Issue Connecting to the External API on a Node

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I’m trying to access the external API but it doesn’t seem to be returning any response. I’m using the aeternity/aeternity docker image and just running it with the base configuration specified here.

The node is running and syncing blocks, but the API just returns an empty response every time. I exec into the container and try to connect to the API at port 3013 (curl localhost:3013) but get an empty response every time. Is there something special I have to do to get the API running?

I will say, the node is not fully synced yet, so maybe it has to finish that first, but that would be surprising.

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Maybe using aeternal could solve this, but that seems excessive if the only thing I’m looking for is historical block difficulty.

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It works! Turns out its just an empty response on routes that aren’t defined, so curl localhost:3013/api works.

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