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title: Token Metadata Service
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# Stacks Token Metadata Service
title: Token Metadata API


# Token Metadata API

A microservice that indexes metadata for all Fungible, Non-Fungible, and Semi-Fungible Tokens in the Stacks blockchain and exposes it via JSON REST API endpoints.

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### External architecture

The external architectural diagram shows how the Token metadata service is connected to three different systems, Stacks node, Stacks blockchain API database, and Postgres database.

![Architecture](../../architecture.png)
The external architectural diagram shows how the Token metadata API is connected to three different systems, Stacks node, Stacks blockchain API database, and Postgres database.

![Architecture](../../architecture.png)

1. Token metadata service interacts with Stacks Blockchain API database( referred to as Local Metadata DB in the diagram) to import all historical smart contracts when booting up and to listen for new contracts that may be deployed. Read-only access is recommended as this service will never need to write anything to this database(DB).
1. Token metadata API interacts with Stacks Blockchain API database( referred to as Local Metadata DB in the diagram) to import all historical smart contracts when booting up and to listen for new contracts that may be deployed. Read-only access is recommended as this service will never need to write anything to this database(DB).
2. A Stacks node to respond to all read-only contract calls required when fetching token metadata (calls to get token count, token metadata URIs, etc.).
3. A local Postgres DB to store all processed metadata info.

The service needs to fetch external metadata files (JSONs, images) from the internet, so it must have access to external networks.

### Internal architecture

The following is the internal architectural diagram of the Token Metadata Service.

The following is the internal architectural diagram of the Token metadata API.

![Flowchart](../../flowchart.png)

#### Blockchain importer

The [`BlockchainImporter`](https://github.com/hirosystems/token-metadata-api/blob/develop/src/token-processor/blockchain-api/blockchain-importer.ts) is a component in the Token metadata service that takes token contracts from the API database. This component is only used on service boot.

It connects to the Stacks Blockchain API database and scans the entire `smart_contracts` table looking for any contract that conforms to [SIP-009](https://github.com/stacksgov/sips/blob/main/sips/sip-009/sip-009-nft-standard.md), SIP-010 or SIP-013. When it finds a token contract, it creates a [`ProcessSmartContractJob`](https://github.com/hirosystems/token-metadata-api/blob/develop/src/token-processor/process-smart-contract-job.ts) and adds it to the [Job queue](#job-queue), ßso its tokens can be read and processed thereafter.
The [`BlockchainImporter`](/src/token-processor/blockchain-api/blockchain-importer.ts) is a component in the Token metadata API that takes token contracts from the API database. This component is only used on service boot.

It connects to the Stacks Blockchain API database and scans the entire `smart_contracts` table looking for any contract that conforms to [SIP-009](https://github.com/stacksgov/sips/blob/main/sips/sip-009/sip-009-nft-standard.md), SIP-010 or SIP-013. When it finds a token contract, it creates a [`ProcessSmartContractJob`](/src/token-processor/queue/job/process-smart-contract-job.ts) and adds it to the [Job queue](#job-queue), ßso its tokens can be read and processed thereafter.

This process runs only once. If the Token Metadata Service is ever restarted, though, this component re-scans the API `smart_contracts` table from the last processed block height. So, it can pick up any newer contracts it might have missed while the service was unavailable.
This process runs only once. If the Token metadata API is ever restarted, though, this component re-scans the API `smart_contracts` table from the last processed block height. So, it can pick up any newer contracts it might have missed while the service was unavailable.

#### Smart contract monitor

The [`BlockchainSmartContractMonitor`](https://github.com/hirosystems/token-metadata-api/blob/develop/src/token-processor/blockchain-api/blockchain-smart-contract-monitor.ts) component constantly listens to the following Stacks Blockchain API events:
The [`BlockchainSmartContractMonitor`](/src/token-processor/blockchain-api/blockchain-smart-contract-monitor.ts) component constantly listens to the following Stacks Blockchain API events:

* **Smart contract log events**

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#### Job queue

The role of the [`JobQueue`](https://github.com/hirosystems/token-metadata-api/blob/develop/src/token-processor/queue/job-queue.ts) is to perform all the smart contract and token processing in the service.

The role of the [`JobQueue`](/src/token-processor/queue/job-queue.ts) is to perform all the smart contract and token processing in the service.

It is a priority queue that organizes all necessary work for contract ingestion and token metadata processing. Every job this queue processes corresponds to one row in the `jobs` DB table, which marks its processing status and related objects to be worked on (smart contract or token).

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## API reference

See the [Token Metadata Service API Reference](https://token-metadata-api-dlkidjgff-blockstack.vercel.app/) for more information.
See the [Token metadata API Reference](https://docs.hiro.so/metadata/) for more information.

## Quick start

### System requirements

The Token Metadata Service is a microservice with hard dependencies on other Stacks blockchain components. Before you start, you'll need to have access to the following:
The Token metadata API is a microservice with hard dependencies on other Stacks blockchain components. Before you start, you'll need to have access to the following:

1. A fully synchronized [Stacks node](https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-blockchain)
1. A fully synchronized instance of the [Stacks Blockchain API](https://github.com/hirosystems/stacks-blockchain-api) running in `default` or `write-only` mode, with its Postgres database exposed for new connections. A read-only DB replica is also acceptable.
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1. Clone the repository by using the following command:

`git clone https://github.com/hirosystems/token-metadata-api`
`git clone https://github.com/hirosystems/token-metadata-api.git`

2. Create a `.env` file and specify the appropriate values to configure access to the Stacks API database, the Token Metadata Service local database, and the Stacks node RPC interface. See [`env.ts`](https://github.com/hirosystems/token-metadata-api/blob/develop/src/env.ts) for all
available configuration options.
1. Create a `.env` file and specify the appropriate values to configure access to the Stacks API database, the Token metadata API local database, and the Stacks node RPC interface. See [`env.ts`](/src/env.ts) for all available configuration options.

2. Build the app (NodeJS v18+ is required)

3. Build the app (NodeJS v18+ is required)
```
npm install
npm run build
```

4. Start the service
1. Start the service

```
npm run start
```
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### Using image cache service

The Token Metadata Service allows you to specify the path to a custom script that can pre-process every image URL detected by the service before it's inserted into the DB. This will enable you to serve CDN image URLs in your metadata responses instead of raw URLs, providing key advantages such as:
The Token metadata API allows you to specify the path to a custom script that can pre-process every image URL detected by the service before it's inserted into the DB. This will enable you to serve CDN image URLs in your metadata responses instead of raw URLs, providing key advantages such as:

* Improves image load speed
* Increases reliability in case the original image becomes unavailable
* Protects original image hosts from [DDoS attacks](https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Denial-of-service_attack)
* Increases user privacy

An example IMGIX processor script is included in [`config/image-cache.js`](https://github.com/hirosystems/token-metadata-api/blob/develop/config/image-cache.js).
An example IMGIX processor script is included in [`config/image-cache.js`](/config/image-cache.js).
You can customize the script path by altering the `METADATA_IMAGE_CACHE_PROCESSOR` environment variable.