getblockheader RPC Method

Parameters

blockhash

string

REQUIRED

verbose

boolean

Returns

(for verbose = true):

object

result

object

hash

string

confirmations

integer

height

integer

version

integer

versionHex

string

merkleroot

string

time

integer

mediantime

integer

nonce

integer

bits

string

difficulty

integer

chainwork

string

nTx

integer

previousblockhash

string

nextblockhash

string

error

string

integer

(for verbose = false):

object

result

string

error

string

integer

Request

curl https://docs-demo.bch-mainnet.quiknode.pro/ \
  -X POST \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  --data '{"id": 1, "jsonrpc": "2.0", "method": "getblockheader", "params": ["00000000c937983704a73af28acdec37b049d214adbda81d7e2a3dd146f6ed09"]}'

var myHeaders = new Headers();
myHeaders.append("Content-Type", "application/json");

var raw = JSON.stringify({
  "id": 1,
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "method": "getblockheader",
  "params": [
    "00000000c937983704a73af28acdec37b049d214adbda81d7e2a3dd146f6ed09"
  ]
});

var requestOptions = {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: myHeaders,
  body: raw,
  redirect: 'follow'
};

fetch("https://docs-demo.bch-mainnet.quiknode.pro/", requestOptions)
  .then(response => response.text())
  .then(result => console.log(result))
  .catch(error => console.log('error', error));

import requests
import json

url = "https://docs-demo.bch-mainnet.quiknode.pro/"

payload = json.dumps({
  "id": 1,
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "method": "getblockheader",
  "params": [
    "00000000c937983704a73af28acdec37b049d214adbda81d7e2a3dd146f6ed09"
  ]
})
headers = {
  'Content-Type': 'application/json'
}

response = requests.request("POST", url, headers=headers, data=payload)

print(response.text)

require "uri"
require "json"
require "net/http"

url = URI("https://docs-demo.bch-mainnet.quiknode.pro/")

https = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
https.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["Content-Type"] = "application/json"
request.body = JSON.dump({
  "id": 1,
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "method": "getblockheader",
  "params": [
    "00000000c937983704a73af28acdec37b049d214adbda81d7e2a3dd146f6ed09"
  ]
})

response = https.request(request)
puts response.read_body

Response

{
  "result": {
    "hash": "00000000c937983704a73af28acdec37b049d214adbda81d7e2a3dd146f6ed09",
    "confirmations": 912619,
    "height": 1000,
    "version": 1,
    "versionHex": "00000001",
    "merkleroot": "fe28050b93faea61fa88c4c630f0e1f0a1c24d0082dd0e10d369e13212128f33",
    "time": 1232346882,
    "mediantime": 1232344831,
    "nonce": 2595206198,
    "bits": "1d00ffff",
    "difficulty": 1,
    "chainwork": "000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000003e903e903e9",
    "nTx": 1,
    "previousblockhash": "0000000008e647742775a230787d66fdf92c46a48c896bfbc85cdc8acc67e87d",
    "nextblockhash": "00000000a2887344f8db859e372e7e4bc26b23b9de340f725afbf2edb265b4c6"
  },
  "error": null,
  "id": 1
}

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getblockheader RPC Method

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Parameters

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