Get Latest Block Number (JSON-RPC Format)

Mimics Ethereum JSON RPC’s eth_blockNumber

GET /?module=block&action=eth_block_number

Get Latest Block Number (JSON-RPC Format)

cURL

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

import requests

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

response = requests.get(url)

print(response.text)

const options = {method: 'GET'};

fetch('https://eth.blockscout.com/api/?module=block&action=eth_block_number', 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=eth_block_number",
  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=eth_block_number"

	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=eth_block_number")
  .asString();

require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

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

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

{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "result": "0x103538a",
  "id": 1
}

Query Parameters

module · enum<string> · required

Module name (must be 'block')

Available options: block

action · enum<string> · required

Available options: eth_block_number

Response

200 - application/json

Latest block number retrieved successfully

jsonrpc · string

Example:

"2.0"

result · string

Block number in hex format

Example:

"0x103538a"

id · integer

Example:

1