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blockSubscribe RPC Method

Subscribe to receive a notification anytime a new block is Confirmed or Finalized.

Updated on
Nov 14, 2023

blockSubscribe RPC Method

Please note that this subscription is unstable, and its format may change in the future.

Parameters

filter
string
The filter criteria for the logs to receive results by account type. Currently it supports the following params:
string
string
The string 'all' which includes all transactions in a block
object
object
A JSON object with the following field:
mentionsAccountOrProgram
string
Only retrieve transactions that reference the specified public key as a base-58 encoded string. If a block contains no such references, no notifications will be generated
object
object
A configuration object containing the following fields:
commitment
string
The level of commitment required for the query. The options include:
finalized
string
The node will query the most recent block confirmed by the supermajority of the cluster as having reached maximum lockout, meaning the cluster has recognized this block as finalized
confirmed
string
The node will query the most recent block that has been voted on by the supermajority of the cluster
processed
string
The node will query its most recent block. Note that the block may not be complete
transactionDetails
string
The level of transaction detail to return, either 'full', 'signatures', or 'none'
showRewards
boolean
Indicated whether to populate the 'rewards' array
encoding
string
The encoding format for account data. It can be one of base58 (slow), base64, base64+zstd or jsonParsed

Returns

result
integer
The subscription id
blockNotification
object
The notification object with the following fields:
slot
integer
The corresponding slot
err
object
Error if something went wrong publishing the notification otherwise null
block
object
A block object as seen in the getBlock RPC HTTP method
Request
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wscat -c \
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# wait for connection
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{"id":1,"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"blockSubscribe","params":["all"]}
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