From e92bca1c498c448c6fa2cdec7d17a1404e4a9bf2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: shantichanal <158101918+shantichanal@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 5 Jun 2025 18:06:13 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Add curl command example to test Beacon API endpoint

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 docs/fundamentals/blsync.md | 15 +++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+)

diff --git a/docs/fundamentals/blsync.md b/docs/fundamentals/blsync.md
index 796432f71d..a28326e677 100644
--- a/docs/fundamentals/blsync.md
+++ b/docs/fundamentals/blsync.md
@@ -29,10 +29,25 @@ A checkpoint is the block root of the first proposed slot of a finalized beacon
 - Copy the block root field.
 ![Copy the block root](/images/docs/blsync3.png)
 
+## Testing a Beacon API Endpoint
+
+To verify that your Beacon API is reachable and returning valid data, you can use a simple `curl` command to request the light client bootstrap header for a given block root.
+
+Replace `<domain>` with your Beacon API domain, and `<block_hash>` with the hex-encoded block root you want to test.
+
+```terminal
+curl -H "Accept: application/json" http://<domain>/eth/v1/beacon/light_client/bootstrap/<block_root>
+```
+
 #### Example
+```terminal
+curl -H "Accept: application/json" http://testing.holesky.beacon-api.nimbus.team/eth/v1/beacon/light_client/bootstrap/0x82e6ba0e288db5eb79c328fc6cb03a6aec921b00af6888bd51d6b000e68e75ac
+```
 
 The following command can be used to start Geth with blsync on the Sepolia network. Note that the checkpoint root will be outdated two weeks after the writing of this page and a recent one will have to be picked according to the guide above:
 
+#### Example
+
 ```terminal
 ./build/bin/geth --sepolia --beacon.api https://sepolia.lightclient.xyz --beacon.checkpoint 0x0014732c89a02315d2ada0ed2f63b32ecb8d08751c01bea39011b31ad9ecee36
 ```