Parameters

blockNumber

string

REQUIRED

The block number

Returns

parentHash

string

The hash of the parent block

sha3Uncles

string

The SHA3 of the uncles data in the block

miner

string

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

stateRoot

string

The root of the final state trie of the block

transactionsRoot

string

The root of the transaction trie of the block

receiptsRoot

string

The root of the receipts trie of the block

logsBloom

string

The bloom filter for the logs of the block, null when it's a pending block

difficulty

string

The difficulty level of this block encoded as hexadecimal

number

string

The block number encoded as hexadecimal, null when it's a pending block

gasLimit

string

The maximum gas allowed in this block encoded as hexadecimal

gasUsed

string

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

timestamp

string

The UNIX timestamp for when the block was collated, encoded as hexadecimal

extraData

string

The extra data field of the block

mixHash

string

The 256-bit hash encoded as hexadecimal

nonce

string

The hash of the generated proof-of-work, null when it's a pending block

baseFeePerGas

string

The base fee per gas in hexadecimal, or null if not applicable

withdrawalsRoot

string

The Merkle root of withdrawal data, or null if not applicable

blobGasUsed

string

The total blob gas consumed by the block, or null if not applicable

excessBlobGas

string

The excess blob gas carried into this block, or null if not applicable

parentBeaconBlockRoot

string

The root hash of the parent beacon block, or null if not applicable

Verkle

boolean

Indicates if the block uses Verkle trie structures, false if not applicable

VerkleProof

string

The Verkle proof data for the block, or null if not applicable

VerkleKeyVals

string

The Verkle key-value pairs for the block, or null if not applicable

hash

string

The block hash of the requested block, null when it's a pending block

Request

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curl -X POST "https://docs-demo.xlayer-mainnet.quiknode.pro/" \
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  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
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  -d '{
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  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
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  "method": "erigon_getHeaderByNumber",
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  "params": [
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    "0x777a8f"
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  ],
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  "id": 1
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}'

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curl -X POST "https://docs-demo.xlayer-mainnet.quiknode.pro/" \
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  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
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  -d '{
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  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
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  "method": "erigon_getHeaderByNumber",
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  "params": [
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    "0x777a8f"
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  ],
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  "id": 1
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}'

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const body = {
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    jsonrpc: '2.0',
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    method: 'erigon_getHeaderByNumber',
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    params: ["0x777a8f"],
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    id: 1
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}
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async function main() {
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    const response = await fetch('https://docs-demo.xlayer-mainnet.quiknode.pro/', {
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        method: 'POST',
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        headers: {'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
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        body: JSON.stringify(body)
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    })
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    const data = await response.json()
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    console.log(data)
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}
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main()

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const body = {
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    jsonrpc: '2.0',
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    method: 'erigon_getHeaderByNumber',
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    params: ["0x777a8f"],
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    id: 1
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}
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async function main() {
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    const response = await fetch('https://docs-demo.xlayer-mainnet.quiknode.pro/', {
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        method: 'POST',
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        headers: {'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
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        body: JSON.stringify(body)
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    })
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    const data = await response.json()
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    console.log(data)
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}
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main()

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import requests
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import json
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url = "https://docs-demo.xlayer-mainnet.quiknode.pro/"
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payload = json.dumps({
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  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
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  "method": "erigon_getHeaderByNumber",
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  "params": [
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    "0x777a8f"
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  ],
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  "id": 1
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})
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headers = {
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  'Content-Type': 'application/json'
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}
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response = requests.request("POST", url, headers=headers, data=payload)
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print(response.text)

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import requests
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import json
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url = "https://docs-demo.xlayer-mainnet.quiknode.pro/"
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payload = json.dumps({
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  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
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  "method": "erigon_getHeaderByNumber",
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  "params": [
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    "0x777a8f"
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  ],
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  "id": 1
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})
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headers = {
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  'Content-Type': 'application/json'
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}
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response = requests.request("POST", url, headers=headers, data=payload)
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print(response.text)

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require "uri"
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require "json"
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require "net/http"
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uri = URI("https://docs-demo.xlayer-mainnet.quiknode.pro/")
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payload = {
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  jsonrpc: "2.0",
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  id: 1,
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  method: "erigon_getHeaderByNumber",
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  params: ["0x777a8f"]
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}
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request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(uri)
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request["Content-Type"] = "application/json"
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request.body = JSON.generate(payload)
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response = Net::HTTP.start(uri.host, uri.port, use_ssl: true) do |http|
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  http.request(request)
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end
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puts response.body

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require "uri"
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require "json"
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require "net/http"
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uri = URI("https://docs-demo.xlayer-mainnet.quiknode.pro/")
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payload = {
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  jsonrpc: "2.0",
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  id: 1,
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  method: "erigon_getHeaderByNumber",
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  params: ["0x777a8f"]
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}
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request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(uri)
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request["Content-Type"] = "application/json"
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request.body = JSON.generate(payload)
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response = Net::HTTP.start(uri.host, uri.port, use_ssl: true) do |http|
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  http.request(request)
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end
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puts response.body

Response

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{
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  "id": 1,
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  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
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  "error": {
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    "code": -32601,
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    "message": "the method erigon_getHeaderByNumber does not exist/is not available"
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  }
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}

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{
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  "id": 1,
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  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
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  "error": {
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    "code": -32601,
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    "message": "the method erigon_getHeaderByNumber does not exist/is not available"
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  }
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}

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