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Start building today!This method is deprecated and will not be supported in future versions. For a similar method, you can use solana's getLatestBlockhash RPC method.
The API credit value for this method is 1 . To learn more about API credits and each method's value, visit the API Credits page.
Parameters:
Commitment - string - (optional) 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
Returns:
context - An object that contains metadata about the current state of the Solana network at the time the request was processed
apiVersion - The version number
slot - The current slot in the Solana cluster during which the transactions are processed and new blocks are added to the blockchain
value - An object that contains information about the requested account
blockhash - The blockhash for the specified transaction. This is the blockhash used to calculate the fees
feeCalculator - A JSON object that represents the fee calculator for the specified transaction
lamportsPerSignature - The number of lamports required to process each signature in the transaction
Code Examples:
const web3 = require("@solana/web3.js");
(async () => {
const solana = new web3.Connection("http://sample-endpoint-name.network.quiknode.pro/token-goes-here/");
console.log(await solana.getRecentBlockhash());
})();
require "uri"
require "json"
require "net/http"
url = URI("http://sample-endpoint-name.network.quiknode.pro/token-goes-here/")
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({
"jsonrpc": "2.0",
"id": 1,
"method": "getRecentBlockhash"
})
response = https.request(request)
puts response.read_body
from solana.rpc.api import Client
solana_client = Client("http://sample-endpoint-name.network.quiknode.pro/token-goes-here/")
print(solana_client.get_recent_blockhash())
curl http://sample-endpoint-name.network.quiknode.pro/token-goes-here/ \
-X POST \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1, "method":"getRecentBlockhash"}'