Please note that this method requires the Ordinals & Runes API enabled on your Quicknode endpoint.

Parameters

blockHeight

string

REQUIRED

The height of the block for which the hash is to be fetched

Returns

blockHash

The block hash of the given block height

Request

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curl --location  'https://docs-demo.btc.quiknode.pro/' \
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--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
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--data '{
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    "method": "ord_getBlockHash",
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    "params": [
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        843395
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    ],
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    "id": 1,
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    "jsonrpc": "2.0"
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}'

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curl --location  'https://docs-demo.btc.quiknode.pro/' \
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--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
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--data '{
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    "method": "ord_getBlockHash",
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    "params": [
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        843395
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    ],
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    "id": 1,
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    "jsonrpc": "2.0"
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}'

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const myHeaders = new Headers();
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myHeaders.append("Content-Type", "application/json");
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const raw = JSON.stringify({
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  "method": "ord_getBlockHash",
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  "params": [
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    843395
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  ],
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  "id": 1,
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  "jsonrpc": "2.0"
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});
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const requestOptions = {
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  method: "POST",
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  headers: myHeaders,
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  body: raw,
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  redirect: "follow"
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};
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fetch("https://docs-demo.btc.quiknode.pro/", requestOptions)
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  .then((response) => response.text())
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  .then((result) => console.log(result))
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  .catch((error) => console.error(error));

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const myHeaders = new Headers();
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myHeaders.append("Content-Type", "application/json");
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const raw = JSON.stringify({
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  "method": "ord_getBlockHash",
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  "params": [
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    843395
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  ],
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  "id": 1,
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  "jsonrpc": "2.0"
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});
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const requestOptions = {
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  method: "POST",
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  headers: myHeaders,
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  body: raw,
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  redirect: "follow"
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};
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fetch("https://docs-demo.btc.quiknode.pro/", requestOptions)
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  .then((response) => response.text())
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  .then((result) => console.log(result))
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  .catch((error) => console.error(error));

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import requests
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import json
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url = "https://docs-demo.btc.quiknode.pro/"
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payload = json.dumps({
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  "method": "ord_getBlockHash",
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  "params": [
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    843395
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  ],
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  "id": 1,
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  "jsonrpc": "2.0"
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})
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headers = {
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  'Content-Type': 'application/json'
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}
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response = requests.request("POST", url, headers=headers, data=payload)
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print(response.text)
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import requests
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import json
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url = "https://docs-demo.btc.quiknode.pro/"
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payload = json.dumps({
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  "method": "ord_getBlockHash",
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  "params": [
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    843395
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  ],
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  "id": 1,
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  "jsonrpc": "2.0"
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})
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headers = {
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  'Content-Type': 'application/json'
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}
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response = requests.request("POST", url, headers=headers, data=payload)
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print(response.text)
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require "uri"
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require "json"
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require "net/http"
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url = URI("https://docs-demo.btc.quiknode.pro/")
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http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port);
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request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
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request["Content-Type"] = "application/json"
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request.body = JSON.dump({
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  "method": "ord_getBlockHash",
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  "params": [
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    843395
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  ],
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  "id": 1,
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  "jsonrpc": "2.0"
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})
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response = http.request(request)
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puts response.read_body
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require "uri"
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require "json"
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require "net/http"
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url = URI("https://docs-demo.btc.quiknode.pro/")
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http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port);
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request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
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request["Content-Type"] = "application/json"
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request.body = JSON.dump({
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  "method": "ord_getBlockHash",
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  "params": [
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    843395
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  ],
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  "id": 1,
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  "jsonrpc": "2.0"
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})
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response = http.request(request)
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puts response.read_body
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Response

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{
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  "id": 1,
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  "result": "00000000000000000002e01e7c357e282ed3b15a8ef2b11f8d62c4d7eb7a8dac",
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  "jsonrpc": "2.0"
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}

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{
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  "id": 1,
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  "result": "00000000000000000002e01e7c357e282ed3b15a8ef2b11f8d62c4d7eb7a8dac",
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  "jsonrpc": "2.0"
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}

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