Quickstart

Connecting to the Steem blockchain takes two decisions: pick a client library for your stack, then point it at an API node. This page walks through both, so you can make your first request in minutes.

Choose a library

Accessing Steem data is easy from the official client libraries, depending on your infrastructure and objectives:

Language	Library	Description
JavaScript / TypeScript	steem-js	Pure JavaScript Steem crypto library for Node.js and browsers; can be used to construct, sign, and broadcast transactions.
Go	steemgosdk	A Go SDK for interacting with the Steem blockchain: high-level abstractions for common operations, transaction signing and broadcasting, key management. Under active development.
Python	steem-python	The official Steem library for Python; comes with a BIP38 encrypted wallet and the steempy CLI tool.

All of these libraries speak JSON-RPC to a steemd node — the connection setup in the next section applies to every one of them.

Connect to a node

Applications that interface directly with the Steem blockchain need to connect to a steemd node. You can run your own instance, or start against one of the public API nodes below.

Although steemd fully supports WebSockets (wss:// and ws://), public nodes typically do not. All nodes listed here use HTTPS.

URL	Operator
https://api.steemit.com	@steemit
https://steemyy.com/node/	@justyy
https://api2.justyy.com	@justyy
https://api.justyy.com	@justyy
https://steem.justyy.com	@justyy
https://api.steemyy.com	@justyy
https://api2.steemyy.com	@justyy
https://steem.senior.workers.dev	@justyy
https://api.steemitdev.com	@steemit
https://api.steem.fans	@ety001
https://api.pennsif.net	@pennsif
https://steemd.steemworld.org	@steemchiller
https://api.symbionts.io	@symbionts
https://steemapi.boylikegirl.club	@boylikegirl.wit
https://api.campingclub.me	@visionaer3003
https://cn.steems.top	@maiyude
https://api.moecki.online	@moecki

This list is community-maintained and can change at any time. Each node above was verified live with a direct JSON-RPC call on 2026-10-31; nodes that failed the test have been removed. If a node stops responding, switch to another entry from the table.

Test a node with curl

Every public node speaks JSON-RPC over HTTPS. The example below asks https://api.steemit.com for the chain's dynamic global properties — the head_block_number field in the response is the tip of the chain that node is serving:

curl -s -X POST https://api.steemit.com/ \
    -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
    -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"condenser_api.get_dynamic_global_properties","params":[],"id":1}'

The same request envelope works for every method in the API Reference — point it at any node from the table above, or hand the URL to your client library's node setting.