getFirstAvailableBlock RPC Method

Returns the slot of the lowest confirmed block that has not been purged from the ledger

Updated on

Dec 7, 2023

getFirstAvailableBlock RPC Method

Parameters

This method does not accept any parameters

Returns

result

An integer slot of the lowest confirmed block as u64 (64-bit unsigned integer) integer

Request

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curl https://docs-demo.solana-mainnet.quiknode.pro/ \
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  -X POST \
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  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
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  --data '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1, "method":"getFirstAvailableBlock"}'

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