debug_getRawHeader
curl --request POST \
--url https://nd-954-882-037.p2pify.com/66f812de2a6724a75a51f60dd6f2a154 \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data '
{
"id": 1,
"jsonrpc": "2.0",
"method": "debug_getRawHeader",
"params": [
"latest"
]
}
'import requests
url = "https://nd-954-882-037.p2pify.com/66f812de2a6724a75a51f60dd6f2a154"
payload = {
"id": 1,
"jsonrpc": "2.0",
"method": "debug_getRawHeader",
"params": ["latest"]
}
headers = {"Content-Type": "application/json"}
response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)
print(response.text)const options = {
method: 'POST',
headers: {'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
body: JSON.stringify({id: 1, jsonrpc: '2.0', method: 'debug_getRawHeader', params: ['latest']})
};
fetch('https://nd-954-882-037.p2pify.com/66f812de2a6724a75a51f60dd6f2a154', options)
.then(res => res.json())
.then(res => console.log(res))
.catch(err => console.error(err));<?php
$curl = curl_init();
curl_setopt_array($curl, [
CURLOPT_URL => "https://nd-954-882-037.p2pify.com/66f812de2a6724a75a51f60dd6f2a154",
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([
'id' => 1,
'jsonrpc' => '2.0',
'method' => 'debug_getRawHeader',
'params' => [
'latest'
]
]),
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
"Content-Type: application/json"
],
]);
$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);
curl_close($curl);
if ($err) {
echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
echo $response;
}package main
import (
"fmt"
"strings"
"net/http"
"io"
)
func main() {
url := "https://nd-954-882-037.p2pify.com/66f812de2a6724a75a51f60dd6f2a154"
payload := strings.NewReader("{\n \"id\": 1,\n \"jsonrpc\": \"2.0\",\n \"method\": \"debug_getRawHeader\",\n \"params\": [\n \"latest\"\n ]\n}")
req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)
req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")
res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
defer res.Body.Close()
body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)
fmt.Println(string(body))
}HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://nd-954-882-037.p2pify.com/66f812de2a6724a75a51f60dd6f2a154")
.header("Content-Type", "application/json")
.body("{\n \"id\": 1,\n \"jsonrpc\": \"2.0\",\n \"method\": \"debug_getRawHeader\",\n \"params\": [\n \"latest\"\n ]\n}")
.asString();require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
url = URI("https://nd-954-882-037.p2pify.com/66f812de2a6724a75a51f60dd6f2a154")
http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true
request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n \"id\": 1,\n \"jsonrpc\": \"2.0\",\n \"method\": \"debug_getRawHeader\",\n \"params\": [\n \"latest\"\n ]\n}"
response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body{
"jsonrpc": "<string>",
"id": 123,
"result": "<string>"
}Arbitrum node API
debug_getRawHeader | Arbitrum
Arbitrum API method that returns the RLP-encoded block header for a given block number or tag. Available on Arbitrum via Chainstack.
POST
/
66f812de2a6724a75a51f60dd6f2a154
debug_getRawHeader
curl --request POST \
--url https://nd-954-882-037.p2pify.com/66f812de2a6724a75a51f60dd6f2a154 \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data '
{
"id": 1,
"jsonrpc": "2.0",
"method": "debug_getRawHeader",
"params": [
"latest"
]
}
'import requests
url = "https://nd-954-882-037.p2pify.com/66f812de2a6724a75a51f60dd6f2a154"
payload = {
"id": 1,
"jsonrpc": "2.0",
"method": "debug_getRawHeader",
"params": ["latest"]
}
headers = {"Content-Type": "application/json"}
response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)
print(response.text)const options = {
method: 'POST',
headers: {'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
body: JSON.stringify({id: 1, jsonrpc: '2.0', method: 'debug_getRawHeader', params: ['latest']})
};
fetch('https://nd-954-882-037.p2pify.com/66f812de2a6724a75a51f60dd6f2a154', options)
.then(res => res.json())
.then(res => console.log(res))
.catch(err => console.error(err));<?php
$curl = curl_init();
curl_setopt_array($curl, [
CURLOPT_URL => "https://nd-954-882-037.p2pify.com/66f812de2a6724a75a51f60dd6f2a154",
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([
'id' => 1,
'jsonrpc' => '2.0',
'method' => 'debug_getRawHeader',
'params' => [
'latest'
]
]),
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
"Content-Type: application/json"
],
]);
$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);
curl_close($curl);
if ($err) {
echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
echo $response;
}package main
import (
"fmt"
"strings"
"net/http"
"io"
)
func main() {
url := "https://nd-954-882-037.p2pify.com/66f812de2a6724a75a51f60dd6f2a154"
payload := strings.NewReader("{\n \"id\": 1,\n \"jsonrpc\": \"2.0\",\n \"method\": \"debug_getRawHeader\",\n \"params\": [\n \"latest\"\n ]\n}")
req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)
req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")
res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
defer res.Body.Close()
body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)
fmt.Println(string(body))
}HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://nd-954-882-037.p2pify.com/66f812de2a6724a75a51f60dd6f2a154")
.header("Content-Type", "application/json")
.body("{\n \"id\": 1,\n \"jsonrpc\": \"2.0\",\n \"method\": \"debug_getRawHeader\",\n \"params\": [\n \"latest\"\n ]\n}")
.asString();require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
url = URI("https://nd-954-882-037.p2pify.com/66f812de2a6724a75a51f60dd6f2a154")
http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true
request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n \"id\": 1,\n \"jsonrpc\": \"2.0\",\n \"method\": \"debug_getRawHeader\",\n \"params\": [\n \"latest\"\n ]\n}"
response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body{
"jsonrpc": "<string>",
"id": 123,
"result": "<string>"
}Arbitrum API method that returns the RLP-encoded block header for a given block number or tag. Unlike
debug_getRawBlock, this method returns only the header without transaction data, making it more efficient when only header information is needed.
Learn how to deploy a node with the debug and trace API methods enabled.
This method is available for post-Nitro blocks only (block 22,207,815 and later). For pre-Nitro blocks, use the
arbtrace_* methods instead.Get your own node endpoint todayStart for free and get your app to production levels immediately. No credit card required.You can sign up with your GitHub, X, Google, or Microsoft account.
Parameters
quantity or tag— the block number in hex format or block tag (latest,earliest,pending,safe,finalized).
Response
data— the RLP-encoded block header as a hex string.
debug_getRawHeader code examples
const ethers = require('ethers');
const NODE_URL = "YOUR_CHAINSTACK_ENDPOINT";
const provider = new ethers.JsonRpcProvider(NODE_URL);
const debugGetRawHeader = async (block) => {
const result = await provider.send("debug_getRawHeader", [block]);
console.log(result);
};
debugGetRawHeader("latest");
from web3 import Web3
node_url = "YOUR_CHAINSTACK_ENDPOINT"
web3 = Web3(Web3.HTTPProvider(node_url))
result = web3.provider.make_request('debug_getRawHeader', ["latest"])
print(result)
Use case
Thedebug_getRawHeader method is useful when you need to inspect or verify block headers without the overhead of retrieving full block data. This is particularly valuable for light client implementations, header chain verification, and tools that need to extract specific header fields like the state root, receipts root, or gas used from the raw RLP encoding.Body
application/json
Last modified on June 22, 2026
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