Head

Get the most recently finalized block.

get

Returns the most recently finalized block. Replaces /block from versions < v1.0.0.

Query parameters

finalizedbooleanOptional

Boolean representing whether or not to get the finalized head. If it is not set the value defaults to true. When set to false it will attempt to get the newest known block, which may not be finalized.

Default: true

eventDocsbooleanOptional

When set to true, every event will have an extra docs property with a string of the events documentation.

Default: false

extrinsicDocsbooleanOptional

When set to true, every extrinsic will have an extra docs property with a string of the extrinsics documentation.

Default: false

noFeesbooleanOptional

When set to true, the fee won't be calculated for the extrinsics.

Default: false

decodedXcmMsgsbooleanOptional

When set to true, this will show the decoded XCM messages within the extrinsics of the requested block.

Default: false

paraIdstringOptional

When it is set, this will return only the decoded XCM messages for the specified origin Parachain Id (originParaId). To activate this functionality, ensure that the decodedXcmMsgs parameter is set to true.

Responses

200

successful operation

application/json

Responseall of

Block information that includes the decoded XCM messages if any are found in the queried block. If not, the decodedXcmMsgs object will be returned with three empty arrays corresponding to each direction, horizontalMessages, downwardMessages, upwardMessages.

and

get

HTTPcURLJavaScriptPython

GET /blocks/head HTTP/1.1
Host: dot-playbook.nownodes.io
Accept: */*

200

successful operation

{
  "number": "text",
  "hash": "text",
  "parentHash": "text",
  "stateRoot": "text",
  "extrinsicRoot": "text",
  "authorId": "text",
  "logs": [
    {
      "type": "text",
      "index": "text",
      "value": [
        "text"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "onInitialize": {
    "events": [
      {
        "method": "text",
        "data": [
          "text"
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
  "extrinsics": [
    {
      "method": {
        "pallet": "text",
        "method": "text"
      },
      "signature": {
        "signature": "text",
        "signer": "text"
      },
      "nonce": "text",
      "args": {},
      "tip": "text",
      "hash": "text",
      "info": {
        "weight": {
          "refTime": "text",
          "proofSize": "text"
        },
        "class": "Normal",
        "partialFee": "text",
        "kind": "text"
      },
      "era": "{\"mortalEra\":[\"64\", \"11\"]}",
      "events": [
        {
          "method": "text",
          "data": [
            "text"
          ]
        }
      ],
      "success": true,
      "paysFee": true
    }
  ],
  "onFinalize": {
    "events": [
      {
        "method": "text",
        "data": [
          "text"
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
  "finalized": true,
  "decodedXcmMsgs": {
    "horizontalMessages": {
      "0": {
        "originParaId": "text",
        "destinationParaId": "text",
        "data": {}
      }
    },
    "downwardMessages": [
      {
        "sentAt": "text",
        "msg": "text",
        "data": {}
      }
    ],
    "upwardMessages": [
      {
        "originParaId": "text",
        "data": {}
      }
    ]
  }
}