getblockhash
curl --request POST \
--url https://nd-202-842-353.p2pify.com/788f110831fe13808302bd79796d55e8 \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data '
{
"jsonrpc": "1.0",
"method": "getblockhash",
"params": [
836491
],
"id": 1
}
'import requests
url = "https://nd-202-842-353.p2pify.com/788f110831fe13808302bd79796d55e8"
payload = {
"jsonrpc": "1.0",
"method": "getblockhash",
"params": [836491],
"id": 1
}
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({jsonrpc: '1.0', method: 'getblockhash', params: [836491], id: 1})
};
fetch('https://nd-202-842-353.p2pify.com/788f110831fe13808302bd79796d55e8', 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-202-842-353.p2pify.com/788f110831fe13808302bd79796d55e8",
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([
'jsonrpc' => '1.0',
'method' => 'getblockhash',
'params' => [
836491
],
'id' => 1
]),
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-202-842-353.p2pify.com/788f110831fe13808302bd79796d55e8"
payload := strings.NewReader("{\n \"jsonrpc\": \"1.0\",\n \"method\": \"getblockhash\",\n \"params\": [\n 836491\n ],\n \"id\": 1\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-202-842-353.p2pify.com/788f110831fe13808302bd79796d55e8")
.header("Content-Type", "application/json")
.body("{\n \"jsonrpc\": \"1.0\",\n \"method\": \"getblockhash\",\n \"params\": [\n 836491\n ],\n \"id\": 1\n}")
.asString();require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
url = URI("https://nd-202-842-353.p2pify.com/788f110831fe13808302bd79796d55e8")
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 \"jsonrpc\": \"1.0\",\n \"method\": \"getblockhash\",\n \"params\": [\n 836491\n ],\n \"id\": 1\n}"
response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body{
"result": "<string>",
"error": {},
"id": 123
}Bitcoin node API
getblockhash | Bitcoin
The getblockhash method returns the hash of the block at the given height in the blockchain. getblockhash on Bitcoin via Chainstack.
POST
/
788f110831fe13808302bd79796d55e8
getblockhash
curl --request POST \
--url https://nd-202-842-353.p2pify.com/788f110831fe13808302bd79796d55e8 \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data '
{
"jsonrpc": "1.0",
"method": "getblockhash",
"params": [
836491
],
"id": 1
}
'import requests
url = "https://nd-202-842-353.p2pify.com/788f110831fe13808302bd79796d55e8"
payload = {
"jsonrpc": "1.0",
"method": "getblockhash",
"params": [836491],
"id": 1
}
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({jsonrpc: '1.0', method: 'getblockhash', params: [836491], id: 1})
};
fetch('https://nd-202-842-353.p2pify.com/788f110831fe13808302bd79796d55e8', 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-202-842-353.p2pify.com/788f110831fe13808302bd79796d55e8",
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([
'jsonrpc' => '1.0',
'method' => 'getblockhash',
'params' => [
836491
],
'id' => 1
]),
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-202-842-353.p2pify.com/788f110831fe13808302bd79796d55e8"
payload := strings.NewReader("{\n \"jsonrpc\": \"1.0\",\n \"method\": \"getblockhash\",\n \"params\": [\n 836491\n ],\n \"id\": 1\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-202-842-353.p2pify.com/788f110831fe13808302bd79796d55e8")
.header("Content-Type", "application/json")
.body("{\n \"jsonrpc\": \"1.0\",\n \"method\": \"getblockhash\",\n \"params\": [\n 836491\n ],\n \"id\": 1\n}")
.asString();require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
url = URI("https://nd-202-842-353.p2pify.com/788f110831fe13808302bd79796d55e8")
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 \"jsonrpc\": \"1.0\",\n \"method\": \"getblockhash\",\n \"params\": [\n 836491\n ],\n \"id\": 1\n}"
response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body{
"result": "<string>",
"error": {},
"id": 123
}The
getblockhash method returns the hash of the block at the given height in the blockchain.
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Parameters
height(required) — the height of the block whose hash should be returned
Response
result— a string representing the hash of the block at the given heighterror— an object containing an error message if an error occurred, otherwisenullid— an integer representing the ID of the request, used to match requests with responses
Use case
Thegetblockhash method is useful for retrieving the hash of a block at a specific height in the blockchain. This can be used in conjunction with other methods like getblock to retrieve detailed information about a particular block.
For example, a block explorer application might use getblockhash to get the hash of the latest block, and then use that hash with getblock to retrieve and display the contents of the latest block.Last modified on June 22, 2026
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