getBlockHeight

Returns the current block height of the node.

This method will use 30 Compute Units.

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Parameters

• object optional. Configuration object containing the following fields:

  • commitment string. The level of commitment required for the query. The options include:

    • finalized string.

      • The node will query the most recent block confirmed by the supermajority of the cluster as having reached maximum lockout, meaning the cluster has recognized this block as finalized.

    • confirmed string.

      • The node will query the most recent block that has been voted on by the supermajority of the cluster.

    • processed string.

      • The node will query its most recent block. Note that the block may not be complete.

  • minContextSlot integer. The minimum slot at which the request can be evaluated.

Returns

• result The current block height encoded in u64 format.

// Result
{
	"jsonrpc": "2.0",
	"result": 298214571,
	"id": 1
}	

mainnet

curl https://mainnet.solana.validationcloud.io/v1/<YOUR_API_KEY_HERE> \
    -X POST \
    -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
    -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1, "method":"getBlockHeight"}'

devnet

curl https://devnet.solana.validationcloud.io/v1/<YOUR_API_KEY_HERE> \
    -X POST \
    -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
    -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1, "method":"getBlockHeight"}'