getLatestBlock

Learn how to use the getLatestBlock JSON-RPC method.

POST /#particle_getLatestBlock

getLatestBlock

cURL

curl --request POST \
  --url 'https://rpc.particle.network/evm-chain/#particle_getLatestBlock' \
  --header 'Authorization: Basic <encoded-value>' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '
{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "particle_getLatestBlock",
  "chainId": 1
}
'

200

{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "result": {
    "difficulty": "<string>",
    "extraData": "<string>",
    "gasLimit": "<string>",
    "gasUsed": "<string>",
    "hash": "<string>",
    "logsBloom": "<string>",
    "miner": "<string>",
    "mixHash": "<string>",
    "nonce": "<string>",
    "number": "<string>",
    "parentHash": "<string>",
    "receiptsRoot": "<string>",
    "sha3Uncles": "<string>",
    "size": "<string>",
    "stateRoot": "<string>",
    "timestamp": "<string>",
    "totalDifficulty": "<string>",
    "transactions": [
      {}
    ],
    "transactionsRoot": "<string>",
    "uncles": [
      {}
    ],
    "receipts": [
      {}
    ]
  }
}

Contextualizing getLatestBlock

• getlatestBlock returns a highly detailed response containing both standard and extraneous information about the latest block on the chain associated with chainId.

  This response includes full receipts of transactions contained within the latest block. This is non-toggleable.

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Returned receipts contain the following attributes

JSON

// Example receipt

"blockHash":"0x9468f7e44e89921b38eb4812ec5dc7900ceffc454aecb0a452d9477952062efc",
"blockNumber":"0x11868d0",
"contractAddress":null,
"cumulativeGasUsed":"0x9e0096",
"effectiveGasPrice":"0x3094e55d9",
"from":"0x3527439923a63f8c13cf72b8fe80a77f6e572092",
"gasUsed":"0xbbad2",
"logs":[
   {
      "address":"0x32400084c286cf3e17e7b677ea9583e60a000324",
      "blockHash":"0x9468f7e44e89921b38eb4812ec5dc7900ceffc454aecb0a452d9477952062efc",
      "blockNumber":"0x11868d0",
      "data":"0x",
      "logIndex":"0x1b",
      "removed":false,
      "topics":[
         "0x22c9005dd88c18b552a1cd7e8b3b937fcde9ca69213c1f658f54d572e4877a81",
         "0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000042fc4",
         "0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000042fc5"
      ],
      "transactionHash":"0x373c6917650568746f2cb9a99c9250ef5c5fdda380ac0e322779e9532c0d5153",
      "transactionIndex":"0x10"
   }
],
"logsBloom":"0x00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000010020000000000000000000002020000000000000000000000000000000000000000100000400000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000010000000000000000001000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000008000000000000000000000000000000000000000400000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000001000000002000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000",
"status":"0x1",
"to":"0x3db52ce065f728011ac6732222270b3f2360d919",
"transactionHash":"0x373c6917650568746f2cb9a99c9250ef5c5fdda380ac0e322779e9532c0d5153",
"transactionIndex":"0x10",
"type":"0x2"

Authorizations

Authorization · string · header · required

Basic authentication header of the form Basic <encoded-value>, where <encoded-value> is the base64-encoded string username:password.

Body

application/json

jsonrpc · string · default: 2 · required

Version of the JSON-RPC protocol, should be 2.0.

Example:

"2.0"

id · integer · default: 1 · required

The request identifier.

Example:

1

method · enum<string> · default: particle_getLatestBlock · required

API method being called.

Available options: particle_getLatestBlock

chainId · integer · required

The chain ID.

Example:

1

params · any[] · required

Parameters for the API method call.

Response

200 - application/json

Success

jsonrpc · string

Version of the JSON-RPC protocol, should be 2.0.

Example:

"2.0"

id · integer

The request identifier.

Example:

1

result · object

Result of the API call.

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