eth_getHeaderByNumber

POST https://mainnet.valuechain.xyz

Returns the block header for the given block number or tag.

Parameters

Name	Type	Required	Description
block	quantity or tag	Yes	Hex block number, or earliest, latest, safe, finalized, or pending. See block tags.

Result

Header (object or null): Header object without the transaction list.

Example

Response

{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "result": {
    "number": "0xd81e9f",
    "hash": "0x565381ec3a896e084662587ed4eba8f3b6745ffeff7b1d7b672b4b1bb724f3b5",
    "parentHash": "0xd030ea66153bcfef30754d893a7b7873a28a91a84822e92483cdf9e0a7953782",
    "gasUsed": "0x5208",
    "baseFeePerGas": "0xf4240",
    "timestamp": "0x6aa2c353"
  }
}

Code examples

cURL

curl --request POST \
  --url https://mainnet.valuechain.xyz \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '{"jsonrpc": "2.0", "id": 1, "method": "eth_getHeaderByNumber", "params": ["0xd81e9f"]}'

JavaScript

const options = {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: { 'Content-Type': 'application/json' },
  body: JSON.stringify({"jsonrpc": "2.0", "id": 1, "method": "eth_getHeaderByNumber", "params": ["0xd81e9f"]})
};

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_getHeaderByNumber",
  "params": [
    "0xd81e9f"
  ]
}
headers = {"Content-Type": "application/json"}
response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)
print(response.text)