Header

Get information about the header of the most recent finalized block.

Returns the most recently finalized block's header.

GEThttps://dot-playbook.nownodes.io/blocks/head/header

Query parameters

Response

200400

successful operation

Body

application/json

parentHashstring (hex)

The hash of the parent block.

numberstring (unsignedInteger)

The block's height.

stateRootstring (hex)

The state root after executing this block.

extrinsicRootstring (hex)

The Merkle root of the extrinsics.

digestobject

Request

JavaScriptCurlPythonHTTP

const response = await fetch('https://dot-playbook.nownodes.io/blocks/head/header', {
    method: 'GET',
    headers: {},
});
const data = await response.json();

Response

200400

{
  "parentHash": "text",
  "number": "text",
  "stateRoot": "text",
  "extrinsicRoot": "text",
  "digest": {
    "logs": [
      {
        "type": "text",
        "index": "text",
        "value": [
          "text"
        ]
      }
    ]
  }
}