Validator Client API: Endpoints

Endpoints

HTTP Path	Description
`GET /lighthouse/version`	Get the Lighthouse software version
`GET /lighthouse/health`	Get information about the host machine
`GET /lighthouse/spec`	Get the Eth2 specification used by the validator
`GET /lighthouse/validators`	List all validators
`GET /lighthouse/validators/:voting_pubkey`	Get a specific validator
`PATCH /lighthouse/validators/:voting_pubkey`	Update a specific validator
`POST /lighthouse/validators`	Create a new validator and mnemonic.
`POST /lighthouse/validators/keystore`	Import a keystore.
`POST /lighthouse/validators/mnemonic`	Create a new validator from an existing mnemonic.

`GET /lighthouse/version`

Returns the software version and git commit hash for the Lighthouse binary.

HTTP Specification

Property	Specification
Path	`/lighthouse/version`
Method	GET
Required Headers	`Authorization`
Typical Responses	200

Example Response Body

{
    "data": {
        "version": "Lighthouse/v0.2.11-fc0654fbe+/x86_64-linux"
    }
}

`GET /lighthouse/health`

Returns information regarding the health of the host machine.

HTTP Specification

Property	Specification
Path	`/lighthouse/health`
Method	GET
Required Headers	`Authorization`
Typical Responses	200

Note: this endpoint is presently only available on Linux.

Example Response Body

{
    "data": {
        "pid": 1476293,
        "pid_num_threads": 19,
        "pid_mem_resident_set_size": 4009984,
        "pid_mem_virtual_memory_size": 1306775552,
        "sys_virt_mem_total": 33596100608,
        "sys_virt_mem_available": 23073017856,
        "sys_virt_mem_used": 9346957312,
        "sys_virt_mem_free": 22410510336,
        "sys_virt_mem_percent": 31.322334,
        "sys_loadavg_1": 0.98,
        "sys_loadavg_5": 0.98,
        "sys_loadavg_15": 1.01
    }
}

`GET /lighthouse/spec`

Returns the Eth2 specification loaded for this validator.

HTTP Specification

Property	Specification
Path	`/lighthouse/spec`
Method	GET
Required Headers	`Authorization`
Typical Responses	200

Example Response Body

{
    "data": {
        "CONFIG_NAME": "mainnet",
        "MAX_COMMITTEES_PER_SLOT": "64",
        "TARGET_COMMITTEE_SIZE": "128",
        "MIN_PER_EPOCH_CHURN_LIMIT": "4",
        "CHURN_LIMIT_QUOTIENT": "65536",
        "SHUFFLE_ROUND_COUNT": "90",
        "MIN_GENESIS_ACTIVE_VALIDATOR_COUNT": "1024",
        "MIN_GENESIS_TIME": "1601380800",
        "GENESIS_DELAY": "172800",
        "MIN_DEPOSIT_AMOUNT": "1000000000",
        "MAX_EFFECTIVE_BALANCE": "32000000000",
        "EJECTION_BALANCE": "16000000000",
        "EFFECTIVE_BALANCE_INCREMENT": "1000000000",
        "HYSTERESIS_QUOTIENT": "4",
        "HYSTERESIS_DOWNWARD_MULTIPLIER": "1",
        "HYSTERESIS_UPWARD_MULTIPLIER": "5",
        "PROPORTIONAL_SLASHING_MULTIPLIER": "3",
        "GENESIS_FORK_VERSION": "0x00000002",
        "BLS_WITHDRAWAL_PREFIX": "0x00",
        "SECONDS_PER_SLOT": "12",
        "MIN_ATTESTATION_INCLUSION_DELAY": "1",
        "MIN_SEED_LOOKAHEAD": "1",
        "MAX_SEED_LOOKAHEAD": "4",
        "MIN_EPOCHS_TO_INACTIVITY_PENALTY": "4",
        "MIN_VALIDATOR_WITHDRAWABILITY_DELAY": "256",
        "SHARD_COMMITTEE_PERIOD": "256",
        "BASE_REWARD_FACTOR": "64",
        "WHISTLEBLOWER_REWARD_QUOTIENT": "512",
        "PROPOSER_REWARD_QUOTIENT": "8",
        "INACTIVITY_PENALTY_QUOTIENT": "16777216",
        "MIN_SLASHING_PENALTY_QUOTIENT": "32",
        "SAFE_SLOTS_TO_UPDATE_JUSTIFIED": "8",
        "DOMAIN_BEACON_PROPOSER": "0x00000000",
        "DOMAIN_BEACON_ATTESTER": "0x01000000",
        "DOMAIN_RANDAO": "0x02000000",
        "DOMAIN_DEPOSIT": "0x03000000",
        "DOMAIN_VOLUNTARY_EXIT": "0x04000000",
        "DOMAIN_SELECTION_PROOF": "0x05000000",
        "DOMAIN_AGGREGATE_AND_PROOF": "0x06000000",
        "MAX_VALIDATORS_PER_COMMITTEE": "2048",
        "SLOTS_PER_EPOCH": "32",
        "EPOCHS_PER_ETH1_VOTING_PERIOD": "32",
        "SLOTS_PER_HISTORICAL_ROOT": "8192",
        "EPOCHS_PER_HISTORICAL_VECTOR": "65536",
        "EPOCHS_PER_SLASHINGS_VECTOR": "8192",
        "HISTORICAL_ROOTS_LIMIT": "16777216",
        "VALIDATOR_REGISTRY_LIMIT": "1099511627776",
        "MAX_PROPOSER_SLASHINGS": "16",
        "MAX_ATTESTER_SLASHINGS": "2",
        "MAX_ATTESTATIONS": "128",
        "MAX_DEPOSITS": "16",
        "MAX_VOLUNTARY_EXITS": "16",
        "ETH1_FOLLOW_DISTANCE": "1024",
        "TARGET_AGGREGATORS_PER_COMMITTEE": "16",
        "RANDOM_SUBNETS_PER_VALIDATOR": "1",
        "EPOCHS_PER_RANDOM_SUBNET_SUBSCRIPTION": "256",
        "SECONDS_PER_ETH1_BLOCK": "14",
        "DEPOSIT_CONTRACT_ADDRESS": "0x48b597f4b53c21b48ad95c7256b49d1779bd5890"
    }
}

`GET /lighthouse/validators`

Lists all validators managed by this validator client.

HTTP Specification

Property	Specification
Path	`/lighthouse/validators`
Method	GET
Required Headers	`Authorization`
Typical Responses	200

Example Response Body

{
    "data": [
        {
            "enabled": true,
            "description": "validator one",
            "voting_pubkey": "0xb0148e6348264131bf47bcd1829590e870c836dc893050fd0dadc7a28949f9d0a72f2805d027521b45441101f0cc1cde"
        },
        {
            "enabled": true,
            "description": "validator two",
            "voting_pubkey": "0xb0441246ed813af54c0a11efd53019f63dd454a1fa2a9939ce3c228419fbe113fb02b443ceeb38736ef97877eb88d43a"
        },
        {
            "enabled": true,
            "description": "validator three",
            "voting_pubkey": "0xad77e388d745f24e13890353031dd8137432ee4225752642aad0a2ab003c86620357d91973b6675932ff51f817088f38"
        }
    ]
}

`GET /lighthouse/validators/:voting_pubkey`

Get a validator by their voting_pubkey.

HTTP Specification

Property	Specification
Path	`/lighthouse/validators/:voting_pubkey`
Method	GET
Required Headers	`Authorization`
Typical Responses	200, 400

Example Path

localhost:5062/lighthouse/validators/0xb0148e6348264131bf47bcd1829590e870c836dc893050fd0dadc7a28949f9d0a72f2805d027521b45441101f0cc1cde

Example Response Body

{
    "data": {
        "enabled": true,
        "voting_pubkey": "0xb0148e6348264131bf47bcd1829590e870c836dc893050fd0dadc7a28949f9d0a72f2805d027521b45441101f0cc1cde"
    }
}

`PATCH /lighthouse/validators/:voting_pubkey`

Update some values for the validator with voting_pubkey.

HTTP Specification

Property	Specification
Path	`/lighthouse/validators/:voting_pubkey`
Method	PATCH
Required Headers	`Authorization`
Typical Responses	200, 400

Example Path

localhost:5062/lighthouse/validators/0xb0148e6348264131bf47bcd1829590e870c836dc893050fd0dadc7a28949f9d0a72f2805d027521b45441101f0cc1cde

Example Request Body

{
    "enabled": false
}

Example Response Body

null

`POST /lighthouse/validators/`

Create any number of new validators, all of which will share a common mnemonic generated by the server.

A BIP-39 mnemonic will be randomly generated and returned with the response. This mnemonic can be used to recover all keys returned in the response. Validators are generated from the mnemonic according to EIP-2334, starting at index 0.

HTTP Specification

Property	Specification
Path	`/lighthouse/validators`
Method	POST
Required Headers	`Authorization`
Typical Responses	200

Example Request Body

[
    {
        "enable": true,
        "description": "validator_one",
        "deposit_gwei": "32000000000"
    },
    {
        "enable": false,
        "description": "validator two",
        "deposit_gwei": "34000000000"
    }
]

Example Response Body

{
    "data": {
        "mnemonic": "marine orchard scout label trim only narrow taste art belt betray soda deal diagram glare hero scare shadow ramp blur junior behave resource tourist",
        "validators": [
            {
                "enabled": true,
                "description": "validator_one",
                "voting_pubkey": "0x8ffbc881fb60841a4546b4b385ec5e9b5090fd1c4395e568d98b74b94b41a912c6101113da39d43c101369eeb9b48e50",
                "eth1_deposit_tx_data": "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",
                "deposit_gwei": "32000000000"
            },
            {
                "enabled": false,
                "description": "validator two",
                "voting_pubkey": "0xa9fadd620dc68e9fe0d6e1a69f6c54a0271ad65ab5a509e645e45c6e60ff8f4fc538f301781193a08b55821444801502",
                "eth1_deposit_tx_data": "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",
                "deposit_gwei": "34000000000"
            }
        ]
    }
}

`POST /lighthouse/validators/keystore`

Import a keystore into the validator client.

HTTP Specification

Property	Specification
Path	`/lighthouse/validators/keystore`
Method	POST
Required Headers	`Authorization`
Typical Responses	200

Example Request Body

{
  "enable": true,
  "password": "mypassword",
  "keystore": {
    "crypto": {
      "kdf": {
        "function": "scrypt",
        "params": {
          "dklen": 32,
          "n": 262144,
          "r": 8,
          "p": 1,
          "salt": "445989ec2f332bb6099605b4f1562c0df017488d8d7fb3709f99ebe31da94b49"
        },
        "message": ""
      },
      "checksum": {
        "function": "sha256",
        "params": {
          
        },
        "message": "abadc1285fd38b24a98ac586bda5b17a8f93fc1ff0778803dc32049578981236"
      },
      "cipher": {
        "function": "aes-128-ctr",
        "params": {
          "iv": "65abb7e1d02eec9910d04299cc73efbe"
        },
        "message": "6b7931a4447be727a3bb5dc106d9f3c1ba50671648e522f213651d13450b6417"
      }
    },
    "uuid": "5cf2a1fb-dcd6-4095-9ebf-7e4ee0204cab",
    "path": "m/12381/3600/0/0/0",
    "pubkey": "b0d2f05014de27c6d7981e4a920799db1c512ee7922932be6bf55729039147cf35a090bd4ab378fe2d133c36cbbc9969",
    "version": 4,
    "description": ""
  }
}

Example Response Body

{
  "data": {
    "enabled": true,
    "description": "",
    "voting_pubkey": "0xb0d2f05014de27c6d7981e4a920799db1c512ee7922932be6bf55729039147cf35a090bd4ab378fe2d133c36cbbc9969"
  }
}

`POST /lighthouse/validators/mnemonic`

Create any number of new validators, all of which will share a common mnemonic.

The supplied BIP-39 mnemonic will be used to generate the validator keys according to EIP-2334, starting at the supplied key_derivation_path_offset. For example, if key_derivation_path_offset = 42, then the first validator voting key will be generated with the path m/12381/3600/i/42.

HTTP Specification

Property	Specification
Path	`/lighthouse/validators/mnemonic`
Method	POST
Required Headers	`Authorization`
Typical Responses	200

Example Request Body

{
    "mnemonic": "theme onion deal plastic claim silver fancy youth lock ordinary hotel elegant balance ridge web skill burger survey demand distance legal fish salad cloth",
    "key_derivation_path_offset": 0,
    "validators": [
        {
            "enable": true,
            "description": "validator_one",
            "deposit_gwei": "32000000000"
        }
    ]
}

Example Response Body

{
    "data": [
        {
            "enabled": true,
            "description": "validator_one",
            "voting_pubkey": "0xa062f95fee747144d5e511940624bc6546509eeaeae9383257a9c43e7ddc58c17c2bab4ae62053122184c381b90db380",
            "eth1_deposit_tx_data": "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",
            "deposit_gwei": "32000000000"
        }
    ]
}

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