Get block details

POST

https://near.nownodes.io/

Authorizations

ApiKeyAuthApiKeyAuth

api-key string

NOWNodes API key passed in the api-key header.

Returns information about a specific block. You can specify the block by its hash, height, or finality. Finality options: "optimistic" (latest block) or "final" (block that has been finalized by consensus).

Body

application/json

jsonrpcstring2required

JSON-RPC version specification

idstringrequired

Request identifier for matching responses

methodstringblockrequired

RPC method name

paramsobject | objectrequired

Block identification parameters

Response

200OK

Successful block information response

Get block details

curl -X POST 'https://near.nownodes.io/' \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{
    "jsonrpc": "2.0",
    "id": "block-query-1",
    "method": "block",
    "params": {
      "finality": "final"
    }
  }'

import { JsonRpcProvider } from "ethers";

const provider = new JsonRpcProvider("https://near.nownodes.io/");
const result = await provider.send("block", {
  "finality": "final"
});
console.log(result);

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

uri = URI('https://near.nownodes.io/')
request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(uri)
request['Content-Type'] = 'application/json'
request.body = '{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "method": "block",
  "params": {
    "finality": "final"
  },
  "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://near.nownodes.io/"))
response = w3.provider.make_request("block", {
  "finality": "final"
})
print(response)

import { createPublicClient, http } from "viem";

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

const result = await client.request({
  method: "block",
  params: {
  "finality": "final"
},
});

console.log(result);

const endpoint = "https://near.nownodes.io/";
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: "block", params: {
  "finality": "final"
}, id: 1 });
console.log(result);

const response = await fetch('https://near.nownodes.io/', {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {
    'Content-Type': 'application/json',
  },
  body: JSON.stringify({
      "jsonrpc": "2.0",
      "id": "block-query-1",
      "method": "block",
      "params": {
        "finality": "final"
      }
    }),
});

const data = await response.json();

import requests

payload = {
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": "block-query-1",
  "method": "block",
  "params": {
    "finality": "final"
  }
}

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

require 'net/http'
require 'json'

uri = URI('https://near.nownodes.io/')
request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(uri)
request['Content-Type'] = 'application/json'
request.body = '{
    "jsonrpc": "2.0",
    "id": "block-query-1",
    "method": "block",
    "params": {
      "finality": "final"
    }
  }'

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

Request Body

{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": "block-query-1",
  "method": "block",
  "params": {
    "finality": "final"
  }
}

200

{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": "block-query-1",
  "result": {
    "author": "builder.near",
    "header": {
      "height": 178092345,
      "hash": "9RX6hTf8j8Q4q4L7z4L8q4L7z4L8q4L7z4L8q4L7z4L8",
      "prev_hash": "8QX5gSe7i7P3p3K6y3K7p3K6y3K7p3K6y3K7p3K6y3K7",
      "timestamp": 1704067200000000000,
      "epoch_id": "7QX6hTf8j8Q4q4L7z4L8q4L7z4L8q4L7z4L8q4L7z4L8",
      "next_epoch_id": "8RX6hTf8j8Q4q4L7z4L8q4L7z4L8q4L7z4L8q4L7z4L9",
      "chunks_included": 4
    },
    "chunks": [
      {
        "chunk_hash": "Chunk1Hash1234567890abcdef"
      },
      {
        "chunk_hash": "Chunk2Hash1234567890abcdef"
      }
    ]
  }
}

Documentation

How to migrate to NOWNodes

Get block details

Authorizations

Body

Response