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Ethereum — web3, net, eth, Gossip, State, History (3/3)

API reference for Ethereum. All methods ->

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eth_getBlockByNumber​

Returns information for the block specified by block number.

Parameters​


  • id (integer; required): a request ID (example: 1).

  • jsonrpc (string; required): a JSON RPC spec used (example: 2.0).

  • method (string; required): a method used for the request.

  • params (array; required):

    1. <string> (quantity|tag): either the hex value of a block number or one of the following block tags:
      • earliest: the lowest numbered block available on the client.
      • finalized: the most recent crypto-economically secure block; cannot be re-orged outside of manual intervention driven by community coordination.
      • safe: the most recent block that is safe from re-orgs under honest majority and certain synchronicity assumptions.
      • latest: the most recent block in the canonical chain observed by the client; this block can be re-orged out of the canonical chain even under healthy/normal conditions.
      • pending: a sample next block built by the client on top of the latest and containing the set of transactions usually taken from local mempool. In other words, it is the block that has not been mined yet.
    2. <boolean>: if true it returns the full transaction objects, if false — only the hashes of the transactions.

Returns​


  • <object>: a block object, or null when no block was found:
    • number (string; quantity): the block number; null when it's a pending block.
    • hash (string; data, 32 bytes): the hash of the block; null when it's a pending block.
    • parentHash (string; data, 32 bytes): the hash of the parent block.
    • nonce (string; data, 8 bytes): the hash of the generated proof-of-work; null when it's a pending block.
    • sha3Uncles (string; data, 32 bytes): SHA3 of the uncles data in the block.
    • logsBloom (string; data, 256 bytes): the bloom filter for the logs of the block. null when its pending block.
    • transactionsRoot (string; data, 32 bytes): the root of the transaction trie of the block.
    • stateRoot (string; data, 32 bytes): the root of the final state trie of the block.
    • receiptsRoot (string; data, 32 bytes): the root of the receipts trie of the block.
    • miner (string; data, 20 bytes): the address of the beneficiary to whom the mining rewards were given.
    • difficulty (string; quantity): the difficulty for this block.
    • totalDifficulty (string; quantity): the total difficulty of the chain until this block.
    • extraData (string; data): the extra data field of this block.
    • size (string; quantity): the size of this block in bytes.
    • gasLimit (string; quantity): the maximum gas allowed in this block.
    • gasUsed (string; quantity): the total used gas by all transactions in this block.
    • timestamp (string; quantity): the unix timestamp for when the block was collated.
    • transactions (array of strings): an array of transaction objects, or 32 bytes transaction hashes depending on the last given parameter.
    • uncles (array of strings): an array of uncle hashes.

Request example​

curl -X POST https://rpc.ankr.com/eth/YOUR_ANKR_API_KEY \
-H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
-d '{
      "jsonrpc": "2.0",
      "method": "eth_getBlockByNumber",
      "params": ["0x1b4", true],
      "id": 1
    }'

Response example​

{
    "jsonrpc": "2.0",
    "id": 1,
    "result": {
        "difficulty": "0x4ea3f27bc",
        "extraData": "0x476574682f4c5649562f76312e302e302f6c696e75782f676f312e342e32",
        "gasLimit": "0x1388",
        "gasUsed": "0x0",
        "hash": "0xdc0818cf78f21a8e70579cb46a43643f78291264dda342ae31049421c82d21ae",
        "logsBloom": "0x00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000",
        "miner": "0xbb7b8287f3f0a933474a79eae42cbca977791171",
        "mixHash": "0x4fffe9ae21f1c9e15207b1f472d5bbdd68c9595d461666602f2be20daf5e7843",
        "nonce": "0x689056015818adbe",
        "number": "0x1b4",
        "parentHash": "0xe99e022112df268087ea7eafaf4790497fd21dbeeb6bd7a1721df161a6657a54",
        "receiptsRoot": "0x56e81f171bcc55a6ff8345e692c0f86e5b48e01b996cadc001622fb5e363b421",
        "sha3Uncles": "0x1dcc4de8dec75d7aab85b567b6ccd41ad312451b948a7413f0a142fd40d49347",
        "size": "0x220",
        "stateRoot": "0xddc8b0234c2e0cad087c8b389aa7ef01f7d79b2570bccb77ce48648aa61c904d",
        "timestamp": "0x55ba467c",
        "totalDifficulty": "0x78ed983323d",
        "transactions": [],
        "transactionsRoot": "0x56e81f171bcc55a6ff8345e692c0f86e5b48e01b996cadc001622fb5e363b421",
        "uncles": []
    }
}