Get Block Number by Timestamp

Returns the block number that was mined at a certain timestamp

GET /?module=block&action=getblocknobytime

Get Block Number by Timestamp

cURL

curl --request GET \
  --url 'https://eth.blockscout.com/api/?module=block&action=getblocknobytime'

import requests

url = "https://eth.blockscout.com/api/?module=block&action=getblocknobytime"

response = requests.get(url)

print(response.text)

const options = {method: 'GET'};

fetch('https://eth.blockscout.com/api/?module=block&action=getblocknobytime', options)
  .then(res => res.json())
  .then(res => console.log(res))
  .catch(err => console.error(err));

<?php

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, [
  CURLOPT_URL => "https://eth.blockscout.com/api/?module=block&action=getblocknobytime",
  CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
  CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
  CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
  CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
  CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
  CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "GET",
]);

$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);

curl_close($curl);

if ($err) {
  echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
  echo $response;
}

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://eth.blockscout.com/api/?module=block&action=getblocknobytime"

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", url, nil)

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(string(body))

}

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.get("https://eth.blockscout.com/api/?module=block&action=getblocknobytime")
  .asString();

require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://eth.blockscout.com/api/?module=block&action=getblocknobytime")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(url)

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

200

{
  "status": "1",
  "message": "OK",
  "result": {
    "blockNumber": "<string>"
  }
}

Query Parameters

module · enum<string> · required

Module name (must be 'block')

Available options: block

action · enum<string> · required

Available options: getblocknobytime

timestamp · integer · required

Unix timestamp

closest · enum<string> · required

Direction to search (before or after timestamp)

Available options: before, after

Response

200 - application/json

Block number retrieved successfully

Option 1

Option 2

status · enum<string>

Status code (1 = OK)

Available options: 1

message · string

Response message

Example:

"OK"

result · object

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