getBlock
Returns information about a block at a block number, hash or tag.
Import
ts
import { getBlock } from 'viem/public'
Usage
ts
import { getBlock } from 'viem/public'
import { publicClient } from '.'
const block = await getBlock(publicClient)
/**
* {
* baseFeePerGas: 10789405161n,
* difficulty: 11569232145203128n,
* extraData: '0x75732d656173742d38',
* ...
* }
*/
Returns
Information about the block.
Parameters
blockHash (optional)
- Type:
'0x${string}'
Information at a given block hash.
ts
const block = await getBlock(publicClient, {
blockHash: '0x89644bbd5c8d682a2e9611170e6c1f02573d866d286f006cbf517eec7254ec2d'
})
blockNumber (optional)
- Type:
bigint
Information at a given block number.
ts
const block = await getBlock(publicClient, {
blockNumber: 42069n
})
blockTag (optional)
- Type:
'latest' | 'earliest' | 'pending' | 'safe' | 'finalized' - Default:
'latest'
Information at a given block tag.
ts
const block = await getBlock(publicClient, {
blockTag: 'safe'
})