getBlockHeight RPC Method

Returns the current block height of the node

params

objectoptional

Configuration object

result

u64

Current block height.

Request

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

Response

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

Request

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

params

objectoptional

Configuration object

result

Response

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

u64

Current block height.