Get consensus state

POST

https://sei-tendermint.nownodes.io/

Authorizations

ApiKeyAuthApiKeyAuth

api-key string

NOWNodes API key passed in the api-key header.

Returns a concise snapshot of the node's current consensus round state.

Body

application/json

JSON-RPC request for consensus_state.

jsonrpcstring2.0required

JSON-RPC protocol version.

idintegerrequired

Client request identifier.

methodstringconsensus_staterequired

RPC method name.

paramsobjectrequired

Parameters accepted by consensus_state.

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Response

200OK

Response returned by the live Sei endpoint.

400Bad Request

Invalid JSON-RPC request.

Get consensus state

curl -X POST 'https://sei-tendermint.nownodes.io/' \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{
    "jsonrpc": "2.0",
    "id": 1,
    "method": "consensus_state",
    "params": {}
  }'

import { JsonRpcProvider } from "ethers";

const provider = new JsonRpcProvider("https://sei-tendermint.nownodes.io/");
const result = await provider.send("consensus_state", {});
console.log(result);

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

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

import { createPublicClient, http } from "viem";

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

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

console.log(result);

const endpoint = "https://sei-tendermint.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: "consensus_state", params: {}, id: 1 });
console.log(result);

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

const data = await response.json();

import requests

payload = {
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "consensus_state",
  "params": {}
}

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

require 'net/http'
require 'json'

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

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": 1,
  "method": "consensus_state",
  "params": {}
}

{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "result": {
    "round_state": {
      "height/round/step": "233842534/0/1",
      "start_time": "2026-09-24T11:14:52.654741912Z",
      "proposal_block_hash": "",
      "locked_block_hash": "",
      "valid_block_hash": "",
      "height_vote_set": [
        {
          "round": 0,
          "prevotes": [
            "nil-Vote"
          ],
          "prevotes_bit_array": "BA{40:________________________________________} 0/4120903402 = 0.00",
          "precommits": [
            "nil-Vote"
          ],
          "precommits_bit_array": "BA{40:________________________________________} 0/4120903402 = 0.00"
        }
      ],
      "proposer": {
        "address": "59AB86020766FCDC61BB0139639D1646760F21D9",
        "index": 2
      }
    }
  }
}

{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "error": {
    "code": -32602,
    "message": "Invalid params"
  }
}