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GET
https://api.etherscan.io
/
v2
/
api
curl "https://api.etherscan.io/v2/api?chainid=1&module=stats&action=dailyavgnetdifficulty&startdate=2019-02-01&enddate=2019-02-28&sort=desc&apikey=YourApiKeyToken"

{
  "status": "1",
  "message": "OK",
  "result": [
    {
      "UTCDate": "2019-02-01",
      "unixTimeStamp": "1548979200",
      "networkDifficulty": "2,408.028"
    },
    {
      "UTCDate": "2019-02-02",
      "unixTimeStamp": "1549065600",
      "networkDifficulty": "2,358.910"
    }
  ]
}
This is a PRO endpoint, available to any paid tier

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Query Parameters

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apikey
string
default:"YourApiKeyToken"
Your Etherscan API key.
​
chainid
string
default:"1"
Chain ID to query, eg 1 for Ethereum, 8453 for Base from our supported chains.
​
module
string
default:"stats"
Set to stats for this endpoint.
​
action
string
default:"dailyavgnetdifficulty"
Set to dailyavgnetdifficulty for this endpoint.
​
startdate
string
default:"2019-02-01"
Starting date in yyyy-MM-dd format.
​
enddate
string
default:"2019-02-28"
Ending date in yyyy-MM-dd format.
​
sort
string
default:"desc"
Sort order either desc for the latest results first or asc for the oldest results first.
curl "https://api.etherscan.io/v2/api?chainid=1&module=stats&action=dailyavgnetdifficulty&startdate=2019-02-01&enddate=2019-02-28&sort=desc&apikey=YourApiKeyToken"

{
  "status": "1",
  "message": "OK",
  "result": [
    {
      "UTCDate": "2019-02-01",
      "unixTimeStamp": "1548979200",
      "networkDifficulty": "2,408.028"
    },
    {
      "UTCDate": "2019-02-02",
      "unixTimeStamp": "1549065600",
      "networkDifficulty": "2,358.910"
    }
  ]
}