**Step 1:** To access Litecoin, use the following native access endpoints:

- **Network:** Litecoin Mainnet
- **Request Type:** POST

```undefined
https://svc.blockdaemon.com/litecoin/mainnet/native
```

- **Network:** Litecoin Testnet
- **Request Type:** POST

```undefined
https://svc.blockdaemon.com/litecoin/testnet/native
```

**Step 2:** Authenticate your request using your API key. You can include the API key using either of the following headers:

Bearer Token

```curl
Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY
```

X-API-Key

```curl
X-API-Key: YOUR_API_KEY
```

**Step 3.** Specify a Litecoin method in the request body:

> Learn more about Litecoin methods [here](https://docs.blockdaemon.com/reference/litecoin-methods-rpc-api).

JSON

```json
{
    "jsonrpc": "2.0",
    "id": 1,
    "method": "YOUR_METHOD",
    "params": []
}
```

### Example Request  
Here is a cURL example for using **[getblockcount](https://developer.bitcoin.org/reference/rpc/getblockcount.html)** to get the height of the most-work fully-validated chain in Litecoin Mainnet:

cURL

```curl
curl -X POST \
https://svc.blockdaemon.com/litecoin/mainnet/native \
-H 'Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY' \
-H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
-d '{"jsonrpc": "2.0", "id": 1, "method": "getblockcount", "params": []}'
```

The following is a typical response you will get:

JSON

```json
{
    "result": 2313630,
    "error": null,
    "id": 1
}
```