Blocks

Retrieve block

by ID or number, or 'best' for latest block.

GEThttps://meter.nownodes.io/blocks/{revision}

Path parameters

revision*string

block ID or number, or 'best' stands for latest block

Example: "best"

Response

200

OK

Body

application/json

numberinteger (uint32)

block number (height)

Example: 325324

idstring (bytes32)

block identifier

Example: "0x0004f6cc88bb4626a92907718e82f255b8fa511453a78e8797eb8cea3393b215"

sizeinteger (uint32)

RLP encoded block size in bytes

Example: 373

parentIDstring (bytes32)

parent block ID

Example: "0x0004f6cb730dbd90fed09d165bfdf33cc0eed47ec068938f6ee7b7c12a4ea98d"

timestampinteger (uint64)

block unix timestamp

Example: 1533267900

gasLimitinteger (uint64)

block gas limit (max allowed accumulative gas usage of transactions)

Example: 11253579

beneficiarystring (bytes32)

address of account to receive block reward

Example: "0xb4094c25f86d628fdd571afc4077f0d0196afb48"

gasUsedinteger (uint64)

accumulative gas usage of transactions

Example: 21000

totalScoreinteger (uint64)

sum of all ancestral blocks' score

Example: 1029988

txsRootstring (bytes32)

root hash of transactions in the block

Example: "0x89dfd9fcd10c9e53d68592cf8b540b280b72d381b868523223992f3e09a806bb"

stateRootstring (bytes32)

root hash of accounts state

Example: "0x86bcc6d214bc9d8d0dedba1012a63c8317d19ce97f60c8a2ef5c59bbd40d4261"

receiptsRootstring (bytes32)

root hash of transaction receipts

Example: "0x15787e2533c470e8a688e6cd17a1ee12d8457778d5f82d2c109e2d6226d8e54e"

signerstring (bytes20)

the one who signed this block

Example: "0xab7b27fc9e7d29f9f2e5bd361747a5515d0cc2d1"

transactionsarray of string (bytes32)

transactions IDs

isTrunkboolean

whether the block is on th trunk

Request

JavaScriptCurlPython

const response = await fetch('https://meter.nownodes.io/blocks/{revision}', {
    method: 'GET',
    headers: {},
});
const data = await response.json();

Response

200

{
  "number": 325324,
  "id": "0x0004f6cc88bb4626a92907718e82f255b8fa511453a78e8797eb8cea3393b215",
  "size": 373,
  "parentID": "0x0004f6cb730dbd90fed09d165bfdf33cc0eed47ec068938f6ee7b7c12a4ea98d",
  "timestamp": 1533267900,
  "gasLimit": 11253579,
  "beneficiary": "0xb4094c25f86d628fdd571afc4077f0d0196afb48",
  "gasUsed": 21000,
  "totalScore": 1029988,
  "txsRoot": "0x89dfd9fcd10c9e53d68592cf8b540b280b72d381b868523223992f3e09a806bb",
  "stateRoot": "0x86bcc6d214bc9d8d0dedba1012a63c8317d19ce97f60c8a2ef5c59bbd40d4261",
  "receiptsRoot": "0x15787e2533c470e8a688e6cd17a1ee12d8457778d5f82d2c109e2d6226d8e54e",
  "signer": "0xab7b27fc9e7d29f9f2e5bd361747a5515d0cc2d1",
  "transactions": [
    "0x284bba50ef777889ff1a367ed0b38d5e5626714477c40de38d71cedd6f9fa477"
  ],
  "isTrunk": false
}