POST
/
#particle_getLatestBlock
getLatestBlock
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,
  "params": [
    "<any>"
  ]
}'
{
  "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.
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.