/eth/v2/beacon/blocks/{block_id} 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

version

string

The enumeration. The possible values could be: phase0, altair, bellatrix

data

The object with the following values:

message

object

The BeaconBlock object from the CL spec

slot

string

The slot to which this block corresponds

proposer_index

string

Index of validator in validator registry

parent_root

string

The signing merkle root of the parent BeaconBlock

state_root

string

The tree hash merkle root of the BeaconState for the BeaconBlock

body

object

The BeaconBlockBody object from the CL spec

signature

string

The signature

Request

curl -X GET \
    "https://docs-demo.quiknode.pro/eth/v2/beacon/blocks/head" \
    -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/v2/beacon/blocks/head", 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/v2/beacon/blocks/head"

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/v2/beacon/blocks/head")

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

{
  "version": "bellatrix",
  "data": {
    "message": {
      "slot": "4903392",
      "proposer_index": "42",
      "parent_root": "0x8c52d736a5bc2a6bc90958cf04b7ac5bd0e3bba8c3a21586f84b92ecfac34025",
      "state_root": "0x4e3af6de006f32fb28a6f049bc4daa5cbe895b2badee473749c710e456c5cbe7",
      "body": {
        "randao_reveal": "0x96a66b0b31bbdc6348378210e0c4c2049c2d5241f44bfe5ac97ebcbbb6e3be941d3d127248114c4565b900c53ea186901196696974b90b292a286d17390e299999b95aa5f7e941810d0b70b1f945bdd4efbcc0af0ac0159004f9af7794f48157",
        "eth1_data": {
          "deposit_root": "0x1e7ab76514893a35ce5d578188214f4c7354001002d45a18f60ab144b2932acb",
          "deposit_count": "651208",
          "block_hash": "0xf5a5d9c2c3b1a0b5e6d8d7f9e2c1b0a9d8c7f6e5d4c3b2a1b0a9d8c7f6e5d4c3"
        },
        "graffiti": "0x457468657265756d204973204c69666500000000000000000000000000000000"
      }
    },
    "signature": "0xa5e94e8abcef2d9cbec0613449e89aa4172a348b28c913b43061f57920cd16c18b77428fd80374ff1d68d82af3347977a5e94e8abcef2d9cbec0613449e89aa4172a348b28c913b43061f57920cd16c18b77428fd80374ff1d68d82af3347977"
  }
}

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