eth_getBlockByNumber

Get Block By Number

POSThttps://site1.moralis-nodes.com/:chain/:apiKey

Retrieves information about a block by its block number. The method can optionally return full transaction objects within the block if the second parameter is set to true; otherwise, it returns only the transaction hashes.

Note

Please refer to RPC schema page for more details on the RPC params and RPC response definitions of the RPC method.

PATH PARAMS

chainstringrequired

The blockchain to interact with.

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apiKeystringrequired

Your API key for authentication.

BODY PARAM

Request Bodyobjectrequired

The request payload for retrieving block information by number.

{ "jsonrpc": "2.0", "id": 1, "method": "eth_getBlockByNumber" }

Responses

200Returns detailed information about the requested block.

400Bad Request

404Not Found

429Too Many Requests

500Internal Server Error

cURL

curl --request POST \
     --url 'https://site1.moralis-nodes.com/eth/YOUR_API_KEY' \
     --header 'accept: application/json' \
     --header 'content-type: application/json' \
     --data '
{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "eth_getBlockByNumber"
}
'

Node.js

// Node.js v18+ has native fetch support
// No additional dependencies required

const options = {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {
    accept: 'application/json',
    'content-type': 'application/json'
  },
  body: JSON.stringify({
    "jsonrpc": "2.0",
    "id": 1,
    "method": "eth_getBlockByNumber"
  })
};

fetch('https://site1.moralis-nodes.com/eth/YOUR_API_KEY', options)
  .then(response => response.json())
  .then(response => console.log(response))
  .catch(err => console.error(err));

Python

# Dependencies to install:
# $ python -m pip install requests

import requests

url = "https://site1.moralis-nodes.com/eth/YOUR_API_KEY"

payload = {
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "eth_getBlockByNumber"
}
headers = {
  "Accept": "application/json",
  "Content-Type": "application/json"
}

response = requests.request("POST", url, json=payload, headers=headers)

print(response.text)

Go

package main

import (
  "fmt"
  "strings"
  "net/http"
  "io"
)

func main() {

  url := "https://site1.moralis-nodes.com/eth/YOUR_API_KEY"

  payload := strings.NewReader("{\"jsonrpc\":\"2.0\",\"id\":1,\"method\":\"eth_getBlockByNumber\"}")

  req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)

  req.Header.Add("Accept", "application/json")
  req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")

  res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

  defer res.Body.Close()
  body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

  fmt.Println(res)
  fmt.Println(string(body))

}

PHP

<?php
// Dependencies to install:
// $ composer require guzzlehttp/guzzle

require_once('vendor/autoload.php');

$client = new \GuzzleHttp\Client();

$response = $client->request('POST', 'https://site1.moralis-nodes.com/eth/YOUR_API_KEY', [
  'body' => '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"eth_getBlockByNumber"}',
  'headers' => [
    'Accept' => 'application/json',
    'Content-Type' => 'application/json',
  ],
]);

echo $response->getBody();

Response Example

200 Returns detailed information about the requested block.

{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "result": {
    "number": "0x10d4f",
    "hash": "0x18173058d45f8aa984181fdfbfece01a93a971ea63e008231b2e15f151e0903f",
    "transactions": [
      {
        "blockHash": "0x18173058d45f8aa984181fdfbfece01a93a971ea63e008231b2e15f151e0903f",
        "blockNumber": "0x15df",
        "from": "0x354f3eD35Ae1a182aF933b793e49d3c86CFcDc63",
        "to": "0x354f3eD35Ae1a182aF933b793e49d3c86CFcDc63"
      }
    ],
    "parentHash": "0xd584c5509e3a3d4b2d3bbde4c8e8c0adec7f5c560e9d42b8f12f3c039dd40e92",
    "nonce": "0x0000000000000000",
    "sha3Uncles": "0x1dcc4de8dec75d7aab85b567b6ccd41ad312451b948a7413f0a142fd40d49347",
    "logsBloom": "0x00000000...",
    "transactionsRoot": "0x3a1b2c...",
    "stateRoot": "0xf1132b...",
    "receiptsRoot": "0x140f3e...",
    "miner": "0x4e65fda2159562a496f9f3522f89122a3088497a",
    "difficulty": "0xffffffff",
    "totalDifficulty": "0x222e4800",
    "extraData": "0xd783010703846765746887676f312e392e34856c696e7578",
    "size": "0x280",
    "gasLimit": "0x47e7c4",
    "gasUsed": "0x45f3",
    "timestamp": "0x5a5b8d80",
    "uncles": [
      "0x1602e3..."
    ]
  }
}