chain_get

POST

https://casper.nownodes.io/rpc

Authorizations

ApiKeyAuthApiKeyAuth

api-key string

NOWNodes API key passed in the api-key header.

Calls chain_get_block RPC method on a Casper Node and returns the block along with validator signatures.

Body

application/json

idintegerrequired

Request identifier.

jsonrpcstringrequired

JSON-RPC protocol version.

methodstringrequired

RPC method name to call.

paramsobjectrequired

Request parameters.

Show child attributes

block_identifierobject

Block lookup object.

Show child attributes

Hashstring

32-byte block hash (HEX encoded).

Response

200OK

Successful response with block data

POST /rpc

curl -X POST 'https://casper.nownodes.io/rpc' \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{
    "id": 1,
    "jsonrpc": "2.0",
    "method": "chain_get_block",
    "params": {
      "block_identifier": {
        "Hash": "d0aca5f49f2f43762471b0b2327a3de84d7f361900a24f1e54481fb97adb9075"
      }
    }
  }'

import { JsonRpcProvider } from "ethers";

const provider = new JsonRpcProvider("https://casper.nownodes.io/rpc");
const result = await provider.send("chain_get_block", {
  "block_identifier": {
    "Hash": "d0aca5f49f2f43762471b0b2327a3de84d7f361900a24f1e54481fb97adb9075"
  }
});
console.log(result);

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

uri = URI('https://casper.nownodes.io/rpc')
request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(uri)
request['Content-Type'] = 'application/json'
request.body = '{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "method": "chain_get_block",
  "params": {
    "block_identifier": {
      "Hash": "d0aca5f49f2f43762471b0b2327a3de84d7f361900a24f1e54481fb97adb9075"
    }
  },
  "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("https://casper.nownodes.io/rpc"))
response = w3.provider.make_request("chain_get_block", {
  "block_identifier": {
    "Hash": "d0aca5f49f2f43762471b0b2327a3de84d7f361900a24f1e54481fb97adb9075"
  }
})
print(response)

import { createPublicClient, http } from "viem";

const client = createPublicClient({
  transport: http("https://casper.nownodes.io/rpc"),
});

const result = await client.request({
  method: "chain_get_block",
  params: {
  "block_identifier": {
    "Hash": "d0aca5f49f2f43762471b0b2327a3de84d7f361900a24f1e54481fb97adb9075"
  }
},
});

console.log(result);

const endpoint = "https://casper.nownodes.io/rpc";
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: "chain_get_block", params: {
  "block_identifier": {
    "Hash": "d0aca5f49f2f43762471b0b2327a3de84d7f361900a24f1e54481fb97adb9075"
  }
}, id: 1 });
console.log(result);

const response = await fetch('https://casper.nownodes.io/rpc', {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {
    'Content-Type': 'application/json',
  },
  body: JSON.stringify({
      "id": 1,
      "jsonrpc": "2.0",
      "method": "chain_get_block",
      "params": {
        "block_identifier": {
          "Hash": "d0aca5f49f2f43762471b0b2327a3de84d7f361900a24f1e54481fb97adb9075"
        }
      }
    }),
});

const data = await response.json();

import requests

payload = {
  "id": 1,
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "method": "chain_get_block",
  "params": {
    "block_identifier": {
      "Hash": "d0aca5f49f2f43762471b0b2327a3de84d7f361900a24f1e54481fb97adb9075"
    }
  }
}

response = requests.post('https://casper.nownodes.io/rpc', json=payload)
data = response.json()

require 'net/http'
require 'json'

uri = URI('https://casper.nownodes.io/rpc')
request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(uri)
request['Content-Type'] = 'application/json'
request.body = '{
    "id": 1,
    "jsonrpc": "2.0",
    "method": "chain_get_block",
    "params": {
      "block_identifier": {
        "Hash": "d0aca5f49f2f43762471b0b2327a3de84d7f361900a24f1e54481fb97adb9075"
      }
    }
  }'

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

Request Body

{
  "id": 1,
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "method": "chain_get_block",
  "params": {
    "block_identifier": {
      "Hash": "d0aca5f49f2f43762471b0b2327a3de84d7f361900a24f1e54481fb97adb9075"
    }
  }
}

200

{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "result": {
    "api_version": "2.0.0",
    "block_with_signatures": {
      "block": {
        "Version2": {
          "hash": "string",
          "header": {
            "parent_hash": "string",
            "state_root_hash": "string",
            "body_hash": "string",
            "random_bit": true,
            "accumulated_seed": "string",
            "era_end": "string",
            "timestamp": "2024-01-15T09:30:00Z",
            "era_id": 0,
            "height": 0,
            "protocol_version": "string",
            "proposer": "string",
            "current_gas_price": 0,
            "last_switch_block_hash": "string"
          },
          "body": {
            "transactions": {},
            "rewarded_signatures": [
              [
                0
              ]
            ]
          }
        }
      },
      "proofs": [
        {
          "public_key": "string",
          "signature": "string"
        }
      ]
    }
  }
}

Documentation

How to migrate to NOWNodes

Authorizations

Body

Response