Introduction

Horizon is the client facing API server for the Stellar ecosystem. See an overview of the Stellar ecosystem for more details.

Horizon provides three significant portions of functionality: The Transactions API, the History API, and the Trading API.

Transactions API

The Transactions API exists to help you make transactions against the Stellar network. It provides ways to help you create valid transactions, such as providing an account’s sequence number or latest known balances.

In addition to the read endpoints, the Transactions API also provides the endpoint to submit transactions.

Important Endpoints

History API

The History API provides endpoints for retrieving data about what has happened in the past on the Stellar network. It provides (or will provide) endpoints that let you:

Important Endpoints

Trading API

The Trading API provides endpoints for retrieving data about the distributed currency exchange within stellar. It provides data regarding open offers to exchange currency (often called an order book) and also provides data about trades that were executed within the exchange.

Important Endpoints