getBlockHeight RPC Method

Returns the current block height of the node

Parameters

object optional

Configuration object containing the following fields:

commitment string optional

minContextSlot number optional

The minimum slot that the request can be evaluated at

Result

<u64> - Current block height

Code sample

curl https://api.devnet.solana.com -s -X POST -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d '
  {
    "jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,
    "method":"getBlockHeight"
  }
'

Result:

Response

{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "result": 1233,
  "id": 1
}