/eth/v1/beacon/blocks/{block_id}/root RPC Method

Parameters

block_id

string

REQUIRED

The state identifier. It can be a slot number, blockRoot (encoded in hexadecimal format) or tags (Supported tags include - head (canonical head in node's view), genesis, finalized or justified)

Returns

execution_optimistic

boolean

It's true if the response references an unverified execution payload. The optimistic information may be invalidated at a later time. If the field is not present, assume the false value

data

The object with the following fields:

root

string

The hashTreeRoot of BeaconBlock/BeaconBlockHeader

Request

curl -X GET \
    "https://docs-demo.quiknode.pro/eth/v1/beacon/blocks/head/root" \
    -H "accept: application/json"
    

var myHeaders = new Headers();
myHeaders.append("accept", "application/json");

var requestOptions = {
  method: 'GET',
  headers: myHeaders,
  redirect: 'follow'
};

fetch("https://docs-demo.quiknode.pro/eth/v1/beacon/blocks/head/root", requestOptions)
  .then(response => response.text())
  .then(result => console.log(result))
  .catch(error => console.log('error', error));

import requests

url = "https://docs-demo.quiknode.pro/eth/v1/beacon/blocks/head/root"

payload={}
headers = {
  'accept': 'application/json'
}

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

print(response.text)

require "uri"
require "net/http"

url = URI("https://docs-demo.quiknode.pro/eth/v1/beacon/blocks/head/root")

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

request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(url)
request["accept"] = "application/json"

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

Response

{
  "execution_optimistic": false,
  "finalized": false,
  "data": {
    "root": "0x34a5b3a517ba96444a552be89516550a172299f5115b392dc50b612361959e5b"
  }
}

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