eth_getBlockByNumber: Ethereum JSON-RPC API

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eth_getBlockByNumber on Ethereum: Returns block information by block number.

Endpoint

https://rpc.goldrushdata.com/v1/eth-mainnet

Authenticate with Authorization: Bearer <GOLDRUSH_API_KEY>. See authentication.

Parameters

Name	Type	Required	Description	Example
`blockTag`	`QUANTITY \| TAG`	yes	Block number (hex), or `latest`, `earliest`, `pending`, `safe`, `finalized`.	`"latest"`
`hydrated`	`Boolean`	yes	If `true`, returns full transaction objects; if `false`, only transaction hashes.	`false`

Returns

Object | null: Block object, or null if no block was found.

{"number":"0x14a3b8c","hash":"0xb3b20624...","parentHash":"0xa1c2...","transactions":["0x..."]}

Examples

curl https://rpc.goldrushdata.com/v1/eth-mainnet \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $GOLDRUSH_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "jsonrpc": "2.0",
    "id": 1,
    "method": "eth_getBlockByNumber",
    "params": ["latest", false]
  }'

import { ethers } from "ethers";

const url = "https://rpc.goldrushdata.com/v1/eth-mainnet";
const fetchReq = new ethers.FetchRequest(url);
fetchReq.setHeader("Authorization", `Bearer ${process.env.GOLDRUSH_API_KEY}`);

const provider = new ethers.JsonRpcProvider(fetchReq);
const result = await provider.send("eth_getBlockByNumber", ["latest", false]);
console.log(result);

import { createPublicClient, http } from "viem";

const client = createPublicClient({
  transport: http("https://rpc.goldrushdata.com/v1/eth-mainnet", {
    fetchOptions: {
      headers: {
        Authorization: `Bearer ${process.env.GOLDRUSH_API_KEY}`,
      },
    },
  }),
});

const result = await client.request({
  method: "eth_getBlockByNumber",
  params: ["latest", false],
});
console.log(result);

import { Web3 } from "web3";

const provider = new Web3.providers.HttpProvider(
  "https://rpc.goldrushdata.com/v1/eth-mainnet",
  {
    headers: [
      { name: "Authorization", value: `Bearer ${process.env.GOLDRUSH_API_KEY}` },
    ],
  }
);
const web3 = new Web3(provider);

const result = await web3.currentProvider.request({
  method: "eth_getBlockByNumber",
  params: ["latest", false],
});
console.log(result);

from os import environ
from web3 import Web3

w3 = Web3(Web3.HTTPProvider(
    "https://rpc.goldrushdata.com/v1/eth-mainnet",
    request_kwargs={
        "headers": {
            "Authorization": f"Bearer {environ['GOLDRUSH_API_KEY']}",
        },
    },
))
result = w3.manager.request_blocking("eth_getBlockByNumber", ["latest", false])
print(result)

Errors

Standard JSON-RPC errors: -32600 invalid request, -32601 method not found, -32602 invalid params.

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