eth_getBlockByNumber
curl --request POST \
--url https://tempo-mainnet.core.chainstack.com/c3ce2925b51f1ed18719fe8a23bbdccf/ \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data '
{
"jsonrpc": "2.0",
"method": "eth_getBlockByNumber",
"params": [
"latest",
false
],
"id": 1
}
'import requests
url = "https://tempo-mainnet.core.chainstack.com/c3ce2925b51f1ed18719fe8a23bbdccf/"
payload = {
"jsonrpc": "2.0",
"method": "eth_getBlockByNumber",
"params": ["latest", False],
"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: '2.0',
method: 'eth_getBlockByNumber',
params: ['latest', false],
id: 1
})
};
fetch('https://tempo-mainnet.core.chainstack.com/c3ce2925b51f1ed18719fe8a23bbdccf/', 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://tempo-mainnet.core.chainstack.com/c3ce2925b51f1ed18719fe8a23bbdccf/",
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' => '2.0',
'method' => 'eth_getBlockByNumber',
'params' => [
'latest',
false
],
'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://tempo-mainnet.core.chainstack.com/c3ce2925b51f1ed18719fe8a23bbdccf/"
payload := strings.NewReader("{\n \"jsonrpc\": \"2.0\",\n \"method\": \"eth_getBlockByNumber\",\n \"params\": [\n \"latest\",\n false\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://tempo-mainnet.core.chainstack.com/c3ce2925b51f1ed18719fe8a23bbdccf/")
.header("Content-Type", "application/json")
.body("{\n \"jsonrpc\": \"2.0\",\n \"method\": \"eth_getBlockByNumber\",\n \"params\": [\n \"latest\",\n false\n ],\n \"id\": 1\n}")
.asString();require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
url = URI("https://tempo-mainnet.core.chainstack.com/c3ce2925b51f1ed18719fe8a23bbdccf/")
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\": \"2.0\",\n \"method\": \"eth_getBlockByNumber\",\n \"params\": [\n \"latest\",\n false\n ],\n \"id\": 1\n}"
response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body{
"jsonrpc": "<string>",
"id": 123,
"result": {}
}Tempo node API
eth_getBlockByNumber | Tempo
Tempo API method that returns information about a block specified by its number or tag. eth_getBlockByNumber on Tempo via Chainstack.
POST
/
eth_getBlockByNumber
curl --request POST \
--url https://tempo-mainnet.core.chainstack.com/c3ce2925b51f1ed18719fe8a23bbdccf/ \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data '
{
"jsonrpc": "2.0",
"method": "eth_getBlockByNumber",
"params": [
"latest",
false
],
"id": 1
}
'import requests
url = "https://tempo-mainnet.core.chainstack.com/c3ce2925b51f1ed18719fe8a23bbdccf/"
payload = {
"jsonrpc": "2.0",
"method": "eth_getBlockByNumber",
"params": ["latest", False],
"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: '2.0',
method: 'eth_getBlockByNumber',
params: ['latest', false],
id: 1
})
};
fetch('https://tempo-mainnet.core.chainstack.com/c3ce2925b51f1ed18719fe8a23bbdccf/', 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://tempo-mainnet.core.chainstack.com/c3ce2925b51f1ed18719fe8a23bbdccf/",
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' => '2.0',
'method' => 'eth_getBlockByNumber',
'params' => [
'latest',
false
],
'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://tempo-mainnet.core.chainstack.com/c3ce2925b51f1ed18719fe8a23bbdccf/"
payload := strings.NewReader("{\n \"jsonrpc\": \"2.0\",\n \"method\": \"eth_getBlockByNumber\",\n \"params\": [\n \"latest\",\n false\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://tempo-mainnet.core.chainstack.com/c3ce2925b51f1ed18719fe8a23bbdccf/")
.header("Content-Type", "application/json")
.body("{\n \"jsonrpc\": \"2.0\",\n \"method\": \"eth_getBlockByNumber\",\n \"params\": [\n \"latest\",\n false\n ],\n \"id\": 1\n}")
.asString();require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
url = URI("https://tempo-mainnet.core.chainstack.com/c3ce2925b51f1ed18719fe8a23bbdccf/")
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\": \"2.0\",\n \"method\": \"eth_getBlockByNumber\",\n \"params\": [\n \"latest\",\n false\n ],\n \"id\": 1\n}"
response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body{
"jsonrpc": "<string>",
"id": 123,
"result": {}
}Tempo API method that returns information about a block specified by its number or tag. This method can return full transaction objects or just transaction hashes depending on the second parameter.
Tempo blocks include additional fields not found in standard Ethereum blocks:
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mainBlockGeneralGasLimit, sharedGasLimit, and timestampMillisPart for sub-second precision.
Parameters
blockNumber— the block number (hex) or tag (latest,earliest,pending)fullTransactions— iftrue, returns full transaction objects; iffalse, returns only transaction hashes
Response
result— a block object, ornullif no block was found:number— the block numberhash— the block hashparentHash— hash of the parent blocktimestamp— block timestamp in secondstimestampMillisPart— sub-second timestamp (0-999 ms), Tempo-specifictransactions— array of transaction objects or hashes- Additional Tempo fields for payment lanes gas limits
eth_getBlockByNumber code examples
const ethers = require('ethers');
const NODE_URL = "CHAINSTACK_NODE_URL";
const provider = new ethers.JsonRpcProvider(NODE_URL);
const getBlockByNumber = async () => {
const block = await provider.getBlock("latest");
console.log(block);
};
getBlockByNumber();
from web3 import Web3
node_url = "CHAINSTACK_NODE_URL"
web3 = Web3(Web3.HTTPProvider(node_url))
block = web3.eth.get_block("latest")
print(block)
curl -X POST "CHAINSTACK_NODE_URL" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"jsonrpc": "2.0", "method": "eth_getBlockByNumber", "params": ["latest", false], "id": 1}'
Body
application/json
Last modified on June 25, 2026
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