account_channels

The account_channels method returns information about an account's Payment Channels. This includes only channels where the specified account is the channel's source, not the destination. (A channel's "source" and "owner" are the same.) All information retrieved is relative to a particular version of the ledger.

Request Format

An example of the request format:

curl --location 'https://xrp.nownodes.io' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--header 'api-key: API_KEY' \
--data '{
    "method": "account_channels",
    "params": [{
        "account": "rf1BiGeXwwQoi8Z2ueFYTEXSwuJYfV2Jpn",
        "destination_account": "ra5nK24KXen9AHvsdFTKHSANinZseWnPcX",
        "ledger_index": "validated"
    }]
}'

The request includes the following parameters:

FieldTypeRequired?Description

account

String - [Address][]

Yes

Look up channels where this account is the channel's owner/source.

destination_account

String - [Address][]

No

A second account; if provided, filter results to payment channels whose destination is this account.

ledger_hash

String

No

A 20-byte hex string for the ledger version to use. (See [Specifying Ledgers][])

ledger_index

Number or String

No

The [ledger index][] of the ledger to use, or a shortcut string to choose a ledger automatically. (See [Specifying Ledgers][])

limit

Number

No

Limit the number of transactions to retrieve. Cannot be less than 10 or more than 400. Positive values outside this range are replaced with the closest valid option. The default is 200.

marker

[Marker][]

No

Value from a previous paginated response. Resume retrieving data where that response left off.

Response Format

An example of a successful response:

{
  "id": 1,
  "result": {
    "account": "rf1BiGeXwwQoi8Z2ueFYTEXSwuJYfV2Jpn",
    "channels": [
      {
        "account": "rf1BiGeXwwQoi8Z2ueFYTEXSwuJYfV2Jpn",
        "amount": "1000",
        "balance": "0",
        "channel_id": "C7F634794B79DB40E87179A9D1BF05D05797AE7E92DF8E93FD6656E8C4BE3AE7",
        "destination_account": "ra5nK24KXen9AHvsdFTKHSANinZseWnPcX",
        "public_key": "aBR7mdD75Ycs8DRhMgQ4EMUEmBArF8SEh1hfjrT2V9DQTLNbJVqw",
        "public_key_hex": "03CFD18E689434F032A4E84C63E2A3A6472D684EAF4FD52CA67742F3E24BAE81B2",
        "settle_delay": 60
      }
    ],
    "ledger_hash": "1EDBBA3C793863366DF5B31C2174B6B5E6DF6DB89A7212B86838489148E2A581",
    "ledger_index": 71766314,
    "validated": true
  },
  "status": "success",
  "type": "response"
}

200 OK

{
  "result": {
    "account": "rf1BiGeXwwQoi8Z2ueFYTEXSwuJYfV2Jpn",
    "channels": [
      {
        "account": "rf1BiGeXwwQoi8Z2ueFYTEXSwuJYfV2Jpn",
        "amount": "1000",
        "balance": "0",
        "channel_id": "C7F634794B79DB40E87179A9D1BF05D05797AE7E92DF8E93FD6656E8C4BE3AE7",
        "destination_account": "ra5nK24KXen9AHvsdFTKHSANinZseWnPcX",
        "public_key": "aBR7mdD75Ycs8DRhMgQ4EMUEmBArF8SEh1hfjrT2V9DQTLNbJVqw",
        "public_key_hex": "03CFD18E689434F032A4E84C63E2A3A6472D684EAF4FD52CA67742F3E24BAE81B2",
        "settle_delay": 60
      }
    ],
    "ledger_hash": "27F530E5C93ED5C13994812787C1ED073C822BAEC7597964608F2C049C2ACD2D",
    "ledger_index": 71766343,
    "status": "success",
    "validated": true
  }
}

200 OK

{
  "result": {
    "account": "rf1BiGeXwwQoi8Z2ueFYTEXSwuJYfV2Jpn",
    "channels": [
      {
        "account": "rf1BiGeXwwQoi8Z2ueFYTEXSwuJYfV2Jpn",
        "amount": "1000",
        "balance": "0",
        "channel_id": "C7F634794B79DB40E87179A9D1BF05D05797AE7E92DF8E93FD6656E8C4BE3AE7",
        "destination_account": "ra5nK24KXen9AHvsdFTKHSANinZseWnPcX",
        "public_key": "aBR7mdD75Ycs8DRhMgQ4EMUEmBArF8SEh1hfjrT2V9DQTLNbJVqw",
        "public_key_hex": "03CFD18E689434F032A4E84C63E2A3A6472D684EAF4FD52CA67742F3E24BAE81B2",
        "settle_delay": 60
      }
    ],
    "ledger_hash": "27F530E5C93ED5C13994812787C1ED073C822BAEC7597964608F2C049C2ACD2D",
    "ledger_index": 71766343,
    "status": "success",
    "validated": true
  }
}

The response follows the [standard format][], with a successful result containing the following fields:

FieldTypeDescription

account

String

The address of the source/owner of the payment channels. This corresponds to the account field of the request.

channels

Array of Channel Objects

Payment channels owned by this account.

Each Channel Object has the following fields:

FieldTypeDescription

account

String

The owner of the channel, as an [Address][].

amount

String

The total amount of [XRP, in drops][] allocated to this channel.

balance

String

The total amount of [XRP, in drops][], paid out from this channel, as of the ledger version used. (You can calculate the amount of XRP left in the channel by subtracting balance from amount.)

channel_id

String

A unique ID for this channel, as a 64-character hexadecimal string. This is also the ID of the channel object in the ledger's state data.

destination_account

String

The destination account of the channel, as an [Address][]. Only this account can receive the XRP in the channel while it is open.

settle_delay

Unsigned Integer

The number of seconds the payment channel must stay open after the owner of the channel requests to close it.

public_key

String

(May be omitted) The public key for the payment channel in the XRP Ledger's [base58][] format. Signed claims against this channel must be redeemed with the matching key pair.

public_key_hex

String

(May be omitted) The public key for the payment channel in hexadecimal format, if one was specified at channel creation. Signed claims against this channel must be redeemed with the matching key pair.

expiration

Unsigned Integer

(May be omitted) Time, in [seconds since the Ripple Epoch][], when this channel is set to expire. This expiration date is mutable. If this is before the close time of the most recent validated ledger, the channel is expired.

cancel_after

Unsigned Integer

(May be omitted) Time, in [seconds since the Ripple Epoch][], of this channel's immutable expiration, if one was specified at channel creation. If this is before the close time of the most recent validated ledger, the channel is expired.

source_tag

Unsigned Integer

(May be omitted) A 32-bit unsigned integer to use as a source tag for payments through this payment channel, if one was specified at channel creation. This indicates the payment channel's originator or other purpose at the source account. Conventionally, if you bounce payments from this channel, you should specify this value in the DestinationTag of the return payment.

destination_tag

Unsigned Integer

(May be omitted) A 32-bit unsigned integer to use as a destination tag for payments through this channel, if one was specified at channel creation. This indicates the payment channel's beneficiary or other purpose at the destination account.

Possible Errors

  • Any of the [universal error types][].

  • invalidParams - One or more fields are specified incorrectly, or one or more required fields are missing.

  • actNotFound - The address specified in the account field of the request does not correspond to an account in the ledger.

  • lgrNotFound - The ledger specified by the ledger_hash or ledger_index does not exist, or it does exist but the server does not have it.

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