Returns information about a block by block number.
Request
curl 'https://rpc.web3api.io?x-api-key=YOUR-API-KEY' \
-X POST \
-H 'x-amberdata-blockchain-id: ethereum-mainnet' \
-d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"eth_getBlockByNumber","params":["0x1b4",false]}'
| Index | Description |
|---|---|
| 0* - blockNumber | The integer of a block number, or the string "earliest", "latest" or "pending", as in the default block parameter. |
| 1* - includeTransactions | If true it returns the full transaction objects, if false only the hashes of the transactions. |
*Required
Response
{
"id":1,
"jsonrpc":"2.0",
"result": {
"number": "0x1b4", // 436
"hash": "0xe670ec64341771606e55d6b4ca35a1a6b75ee3d5145a99d05921026d1527331",
"parentHash": "0x9646252be9520f6e71339a8df9c55e4d7619deeb018d2a3f2d21fc165dde5eb5",
"nonce": "0xe04d296d2460cfb8472af2c5fd05b5a214109c25688d3704aed5484f9a7792f2",
"sha3Uncles": "0x1dcc4de8dec75d7aab85b567b6ccd41ad312451b948a7413f0a142fd40d49347",
"logsBloom": "0xe670ec64341771606e55d6b4ca35a1a6b75ee3d5145a99d05921026d1527331",
"transactionsRoot": "0x56e81f171bcc55a6ff8345e692c0f86e5b48e01b996cadc001622fb5e363b421",
"stateRoot": "0xd5855eb08b3387c0af375e9cdb6acfc05eb8f519e419b874b6ff2ffda7ed1dff",
"receiptsRoot": "0x5eced534b3d84d3d732ddbc714f5fd51d98a941b28182b6efe6df3a0fe90004b",
"miner": "0x4e65fda2159562a496f9f3522f89122a3088497a",
"difficulty": "0x027f07", // 163591
"totalDifficulty": "0x027f07", // 163591
"extraData": "0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000",
"size": "0x027f07", // 163591
"gasLimit": "0x9f759", // 653145
"gasUsed": "0x9f759", // 653145
"timestamp": "0x54e34e8e" // 1424182926
"transactions": [{...},{ ... }]
"uncles": ["0x1606e5...", "0xd5145a9..."]
}
}
| Type | Description |
|---|---|
| number | The block number. null when its pending block. |
| hash | The hash of the block. null when its a pending block. |
| parentHash | The hash of the parent block. |
| nonce | The hash of the generated proof-of-work. null when its pending block. |
| sha3Uncles | The SHA3 of the uncles data in the block. |
| logsBloom | The bloom filter for the logs of the block. null when its pending block. |
| transactionsRoot | The root of the transaction trie of the block. |
| stateRoot | The root of the final state trie of the block. |
| The root of the receipts trie of the block. | |
| miner | The address of the beneficiary to whom the mining rewards were given. |
| difficulty | The integer of the difficulty for this block. |
| totalDifficulty | The integer of the total difficulty of the chain until this block. |
| extraData | The "extra data" field of this block. |
| size | The integer the size of this block in bytes. |
| gasLimit | The maximum gas allowed in this block. |
| gasUsed | The total used gas by all transactions in this block. |
| timestamp | The unix timestamp for when the block was collated. |
| transactions | The array of transaction objects, or 32 Bytes transaction hashes depending on the last given parameter. |
| uncles | The array of uncle hashes. |