Returns information about a header by hash.
Supported on Klaytn (mainnet) only.
NOTE: This API is supported from Klaytn v1.7.0.
Returns information about a header by hash. This API works only on RPC call, not on JavaScript console.
Parameters
Request
| Type | Description |
|---|---|
| 32-byte DATA | Hash of a block. |
Result
Object - A header object, or error when no header was found:
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| number | QUANTITY | The block number. null when it is pending block. |
| parentHash | 32-byte DATA | The hash of the parent block. |
| logsBloom | 256-byte DATA | The bloom filter for the logs of the block. null when it is pending block. |
| transactionsRoot | 32-byte DATA | The root of the transaction trie of the block. |
| stateRoot | 32-byte DATA | The root of the final state trie of the block. |
| receiptsRoot | 32-byte DATA | The root of the receipts trie of the block. |
| reward | 20-byte DATA | The address of the beneficiary to whom the block rewards were given. |
| blockScore | QUANTITY | Former difficulty. Always 1 in the BFT consensus engine |
| extraData | DATA | The "extra data" field of this block. |
| gasUsed | QUANTITY | The total used gas by all transactions in this block. |
| timestamp | QUANTITY | The Unix timestamp for when the block was collated. |
| timestampFoS | QUANTITY | The fraction of a second of the timestamp for when the block was collated. |
| governanceData | DATA | RLP encoded governance configuration |
| voteData | DATA | RLP encoded governance vote of the proposer |
| baseFeePerGas | QUANTITY | The base fee per gas. It has a meaningful value when EthTxTypeCompatible and Magma hardforks are activated. |
API Endpoint
The format of a Klaytn API endpoint is
https://open-platform.nodereal.io/{{apiKey}}/klaytn/
Here is an example:
https://open-platform.nodereal.io/4c0a1c23661a4e26bcbcwed461e34ea9/klaytn/
Example
// Request
curl https://open-platform.nodereal.io/{{apiKey}}/klaytn/ \
-X POST \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"klay_getHeaderByHash","params":["0xb8deae63002d2b6aa33247c8ef545383ee0fd2282ac9b49dbbb74114389ddb5c"],"id":1}'
// Result
{
"jsonrpc":"2.0",
"id":1,
"result":{
"baseFeePerGas":"0x5d21dba00",
"blockScore":"0x1",
"extraData":"0xda83010800846b6c617989676f312e31362e31338664617277696e0000000000f89ed5949712f943b296758aaae79944ec975884188d3a96b841ddfdf7e2cb0a93538f757f87f23a93ee35df703c781c6f15e31e4978ecdfb3501fc00924372b9a01df2bc452f2a924c242d83580183d131c47e49a25b78f625201f843b841b9b6034d5a8c5f5b057274cda4f427614cd1f448ee781f4c4322861d1361d09d47d6030f2b69a26cb426db984f54e71f8c112fbf882930ccd715d595e8d8307500",
"gasUsed":"0x0",
"governanceData":"0x",
"hash":"0xe882d7a16f38126dc0c507f990b3fe18fa2d3a380002538581327abe96ca6edc",
"logsBloom":"0x00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000",
"number":"0x1e67",
"parentHash":"0x28b1c054346c3bd083741c757a750dcabf94b6d50c7f87158753544e96e73550",
"receiptsRoot":"0xc5d2460186f7233c927e7db2dcc703c0e500b653ca82273b7bfad8045d85a470",
"reward":"0x4b2c736fd05c2e2da3ccbd001a395a444f16a861",
"stateRoot":"0xdf9885621c9e6e75912ca94d6987bcb1b54fef0e4a99cbec5e68f1ffc7468a78",
"timestamp":"0x62130beb",
"timestampFoS":"0x0",
"transactionsRoot":"0xc5d2460186f7233c927e7db2dcc703c0e500b653ca82273b7bfad8045d85a470"
}
}