<p>This isn't exactly what you asked, but it's close. 
Take a look at <a href="https://chainquery.com/bitcoin-api" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://chainquery.com/bitcoin-api</a> you can try different JSON-RPC commands through your browser.  </p>

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That seems to be exactly what I wanted. Any reason that you are saying it's not? Thanks.
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<p>I want to run bitcoin-cli commands (or JSON API requests) to see example response output in the format as given on <a href="https://bitcoin.org/en/developer-reference#bitcoin-core-apis" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://bitcoin.org/en/developer-reference#bitcoin-core-apis</a> without running bitcoind locally. I do not want to have to download the entire blockchain.</p>

<p>For example, I want to see the output of commands like <a href="https://bitcoin.org/en/developer-reference#gettransaction" rel="nofollow noreferrer">gettransaction</a> or <a href="https://bitcoin.org/en/developer-reference#getblock" rel="nofollow noreferrer">getblock</a> for transactions and blocks on the main Bitcoin blockchain. Aren't there any publicly available servers that would return responses in the format as specified in Bitcoin Core API? The other blockchain explorers like <a href="http://blockchain.info" rel="nofollow noreferrer">blockchain.info</a> or <a href="http://blockexplorer.com" rel="nofollow noreferrer">blockexplorer.com</a> appear to be returning a response in their own JSON format (i.e. document structure) with different field names and object hierarchy.</p>

<p>I spent quite some time looking for some such service but could not find any helpful information online.</p>

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Running bitcoin-cli commands without hosting a node
Ajoy Bhatia
# Running bitcoin-cli commands without hosting a node

(Asked by: username_0 on 2017-04-04)

I want to run bitcoin-cli commands (or JSON API requests) to see example response output in the format as given on <https://bitcoin.org/en/developer-reference#bitcoin-core-apis> without running bitcoind locally. I do not want to have to download the entire blockchain.

For example, I want to see the output of commands like [gettransaction](https://bitcoin.org/en/developer-reference#gettransaction) or [getblock](https://bitcoin.org/en/developer-reference#getblock) for transactions and blocks on the main Bitcoin blockchain. Aren't there any publicly available servers that would return responses in the format as specified in Bitcoin Core API? The other blockchain explorers like [blockchain.info](http://blockchain.info) or [blockexplorer.com](http://blockexplorer.com) appear to be returning a response in their own JSON format (i.e. document structure) with different field names and object hierarchy.

I spent quite some time looking for some such service but could not find any helpful information online.

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2017-04-05. Score: 2 | Accepted answer

This isn't exactly what you asked, but it's close.
Take a look at <https://chainquery.com/bitcoin-api> you can try different JSON-RPC commands through your browser.

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: That seems to be exactly what I wanted. Any reason that you are saying it's not? Thanks.  

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