eth_getBlockByNumber

Returns information of the block matching the given block number. The API credit value for this method is 60

  1. Parameters

  • blockNumber/tag string*REQUIRED

    The block number in hexadecimal format or the string latest, earliest, pending, safe or finalized

  • transaction detail flag *REQUIRED

    The method returns the full transaction objects when this value is true otherwise, it returns only the hashes of the transactions

curl https://Krypc-End Point URL/ \
  -X POST \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  --data '{"method":"eth_getBlockByNumber","params":["0xc5043f",false],"id":1,"jsonrpc":"2.0"}'
  1. Returns

Result- object

A block object, or null when no block was found. The block object contains the following fields:

  1. baseFeePerGas

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

  1. difficulty

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

  1. extraData

The “extra data” field of this block

  1. gasLimit

The maximum gas allowed in this block encoded as a hexadecimal

  1. gasUsed

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

  1. hash

The block hash of the requested block. null if pending

  1. logsBloom

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

  1. miner

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

  1. mixHash

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

  1. nonce

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

  1. number

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

  1. parentHash

The hash of the parent block

  1. receiptsRoot

The root of the receipts trie of the block

  1. sha3Uncles

The SHA3 of the uncles data in the block

  1. size

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

  1. stateRoot

The root of the final state trie of the block

  1. timestamp

The UNIX timestamp for when the block was collated

  1. totalDifficulty

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

  1. transactions

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

20. transactionsRoot

The root of the transaction trie of the block

21. uncles

An array of uncle hashes

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