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Ethereum API

eth_getBlockByNumber

Summary: Returns information about a block by number.

Parameters

Block oneOf

Block number or tag

Block number string

Block number

Block tag enum

earliest: The lowest numbered block the client has available; 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 may 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 latest and containing the set of transactions usually taken from local mempool. Before the merge transition is finalized, any call querying for finalized or safe block MUST be responded to with -39001: Unknown block error

Possible enum values
earliest
finalized
safe
latest
pending
Hydrated transactions boolean
required

hydrated

Returns

Block information oneOf

Not Found (null) null

Not Found (null)

Block object object
required

Block object

hash string

Hash

parentHash string

Parent block hash

sha3Uncles string

Ommers hash

miner string

hex encoded address

stateRoot string

State root

transactionsRoot string

Transactions root

receiptsRoot string

Receipts root

logsBloom string

Bloom filter

difficulty string

Difficulty

number string

Number

gasLimit string

Gas limit

gasUsed string

Gas used

timestamp string

Timestamp

extraData string

Extra data

mixHash string

Mix hash

nonce string

Nonce

baseFeePerGas string

Base fee per gas

withdrawalsRoot string

Withdrawals root

blobGasUsed string

Blob gas used

excessBlobGas string

Excess blob gas

parentBeaconBlockRoot string

Parent Beacon Block Root

size string

Block size

transactions anyOf

Transaction hashes array

Transaction hashes

32 byte hex value string

32 byte hex value

Full transactions array

Full transactions

Transaction information allOf

Transaction information

Contextual information
required

Contextual information

oneOf

Signed 4844 Transaction allOf

Signed 4844 Transaction

EIP-4844 transaction. object
required

EIP-4844 transaction.

type string

type

nonce string

nonce

to string

hex encoded address

gas string

gas limit

value string

value

input string

input data

maxPriorityFeePerGas string

Maximum fee per gas the sender is willing to pay to miners in wei

maxFeePerGas string

The maximum total fee per gas the sender is willing to pay (includes the network / base fee and miner / priority fee) in wei

maxFeePerBlobGas string

The maximum total fee per gas the sender is willing to pay for blob gas in wei

accessList array

EIP-2930 access list

Access list entry object

Access list entry

address string

hex encoded address

storageKeys array

32 byte hex value string

32 byte hex value

blobVersionedHashes array

List of versioned blob hashes associated with the transaction's EIP-4844 data blobs.

32 byte hex value string

32 byte hex value

chainId string

Chain ID that this transaction is valid on.

EIP-4844 transaction signature properties.
required

EIP-4844 transaction signature properties.

Signed 1559 Transaction allOf

Signed 1559 Transaction

EIP-1559 transaction. object
required

EIP-1559 transaction.

type string

type

nonce string

nonce

to oneOf

to address

Contract Creation (null) null

Contract Creation (null)

hex encoded address string

hex encoded address

gas string

gas limit

value string

value

input string

input data

maxPriorityFeePerGas string

Maximum fee per gas the sender is willing to pay to miners in wei

maxFeePerGas string

The maximum total fee per gas the sender is willing to pay (includes the network / base fee and miner / priority fee) in wei

gasPrice string

The effective gas price paid by the sender in wei. For transactions not yet included in a block, this value should be set equal to the max fee per gas. This field is DEPRECATED, please transition to using effectiveGasPrice in the receipt object going forward.

accessList array

EIP-2930 access list

Access list entry object

Access list entry

address string

hex encoded address

storageKeys array

32 byte hex value string

32 byte hex value

chainId string

Chain ID that this transaction is valid on.

EIP-1559 transaction signature properties.
required

EIP-1559 transaction signature properties.

Signed 2930 Transaction allOf

Signed 2930 Transaction

EIP-2930 transaction. object
required

EIP-2930 transaction.

type string

type

nonce string

nonce

to oneOf

to address

Contract Creation (null) null

Contract Creation (null)

hex encoded address string

hex encoded address

gas string

gas limit

value string

value

input string

input data

gasPrice string

The gas price willing to be paid by the sender in wei

accessList array

EIP-2930 access list

Access list entry object

Access list entry

address string

hex encoded address

storageKeys array

32 byte hex value string

32 byte hex value

chainId string

Chain ID that this transaction is valid on.

EIP-2930 transaction signature properties.
required

EIP-2930 transaction signature properties.

Signed Legacy Transaction allOf

Signed Legacy Transaction

Legacy transaction. object
required

Legacy transaction.

type string

type

nonce string

nonce

to oneOf

to address

Contract Creation (null) null

Contract Creation (null)

hex encoded address string

hex encoded address

gas string

gas limit

value string

value

input string

input data

gasPrice string

The gas price willing to be paid by the sender in wei

chainId string

Chain ID that this transaction is valid on.

Legacy transaction signature properties.
required

Legacy transaction signature properties.

withdrawals array

Withdrawals

Validator withdrawal object
required

Validator withdrawal

index string

index of withdrawal

validatorIndex string

index of validator that generated withdrawal

address string

hex encoded address

amount string

value contained in withdrawal

uncles array

Uncles

32 byte hex value string

32 byte hex value

Customize request
Parameter
Value
oneOf
  • Block number
  • Block tag
falseboolean
  • true
  • false
Connect your MetaMask wallet to run requests successfully.
Request
await window.ethereum.request({
 "method": "eth_getBlockByNumber",
 "params": [
  "0x68b3",
  false
],
});
Example response
{
  "number": "0x68b3",
  "hash": "0xd5f1812548be429cbdc6376b29611fc49e06f1359758c4ceaaa3b393e2239f9c",
  "mixHash": "0x24900fb3da77674a861c428429dce0762707ecb6052325bbd9b3c64e74b5af9d",
  "parentHash": "0x1f68ac259155e2f38211ddad0f0a15394d55417b185a93923e2abe71bb7a4d6d",
  "nonce": "0x378da40ff335b070",
  "sha3Uncles": "0x1dcc4de8dec75d7aab85b567b6ccd41ad312451b948a7413f0a142fd40d49347",
  "logsBloom": "0x00000000000000100000004080000000000500000000000000020000100000000800001000000004000001000000000000000800040010000020100000000400000010000000000000000040000000000000040000000000000000000000000000000400002400000000000000000000000000000004000004000000000000840000000800000080010004000000001000000800000000000000000000000000000000000800000000000040000000020000000000000000000800000400000000000000000000000600000400000000002000000000000000000000004000000000000000100000000000000000000000000000000000040000900010000000",
  "transactionsRoot": "0x4d0c8e91e16bdff538c03211c5c73632ed054d00a7e210c0eb25146c20048126",
  "stateRoot": "0x91309efa7e42c1f137f31fe9edbe88ae087e6620d0d59031324da3e2f4f93233",
  "receiptsRoot": "0x68461ab700003503a305083630a8fb8d14927238f0bc8b6b3d246c0c64f21f4a",
  "miner": "0xb42b6c4a95406c78ff892d270ad20b22642e102d",
  "difficulty": "0x66e619a",
  "totalDifficulty": "0x1e875d746ae",
  "extraData": "0xd583010502846765746885676f312e37856c696e7578",
  "size": "0x334",
  "gasLimit": "0x47e7c4",
  "gasUsed": "0x37993",
  "timestamp": "0x5835c54d",
  "uncles": [],
  "transactions": [
    "0xa0807e117a8dd124ab949f460f08c36c72b710188f01609595223b325e58e0fc",
    "0xeae6d797af50cb62a596ec3939114d63967c374fa57de9bc0f4e2b576ed6639d"
  ],
  "baseFeePerGas": "0x7",
  "withdrawalsRoot": "0x7a4ecf19774d15cf9c15adf0dd8e8a250c128b26c9e2ab2a08d6c9c8ffbd104f",
  "withdrawals": [
    {
      "index": "0x0",
      "validatorIndex": "0x9d8c0",
      "address": "0xb9d7934878b5fb9610b3fe8a5e441e8fad7e293f",
      "amount": "0x11a33e3760"
    }
  ],
  "blobGasUsed": "0x0",
  "excessBlobGas": "0x0",
  "parentBeaconBlockRoot": "0x95c4dbd5b19f6fe3cbc3183be85ff4e85ebe75c5b4fc911f1c91e5b7a554a685"
}