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## API Endpoints

### GET /info
#### Backend URL
For faucets hosted on https://teztnets.xyz, the backend url can be found at https://teztnets.xyz/teztnets.json under `faucet_url`.

Returns general information about the faucet, including the faucet's address, whether captcha is enabled, the max balance allowed, and the min and max Tez amounts.
### **GET `/info`**

Example response:
Returns details like the faucet's address, whether captcha and challenges are enabled, the maximum balance allowed, and the min and max Tez request amounts.

```json
{
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}
```

### POST /challenge
### **POST `/challenge`**

Initiates the Tez request procedure. The user provides their address, the amount of Tez they want, and captcha token (optional). If `DISABLE_CHALLENGES` is `true`, only the `/verify` endpoint should be used.
Initiate the Tez request procedure.

Request example:
**Request**:

```json
{
"address": "tz1...",
"amount": 10,
"captchaToken": "03AG..."
"amount": 10
}
```

If a challenge already exists for the user's address in Redis it will be returned in the response. Otherwise the endpoint generates a new challenge and stores it, along with associated data in Redis.

The response contains the challenge string, a challenge counter starting at 1, and the difficulty. The challenge counter indicates the current challenge in a series of Proof of Work challenges that the user must complete.

Response example:
**Response**:
The server provides a challenge string, challenge counter, and difficulty.

```json
{
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}
```

### POST /verify
**Solving the Challenge**:
You need to find a nonce such that the SHA-256 hash of the concatenated string (challenge + nonce) begins with a number of zeros equivalent to the given `difficulty`. For instance, if the difficulty is 4, then the hash should start with four leading zeros, e.g., `0000abcd1234...`. The nonce is an arbitrary number that is iteratively increased until the condition is met.

**Pseudocode**:

```pseudocode
nonce = 0
do {
combined_string = challenge_string + nonce
hash_result = sha256(combined_string)
nonce++
} while (hash_result does not start with `difficulty` number of zero bytes)
```

### **POST `/verify`**

Allows users to submit solutions to the challenges. The user provides their address, nonce, and solution string.
Submit challenge solutions and receive Tez.

Request example:
**Request**:

```json
{
"address": "tz1...",
"nonce": "1234",
"solution": "0000ABC..."
"nonce": 123456, // found from above pseudocode
"solution": "0000ABC..." // hash_result from above pseudocode
}
```

The endpoint verifies the solution by trying to regenerate it using the challenge string and nonce.
**Response**:
Based on whether all required challenges are satisfied, the server either:

If the solution is correct but the required number of challenges have not yet been satisfied, a new challenge is generated and returned in the response.

Response example:
- Sends another challenge:

```json
{
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}
```

If all challenges have been completed, the user's address is granted the requested amount of Tez. The transaction hash is returned to indicate the transfer was successful.

Response example:
- Grants the requested Tez amount and returns a transaction hash.

```json
{
"txHash": "oo7X..."
}
{ "txHash": "oo7X..." }
```

Note: If `DISABLE_CHALLENGES` is `true`, `amount` should be sent in the request to the `/verify` endpoint, which will immediately grant Tez.
**Note**: If `DISABLE_CHALLENGES` is `true`, `amount` should be sent in the request to the `/verify` endpoint, which will immediately grant Tez.

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