eth_getBlockByHash RPC Method

Parameters

hash

string

REQUIRED

The hash (32 bytes) of the block

transaction detail flag

boolean

REQUIRED

(default: false) It returns the full transaction objects when it is true otherwise it returns only the hashes of the transactions

Returns

object

object

A block object, or null when no block was found

baseFeePerGas

string

A string of the base fee encoded in hexadecimal format

blobGasUsed

string

The total blob gas used in this block encoded as a hexadecimal

difficulty

string

The difficulty for this block encoded as a hexadecimal

epoch

string

The consensus epoch of the block encoded as a hexadecimal

excessBlobGas

string

The excess blob gas in this block encoded as a hexadecimal

extraData

string

The extra data field of this block

gasLimit

string

The maximum gas allowed in this block encoded as a hexadecimal

gasUsed

string

The total used gas by all transactions in this block encoded as a hexadecimal

hash

string

The block hash of the requested block, or null if pending

logsBloom

string

The bloom filter for the logs of the block, or null if pending

miner

string

The address of the beneficiary to whom the mining rewards were given

mixHash

string

A 256-bit hash encoded as a hexadecimal

nonce

string

The hash of the generated proof-of-work, or null if pending

number

string

The block number encoded as a hexadecimal, or null if pending

parentHash

string

The hash of the parent block

receiptsRoot

string

The root of the receipts trie of the block

sha3Uncles

string

The SHA3 of the uncles data in the block

size

string

The size of this block in bytes encoded as a hexadecimal

stateRoot

string

The root of the final state trie of the block

timestamp

string

The unix timestamp for when the block was collated

timestampNano

string

The nanosecond-precision timestamp for the block

totalDifficulty

string

The total difficulty of the chain until this block encoded as a hexadecimal

transactions

array

An array of transaction hashes as strings

transactionsRoot

string

The root of the transaction trie of the block

uncles

array

An array of uncle hashes

withdrawalsRoot

string

The root of the withdrawals trie of the block

Request

curl https://docs-demo.sonic-mainnet.quiknode.pro/ \
  -X POST \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  --data '{"method":"eth_getBlockByHash","params":["0x3c5b972e862112e83929ab1c25893f10abd2b0c75c150487f43b3a34534df90d",false],"id":1,"jsonrpc":"2.0"}'

require 'eth'

client = Eth::Client.create 'https://docs-demo.sonic-mainnet.quiknode.pro/'
payload = {
    "jsonrpc": "2.0",
    "method": "eth_getBlockByHash",
    "params": ["0x3c5b972e862112e83929ab1c25893f10abd2b0c75c150487f43b3a34534df90d",false],
    "id": "1"
}

response = client.send(payload.to_json)
puts response

import { ethers } from "ethers";
(async () => {
  const provider = new ethers.JsonRpcProvider("https://docs-demo.sonic-mainnet.quiknode.pro/");
  const blockData = await provider.getBlock(
    "0x3c5b972e862112e83929ab1c25893f10abd2b0c75c150487f43b3a34534df90d",
    false
  );
  console.log(blockData);
})();

var myHeaders = new Headers();
myHeaders.append("Content-Type", "application/json");

var raw = JSON.stringify({
  "method": "eth_getBlockByHash",
  "params": [
    "0x3c5b972e862112e83929ab1c25893f10abd2b0c75c150487f43b3a34534df90d",
    false
  ],
  "id": 1,
  "jsonrpc": "2.0"
});

var requestOptions = {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: myHeaders,
  body: raw,
  redirect: 'follow'
};

fetch("https://docs-demo.sonic-mainnet.quiknode.pro/", requestOptions)
  .then(response => response.text())
  .then(result => console.log(result))
  .catch(error => console.log('error', error));

import requests
import json

url = "https://docs-demo.sonic-mainnet.quiknode.pro/"

payload = json.dumps({
  "method": "eth_getBlockByHash",
  "params": [
    "0x3c5b972e862112e83929ab1c25893f10abd2b0c75c150487f43b3a34534df90d",
    False
  ],
  "id": 1,
  "jsonrpc": "2.0"
})
headers = {
  'Content-Type': 'application/json'
}

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

print(response.text)

require "uri"
require "json"
require "net/http"

url = URI("https://docs-demo.sonic-mainnet.quiknode.pro/")

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({
  "method": "eth_getBlockByHash",
  "params": [
    "0x3c5b972e862112e83929ab1c25893f10abd2b0c75c150487f43b3a34534df90d",
    false
  ],
  "id": 1,
  "jsonrpc": "2.0"
})

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

from web3 import Web3, HTTPProvider
w3 = Web3(HTTPProvider('https://docs-demo.sonic-mainnet.quiknode.pro/'))
print(w3.eth.get_block('0x3c5b972e862112e83929ab1c25893f10abd2b0c75c150487f43b3a34534df90d',False))

import { Core } from '@quicknode/sdk'

const core = new Core({
  endpointUrl: "https://docs-demo.sonic-mainnet.quiknode.pro/",
})

core.client
    .getBlock({
      blockHash: '0x3c5b972e862112e83929ab1c25893f10abd2b0c75c150487f43b3a34534df90d'
    });

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