Using Ethereum APIs with Amazon Managed Blockchain (AMB)
Amazon Managed Blockchain (AMB) provides API operations for creating and managing token accessors, nodes, and networks for AMB Access Ethereum. For more information, see the AMB Access API Reference Guide .
The following section provides a list and reference of the Ethereum (JSON-RPC and Consensus) API methods that Amazon Managed Blockchain (AMB) supports. It also includes code examples that implement API calls from clients using either HTTP or WebSocket (JSON-RPC API only) connections.
You use the Ethereum API from a client to query smart contract data and submit transactions to an Ethereum node on Amazon Managed Blockchain (AMB). You use the Ethereum Consensus API from a client to query the Beacon chain, its configuration, and the node health. For more information, see Viewing node details.
Execution and consensus client support
The Ethereum Merge transitioned the Ethereum blockchain to a proof-of-stake consensus, and it resulted in a new modular design for Ethereum. After the Merge, the original Ethereum stack forked into two distinct layers: the execution layer and the consensus layer. There are many different client implementations for both of these layers; however, Amazon Managed Blockchain (AMB) provides a fully managed Ethereum node that uses the GoEthereum (Geth) execution client and the Lighthouse consensus client.
