eth_getBlockByNumber

eth_getBlockByNumber RPC Method

Parameters:

blockNumber/tag - string - The block number in hexadecimal format or the string latest, earliest, pending, safe or finalized (safe and finalized tags are only supported on Ethereum, Gnosis, Arbitrum, Arbitrum Nova and Avalanche C-chain), see the default block parameter description in the official Ethereum documentation

transaction detail flag - boolean - (default: false) The method returns the full transaction objects when this value is true otherwise, it returns only the hashes of the transactions

Returns:

object - A block object, or null when no block was found

baseFeePerGas - (optional) A string of the base fee encoded in hexadecimal format. Please note that this response field will not be included in a block requested before the EIP-1559 upgrade

difficulty - The integer of the difficulty for this block encoded as a hexadecimal

extraData - The “extra data” field of this block

gasLimit - The maximum gas allowed in this block encoded as a hexadecimal

gasUsed - The total used gas by all transactions in this block encoded as a hexadecimal

hash - The block hash of the requested block. null if pending

logsBloom - The bloom filter for the logs of the block. null if pending

miner - The address of the beneficiary to whom the mining rewards were given

mixHash - A string of a 256-bit hash encoded as a hexadecimal

nonce - The hash of the generated proof-of-work. null if pending

number - The block number of the requested block encoded as a hexadecimal. null if pending

parentHash - The hash of the parent block

receiptsRoot - The root of the receipts trie of the block

sha3Uncles - The SHA3 of the uncles data in the block

size - The size of this block in bytes as an Integer value encoded as hexadecimal

stateRoot - The root of the final state trie of the block

timestamp - The unix timestamp for when the block was collated

totalDifficulty - The integer of the total difficulty of the chain until this block encoded as a hexadecimal

transactions - An array of transaction objects - please see eth_getTransactionByHash for exact shape

transactionsRoot - The root of the transaction trie of the block

uncles - An array of uncle hashes

Code Examples:

var myHeaders = new Headers();
myHeaders.append("Content-Type", "application/json");

var raw = JSON.stringify({
  "method": "eth_getBlockByNumber",
  "params": [
    "0xc5043f",
    false
  ],
  "id": 1,
  "jsonrpc": "2.0"
});

var requestOptions = {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: myHeaders,
  body: raw,
  redirect: 'follow'
};

fetch("https://api.ebs.ezat.io/core/api/v1.0/rpc/polygon/mainnet?x-api-key-id=API-KEY-ID&x-api-key=API-KEY", requestOptions)
  .then(response => response.text())
  .then(result => console.log(result))
  .catch(error => console.log('error', error));