By index

Look up a milestone by a given milestone index.

Look up a milestone by a given milestone index.

GEThttps://iota.nownodes.io/api/core/v2/milestones/by-index/{index}

Path parameters

index*number

Index of the milestone to look up.

Example: 154862

Response

200400403404500

Successful operation.

Body

application/jsonapplication/vnd.iota.serializer-v1

type*integer

Set to value 7 to denote a Milestone Payload.

index*integer

The index of the milestone.

timestamp*integer

The Unix timestamp at which the milestone was issued. The unix timestamp is specified in seconds.

protocolVersion*integer

Protocol version of the Milestone Payload and its encapsulating block.

previousMilestoneId*string

The Milestone ID of the milestone with Index Number - 1.

parents*array of string

The identifiers of the blocks this milestone references. Hex-encoded values with 0x prefix.

inclusionMerkleRoot*string

The merkle root of all directly/indirectly referenced blocks (their IDs) which are newly confirmed by this milestone. Hex-encoded with 0x prefix.

appliedMerkleRoot*string

The merkle root of all blocks (their IDs) carrying ledger state mutating transactions. Hex-encoded with 0x prefix.

optionsarray of any of

metadatastring

Hex-encoded binary data with 0x prefix.

signatures*array of any of

An array of signatures signing the serialized Milestone Essence. Hex-encoded with 0x prefix.

Request

JavaScriptCurlPython

const response = await fetch('https://iota.nownodes.io/api/core/v2/milestones/by-index/{index}', {
    method: 'GET',
    headers: {},
});
const data = await response.json();

Response

200400403404500

{
  "type": 0,
  "index": 0,
  "timestamp": 0,
  "protocolVersion": 0,
  "previousMilestoneId": "text",
  "parents": [
    "text"
  ],
  "inclusionMerkleRoot": "text",
  "appliedMerkleRoot": "text",
  "options": [
    {
      "type": 0,
      "migratedAt": 0,
      "final": false,
      "funds": [
        {
          "tailTransactionHash": "text",
          "address": {
            "type": 0,
            "pubKeyHash": "text"
          },
          "deposit": 0
        }
      ],
      "transaction": {
        "type": 0,
        "input": {
          "type": 0,
          "milestoneId": "text"
        },
        "output": {
          "type": 0,
          "amount": "text"
        }
      }
    }
  ],
  "metadata": "text",
  "signatures": [
    {
      "type": 0,
      "publicKey": "text",
      "signature": "text"
    }
  ]
}