eth_blockNumber RPC Method

To use the eth_blockNumber method on the C-Chain, ensure that the end of your URL includes ext/bc/C/rpc.

Parameters

This method does not accept any parameters

Returns

result

string

The latest block number of the blockchain

Request

curl https://docs-demo.flare-mainnet.quiknode.pro/ext/bc/C/rpc \
  -X POST \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  --data '{"method":"eth_blockNumber","params":[],"id":1,"jsonrpc":"2.0"}'

require 'eth'

client = Eth::Client.create 'https://docs-demo.flare-mainnet.quiknode.pro/'
payload = {
    "jsonrpc": "2.0",
    "method": "eth_blockNumber",
    "params": [],
    "id": "1"
}

response = client.send(payload.to_json)
puts response

import { ethers } from "ethers";
(async () => {
  const provider = new ethers.JsonRpcProvider(
    "https://docs-demo.flare-mainnet.quiknode.pro/ext/bc/C/rpc"
  );
  const blockNum = await provider.getBlockNumber();
  console.log(blockNum);
})();

from web3 import Web3, HTTPProvider
w3 = Web3(HTTPProvider('https://docs-demo.flare-mainnet.quiknode.pro/ext/bc/C/rpc'))
print (w3.eth.blockNumber)

const myHeaders = new Headers();
myHeaders.append("Content-Type", "application/json");

const raw = JSON.stringify({
  "method": "eth_blockNumber",
  "params": [],
  "id": 1,
  "jsonrpc": "2.0"
});

const requestOptions = {
  method: "POST",
  headers: myHeaders,
  body: raw,
  redirect: "follow"
};

fetch("https://docs-demo.flare-mainnet.quiknode.pro/ext/bc/C/rpc", requestOptions)
  .then((response) => response.text())
  .then((result) => console.log(result))
  .catch((error) => console.error(error));

import requests
import json

url = "https://docs-demo.flare-mainnet.quiknode.pro/ext/bc/C/rpc"

payload = json.dumps({
  "method": "eth_blockNumber",
  "params": [],
  "id": 1,
  "jsonrpc": "2.0"
})
headers = {
  'Content-Type': 'application/json'
}

response = requests.request("POST", url, headers=headers, data=payload)

print(response.text)

require "uri"
require "json"
require "net/http"

url = URI("https://docs-demo.flare-mainnet.quiknode.pro/ext/bc/C/rpc")

https = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
https.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["Content-Type"] = "application/json"
request.body = JSON.dump({
  "method": "eth_blockNumber",
  "params": [],
  "id": 1,
  "jsonrpc": "2.0"
})

response = https.request(request)
puts response.read_body

import { Core } from '@quicknode/sdk'

const core = new Core({
  endpointUrl: "https://docs-demo.flare-mainnet.quiknode.pro/",
})

core.client.getBlockNumber()

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eth_blockNumber RPC Method

Returns the latest block number of the blockchain.

Parameters

Returns