Get block hash

POST

wss://bsc-blockbook.nownodes.io/wss/{api_key}

Returns the hash of the block at the given height on the main chain. Verified live: heights outside the range kept by this indexer (for example 1000000 or 0 on BSC) return an empty string in hash instead of an error.

Connection URL:

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wss://bsc-blockbook.nownodes.io/wss/{{api_key}}

Open the connection, then send the message below as a text frame.

Example:

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wscat -c 'wss://bsc-blockbook.nownodes.io/wss/YOUR_API_KEY'
> {"id":"4","method":"getBlockHash","params":{"height":118649759}}

Body

application/json

object

Parameters

api_keystringrequiredpath

Your NOWNodes API key.

Response

200OK

A successful response.

Get block hash

curl -X POST 'wss://bsc-blockbook.nownodes.io/wss/{api_key}' \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{
    "id": "4",
    "method": "getBlockHash",
    "params": {
      "height": 118649759
    }
  }'

import { JsonRpcProvider } from "ethers";

const provider = new JsonRpcProvider("wss://bsc-blockbook.nownodes.io/wss/{api_key}");
const result = await provider.send("getBlockHash", {
  "height": 118649759
});
console.log(result);

require 'eth'
require 'json'
require 'net/http'

uri = URI('wss://bsc-blockbook.nownodes.io/wss/{api_key}')
request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(uri)
request['Content-Type'] = 'application/json'
request.body = '{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "method": "getBlockHash",
  "params": {
    "height": 118649759
  },
  "id": 1
}'

response = Net::HTTP.start(uri.hostname, uri.port, use_ssl: true) do |http|
  http.request(request)
end

puts JSON.parse(response.body)

from web3 import Web3

w3 = Web3(Web3.HTTPProvider("wss://bsc-blockbook.nownodes.io/wss/{api_key}"))
response = w3.provider.make_request("getBlockHash", {
  "height": 118649759
})
print(response)

import { createPublicClient, http } from "viem";

const client = createPublicClient({
  transport: http("wss://bsc-blockbook.nownodes.io/wss/{api_key}"),
});

const result = await client.request({
  method: "getBlockHash",
  params: {
  "height": 118649759
},
});

console.log(result);

const endpoint = "wss://bsc-blockbook.nownodes.io/wss/{api_key}";
const apiKey = "YOUR_API_KEY";

async function nownodesRequest(payload) {
  const response = await fetch(endpoint, {
    method: "POST",
    headers: {
      "Content-Type": "application/json",
      "api-key": apiKey,
    },
    body: JSON.stringify(payload),
  });

  return response.json();
}

const result = await nownodesRequest({ jsonrpc: "2.0", method: "getBlockHash", params: {
  "height": 118649759
}, id: 1 });
console.log(result);

const response = await fetch('wss://bsc-blockbook.nownodes.io/wss/{api_key}', {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {
    'Content-Type': 'application/json',
  },
  body: JSON.stringify({
      "id": "4",
      "method": "getBlockHash",
      "params": {
        "height": 118649759
      }
    }),
});

const data = await response.json();

import requests

payload = {
  "id": "4",
  "method": "getBlockHash",
  "params": {
    "height": 118649759
  }
}

response = requests.post('wss://bsc-blockbook.nownodes.io/wss/{api_key}', json=payload)
data = response.json()

require 'net/http'
require 'json'

uri = URI('wss://bsc-blockbook.nownodes.io/wss/{api_key}')
request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(uri)
request['Content-Type'] = 'application/json'
request.body = '{
    "id": "4",
    "method": "getBlockHash",
    "params": {
      "height": 118649759
    }
  }'

response = Net::HTTP.start(uri.hostname, uri.port, use_ssl: true) { |http| http.request(request) }
data = JSON.parse(response.body)

Request Body

{
  "id": "4",
  "method": "getBlockHash",
  "params": {
    "height": 118649759
  }
}

200

{
  "id": "4",
  "data": {
    "hash": "0xcfa6b8cade5001838da97753d8159e086611d9dca232e7d04209c21909f1993d"
  }
}