getBlock RPC Method

Returns a confirmed block for a slot, including block metadata and transaction data in the requested encoding.

Source

get_block

params

u64required

Slot number.

string | objectoptional

Configuration object. For backwards compatibility, this parameter also accepts a bare encoding string, but prefer the object form.

Passing a bare encoding string as the second positional parameter is deprecated. Use the configuration object instead.

When this parameter is an object, it may contain the following fields:

result

object | null

If specified block is not confirmed result will be null. Otherwise, an object containing:

$ curl https://api.devnet.solana.com -s -X \
>   POST -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d ' 
>   {
>     "jsonrpc": "2.0",
>     "id": 1,
>     "method": "getBlock",
>     "params": [
>       378967388,
>       {
>         "commitment": "finalized",
>         "encoding": "json",
>         "transactionDetails": "full",
>         "maxSupportedTransactionVersion": 0,
>         "rewards": true
>       }
>     ]
>   }
> '

Response

{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "result": {
    "blockHeight": 428,
    "blockTime": null,
    "blockhash": "3Eq21vXNB5s86c62bVuUfTeaMif1N2kUqRPBmGRJhyTA",
    "parentSlot": 429,
    "previousBlockhash": "mfcyqEXB3DnHXki6KjjmZck6YjmZLvpAByy2fj4nh6B",
    "rewards": [],
    "numRewardPartitions": null,
    "transactions": [
      {
        },
        }
      }
    ]
  },
  "id": 1
}

$ curl https://api.devnet.solana.com -s -X \
>   POST -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d ' 
>   {
>     "jsonrpc": "2.0",
>     "id": 1,
>     "method": "getBlock",
>     "params": [
>       378967388,
>       {
>         "commitment": "finalized",
>         "encoding": "json",
>         "transactionDetails": "full",
>         "maxSupportedTransactionVersion": 0,
>         "rewards": true
>       }
>     ]
>   }
> '