---
title: "POST /ledgers/{name}/digest"
method: POST
path: "/ledgers/{name}/digest"
---

# POST /ledgers/{name}/digest

`POST /ledgers/{name}/digest`

Returns the digest of a ledger at the latest committed block in the journal. The response includes a 256-bit hash value and a block address.

## Path parameters

- `name` string, required

## Response `200`

Success

- GetDigestResponse
  - `Digest` string, required — The 256-bit hash value representing the digest returned by a <code>GetDigest</code> request.
  - `DigestTipAddress` object, required — The latest block location covered by the digest that you requested. An address is an Amazon Ion structure that has two fields: <code>strandId</code> and <code>sequenceNo</code>.
    - `IonText` string, password — An Amazon Ion plaintext value contained in a <code>ValueHolder</code> structure.

## Other responses

- `480` — InvalidParameterException
- `481` — ResourceNotFoundException
- `482` — ResourcePreconditionNotMetException

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