GetNumDSBlocks
Returns the current number of validated Directory Service blocks in the network. This is represented as a String
.
Example Request
=== "cURL"
```shell
curl -d '{
"id": "1",
"jsonrpc": "2.0",
"method": "GetNumDSBlocks",
"params": [""]
}' -H "Content-Type: application/json" -X POST "https://zil.nownodes.io/"
```
=== "Node.js"
```js
const numDsBlock = await zilliqa.blockchain.getNumDSBlocks();
console.log(numDsBlock.result);
```
=== "Java"
```java
public class App {
public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException {
HttpProvider client = new HttpProvider("https://zil.nownodes.io/");
Rep<String> numDSBlocks = client.getNumDSBlocks();
System.out.println(new Gson().toJson(numDSBlocks));
}
}
```
=== "Python"
```python
from pyzil.zilliqa import chain
chain.set_active_chain(chain.MainNet)
print(chain.active_chain.api.GetNumDSBlocks())
```
=== "Go"
```go
func GetNumDSBlocks() {
provider := NewProvider("https://zil.nownodes.io/")
response := provider.GetNumDSBlocks()
result, _ := json.Marshal(response)
fmt.Println(string(result))
}
```
Example Response
{
"id": "1",
"jsonrpc": "2.0",
"result": "5899"
}
Arguments
Parameter
Type
Required
Description
id
string
Required
"1"
jsonrpc
string
Required
"2.0"
method
string
Required
"GetNumDSBlocks"
params
string
Required
Empty string ""