getblockheader Method

Returns the corresponding block header information according to the specified script hash or index.

The usage of this method is as same as getblock. The only difference is that getblockeader gets the block header and getblock gets the complete block.

Parameter Description

• hash | index: The block script hash or index (i.e. block height=number of blocks - 1).

• verbose: Optional, the default value is false.

  • When verbose is false, serialized information of the block is returned in a hexadecimal string. If you need the detailed information, use the SDK for deserialization.

  • When verbose is true or 1, detailed information of the block is returned in Json format.

Example

Example 1 - invoke with block hash

Request body:

{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "method": "getblockheader",
  "params": [140],
  "id": 1
}

or

{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "method": "getblockheader",
  "params": ["0x3d87f53c51c93fc08e5ccc09dbd9e21fcfad4dbea66af454bed334824a90262c"],
  "id": 1
}

Response body:

{
    "jsonrpc": "2.0",
    "id": 1,
    "result": "AAAAAFrf0tgylRv20FkZygEC2UDiMHJTukXJPQ/DFP5sezdzm3A7VffHxK0b4rwXh/xR/zV24Mj6+Vhq25qoN1WlxRIBIKp7dwEAAIwAAADitlMicpPpnE8pBtU1U6u0pnLfhgFCDEDGZIUihuWK6RLqloq6UiKxkoW0QFhqGhoQU3cK5IQRATFUY807W/hGmYqP80N8qjKQ/e4o8URTzgRUXJKXf1/sKxEMIQLO1DI5fdxE7boDHAvDuTPyj92Wd3kteyDmwDbdqqzx4hELQRON768A"
}

Example 2 - 获取 JSON 格式的区块信息

请求正文：

{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "method": "getblockheader",
  "params": [140, true],
  "id": 1
}

或

{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "getblockheader",
  "params": ["0x3d87f53c51c93fc08e5ccc09dbd9e21fcfad4dbea66af454bed334824a90262c", true]
}

响应正文：

{
    "jsonrpc": "2.0",
    "id": 1,
    "result": {
        "hash": "0x3d87f53c51c93fc08e5ccc09dbd9e21fcfad4dbea66af454bed334824a90262c",
        "size": 213,
        "version": 0,
        "previousblockhash": "0x73377b6cfe14c30f3dc945ba537230e240d90201ca1959d0f61b9532d8d2df5a",
        "merkleroot": "0x12c5a55537a89adb6a58f9fac8e07635ff51fc8717bce21badc4c7f7553b709b",
        "time": 1612687482881,
        "primary": 0,
        "index": 140,
        "nextconsensus": "NgaiKFjurmNmiRzDRQGs44yzByXuSkdGPF",
        "witnesses": [
            {
                "invocation": "DEDGZIUihuWK6RLqloq6UiKxkoW0QFhqGhoQU3cK5IQRATFUY807W/hGmYqP80N8qjKQ/e4o8URTzgRUXJKXf1/s",
                "verification": "EQwhAs7UMjl93ETtugMcC8O5M/KP3ZZ3eS17IObANt2qrPHiEQtBE43vrw=="
            }
        ],
        "confirmations": 41,
        "nextblockhash": "0xd087785fc3cf5b59c6a4631bdbdd63ed3e44947c22eb69ba866ea9291473b2b5"
    }
}