eth_getBlockByNumber

POST https://mainnet.valuechain.xyz

Returns information about a block by number or tag.

Accepted tags: earliest, latest, safe, finalized, pending. safe and finalized return the same block and typically lag latest by one slot. See block tags.

Parameters

Name	Type	Required	Description
block	quantity or tag	Yes	Hex block number, or earliest, latest, safe, finalized, or pending.
hydrated	boolean	Yes	If true, return full transactions; if false, return transaction hashes.

Result

Block (object or null): Block object, or null if the block is unknown.

Example

Response

{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "result": {
    "number": "0xd81e9f",
    "hash": "0x565381ec3a896e084662587ed4eba8f3b6745ffeff7b1d7b672b4b1bb724f3b5",
    "transactions": [
      "0xb269e14e09977c2969efcabd2eabbef7aeb8196780a53fce6dc5b7605169b10d"
    ],
    "gasUsed": "0x5208",
    "baseFeePerGas": "0xf4240"
  }
}

Code examples

cURL

curl --request POST \
  --url https://mainnet.valuechain.xyz \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '{"jsonrpc": "2.0", "id": 1, "method": "eth_getBlockByNumber", "params": ["latest", false]}'

JavaScript

const options = {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: { 'Content-Type': 'application/json' },
  body: JSON.stringify({"jsonrpc": "2.0", "id": 1, "method": "eth_getBlockByNumber", "params": ["latest", false]})
};

fetch('https://mainnet.valuechain.xyz', options)
  .then((res) => res.json())
  .then((res) => console.log(res))
  .catch((err) => console.error(err));

Python

import requests

url = "https://mainnet.valuechain.xyz"
payload = {
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "eth_getBlockByNumber",
  "params": [
    "latest",
    false
  ]
}
headers = {"Content-Type": "application/json"}
response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)
print(response.text)