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# Ethereum eth_getBlockByNumber RPC method

An Ethereum API method that allows you to retrieve information about a specific block on the Ethereum blockchain. The eth_getBlockByNumber method is called by sending an HTTP POST request to the Ethereum node with a JSON payload that includes the following parameters.

Parameters:

  1. blockNumber — the block identifier that can be one of the following:
    • quantity — string representing the block number that you want to retrieve, encoded either as integer or hexadecimal.
    • tag — the string that means one of the following block's states:
    • latest — the latest block that is to be validated. The Beacon Chain may reorg and the latest block can become orphaned.
    • safe — the block that is equal to the tip of the chain and is very unlikely to be orphaned.
    • finalized — the block that is accepted by the two thirds of the Ethereum validators.
    • earliest — the genesis block.
    • pending — the pending state and transactions block.
  2. fullTransactionObjects — a boolean value indicating whether you want to include full transaction objects in the returned block data. If true, the method will return the full transaction objects for each transaction in the block. If false, it will only return the transaction hashes:

Returns:

  • object — the block object, or null when no block was found with the eth_getBlockByNumber call.
    • number — the block number of the requested block, encoded as hexadecimal. null if pending.
    • hash — the block hash of the requested block. null if pending.
    • parenthash — the hash of the parent block.
    • nonce — the hash of the generated proof-of-work. null if pending.
    • sha3uncles — SHA-3 of the uncles' data in the block.
    • logsbloom — the bloom filter for the logs of the block. null if pending.
    • transactionsroot — the root of the transaction trie of the block.
    • stateroot — the root of the final state trie of the block.
    • receiptsroot — the root of the receipts trie of the block.
    • miner — the address to whom the mining rewards were given.
    • difficulty — the integer of the difficulty for this block, encoded as hexadecimal.
    • totaldifficulty — the integer of the total difficulty of the chain until this block, encoded as hexadecimal.
    • extradata — the extra data field of this block.
    • size — the size of this block in bytes as an integer value, encoded as hexadecimal.
    • gaslimit — the maximum gas allowed in this block, encoded as hexadecimal.
    • gasused — the total used gas by all transactions in this block, encoded as hexadecimal.
    • timestamp — the Unix timestamp for when the block was collated.
    • transactions — the array of transaction objects; see eth_getTransactionByHash (opens new window) for exact shape.
    • uncles — the array of uncle hashes.

Information

cURL needs a HEX String starting with 0x to identify the block if you want to use a hex integer block number as a parameter. For example, block number 14000000 will be 0xD59F80.

  • web3.js
  • web3.py
  • eth.rb
  • cURL 
const Web3 = require("web3");
const node_url = "CHAINSTACK_NODE_URL";
const web3 = new Web3(node_url);
web3.eth.getBlock("latest", "False", (err, block) => {
  console.log(block);
});