eth_getBlockByNumber Flashblock RPC Method

Parameters

tag

string

REQUIRED

Use the `pending` tag to retrieve the latest Flashblock

transaction detail flag

boolean

REQUIRED

The method returns the full transaction objects when this value is true otherwise, it returns only the hashes of the transactions

Returns

object

object

A block object, or null when no block was found. The block object contains the following fields:

baseFeePerGas

string

The base fee per gas encoded in hexadecimal

blobGasUsed

string

The amount of blob gas used in the block (EIP-4844)

difficulty

string

The integer of the difficulty for this block encoded as a hexadecimal

excessBlobGas

string

The excess blob gas carried over from the previous block (EIP-4844)

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. null if pending

logsBloom

string

The bloom filter for the logs of the block. null if pending

miner

string

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

mixHash

string

A string of a 256-bit hash encoded as a hexadecimal

nonce

string

The hash of the generated proof-of-work. null if pending

number

string

The block number of the requested block encoded as hexadecimal. null if pending

parentBeaconBlockRoot

string

The hash of the parent beacon block root

parentHash

string

The hash of the parent block

receiptsRoot

string

The root of the receipts trie of the block

requestsHash

string

The hash of the requests in the block

sha3Uncles

string

The SHA3 of the uncles data in the block

size

string

The size of the block in bytes

stateRoot

string

The root of the final state trie of the block

timestamp

string

The UNIX timestamp for when the block was collated

transactions

array

An array of transaction objects or transaction hashes

transactionsRoot

string

The root of the transaction trie of the block

uncles

array

An array of uncle hashes

withdrawals

array

An array of withdrawal objects included in the block

withdrawalsRoot

string

The root hash of the withdrawals data for the block

Request

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

require 'eth'

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

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

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

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

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

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

fetch("https://docs-demo.unichain-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.unichain-mainnet.quiknode.pro/"

payload = json.dumps({
  "method": "eth_getBlockByNumber",
  "params": [
    "pending",
    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.unichain-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_getBlockByNumber",
  "params": [
    "pending",
    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.unichain-mainnet.quiknode.pro/'))
print(w3.eth.get_block('pending',False))

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