURI (S) is what the alias points to, in URI format
- alias (S) is the alias ID
- priceNQT (S) is the asking price (in NQT) of the alias if it is for sale
- buyer (S) is the account number of the buyer if the alias is for sale and a buyer is specified
- lastBlock (S) is the last block ID on the blockchain (applies if requireBlock is provided but not requireLastBlock)
- requestProcessingTime (N) is the API request processing time (in millisec)
Get Alias Example
https://localhost:7876/nxt?
requestType=getAlias&
alias=15515279700680480368
{
"aliasURI": "http:\/\/google.com",
"aliasName": "google",
"accountRS": "NXT-FLVS-VRBV-LDPD-6DZ9W",
"alias": "15515279700680480368",
"requestProcessingTime": 1,
"account": "5629477397208681336",
"timestamp": 2409343
}
Get Alias Count
Get the number of aliases owned by an account given the account ID.
Request:
- requestType is getAliasCount
- account is the account ID
- requireBlock is the block ID of a block that must be present in the blockchain during execution (optional)
- requireLastBlock is the block ID of a block that must be last in the blockchain during execution (optional)
Response:
- numberOfAliases (N) is the number of aliases owned by the account
- lastBlock (S) is the last block ID on the blockchain (applies if requireBlock is provided but not requireLastBlock)
- requestProcessingTime (N) is the API request processing time (in millisec)
Get Alias Count Example
http://localhost:7876/nxt?
requestType=getAliasCount&
account=NXT-FLVS-VRBV-LDPD-6DZ9W
{
"numberOfAliases": 200,
"requestProcessingTime": 2
}
Get Aliases
Get information on aliases owned by a given account in alias name order.
Request:
- requestType is getAliases
- account is the ID of the account that owns the aliases
- timestamp is the earliest creation time (in seconds since the genesis block) of the aliases (optional)
- firstIndex is a zero-based index to the first alias to retrieve (optional)
- lastIndex is a zero-based index to the last alias to retrieve (optional)
- requireBlock is the block ID of a block that must be present in the blockchain during execution (optional)
- requireLastBlock is the block ID of a block that must be last in the blockchain during execution (optional)
Response:
- aliases (A) is an array of alias objects (refer to Get Alias for details)
- lastBlock (S) is the last block ID on the blockchain (applies if requireBlock is provided but not requireLastBlock)
- requestProcessingTime (N) is the API request processing time (in millisec)
Get Aliases Example
https://localhost:7876/nxt?
requestType=getAliases&
account=5629477397208681336&
lastIndex=1
{
"aliases": [
{
"aliasURI": "",
"aliasName": "101",
"accountRS": "NXT-FLVS-VRBV-LDPD-6DZ9W",
"alias": "8952438483248557843",
"account": "5629477397208681336",
"timestamp": 2409893
}
],
"requestProcessingTime": 1
}
Get Aliases Like
Get all aliases starting with a given prefix in alias name order.
Request:
- requestType is getAliasesLike
- aliasPrefix is the prefix (at least 2 characters long) of the aliasName
- firstIndex is a zero-based index to the first alias to retrieve (optional)
- lastIndex is a zero-based index to the last alias to retrieve (optional)
- requireBlock is the block ID of a block that must be present in the blockchain during execution (optional)
- requireLastBlock is the block ID of a block that must be last in the blockchain during execution (optional)
Response:
- aliases (A) is an array of alias objects (refer to Get Alias for details)
- lastBlock (S) is the last block ID on the blockchain (applies if requireBlock is provided but not requireLastBlock)
- requestProcessingTime (N) is the API request processing time (in millisec)
Get Aliases Like Example
https://localhost:7876/nxt?
requestType=getAliasesLike&
aliasPrefix=mysteri
{
"aliases": [
{
"aliasURI": "",
"aliasName": "mysteries",
"accountRS": "NXT-9DZL-XFE2-EWE5-HVVAY",
"alias": "13234331415538245332",
"account": "18384674354580664306",
"timestamp": 4856820
},
{
"aliasURI": "anm",
"aliasName": "mysterious",
"accountRS": "NXT-AHBB-DSVC-WS2L-EW8BC",
"alias": "8033154744709486670",
"account": "14205721421835156777",
"timestamp": 2417903
}
],
"requestProcessingTime": 1
}