Get block details by height or hash

GET

https://btgbook.nownodes.io/api/v2/block/{blockHeightOrHash}

Authorizations

ApiKeyAuthApiKeyAuth

api-key string

NOWNodes API key passed in the api-key header.

Returns detailed information about a block specified by its height or hash.

Parameters

blockHeightOrHashstringrequiredpath

Block height (integer) or block hash (string) to identify the block.

Response

200OK

Block details response

400Bad Request

Invalid block height or hash format

404Not Found

Block not found

500Internal Server Error

Internal server error

Get block details by height or hash

curl -X GET 'https://btgbook.nownodes.io/api/v2/block/{blockHeightOrHash}'

const response = await fetch('https://btgbook.nownodes.io/api/v2/block/{blockHeightOrHash}', {
  method: 'GET',
});

const data = await response.json();

require 'net/http'
require 'json'

uri = URI('https://btgbook.nownodes.io/api/v2/block/{blockHeightOrHash}')
request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(uri)

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

import requests

response = requests.get('https://btgbook.nownodes.io/api/v2/block/{blockHeightOrHash}')
data = response.json()

const response = await fetch('https://btgbook.nownodes.io/api/v2/block/{blockHeightOrHash}', {
  method: 'GET',
});

const data = await response.json();

const endpoint = "https://btgbook.nownodes.io/api/v2/block/{blockHeightOrHash}";
const apiKey = "YOUR_API_KEY";

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

  return response.json();
}

const result = await nownodesRequest({});
console.log(result);

const response = await fetch('https://btgbook.nownodes.io/api/v2/block/{blockHeightOrHash}', {
  method: 'GET',
});

const data = await response.json();

import requests

response = requests.get('https://btgbook.nownodes.io/api/v2/block/{blockHeightOrHash}')
data = response.json()

require 'net/http'
require 'json'

uri = URI('https://btgbook.nownodes.io/api/v2/block/{blockHeightOrHash}')
request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(uri)

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

{
  "hash": "0000000000000000000a1b2c3d4e5f67890abcdef1234567890abcdef1234567",
  "confirmations": 123,
  "size": 1234567,
  "height": 700000,
  "version": 536870912,
  "merkleroot": "4d5e6f7890abcdef1234567890abcdef1234567890abcdef1234567890abcdef",
  "tx": [
    "f508de864ef389255b2d2a9c3973794cab186aeb1f47e5f9036c66e64651562a",
    "cbc797f38d2451d82abcf87a34411dfc2301013bfb2e02e603f23f79162f06e9"
  ],
  "time": 1753349199,
  "nonce": 2083236893,
  "bits": "1d00ffff",
  "difficulty": 19354847804972.85,
  "previousblockhash": "0000000000000000000872af0a1b2c3d4e5f67890abcdef1234567890abcdef1",
  "nextblockhash": "0000000000000000000b3c4d5e6f7890abcdef1234567890abcdef1234567890"
}

{
  "error": "Invalid block height or hash"
}

{
  "error": "Block not found"
}

{
  "error": "Internal server error"
}