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getBlockHeight RPC Method

Returns the current block height of the node

params​

object optional Configuration object.

commitment

Array of u64 integers logging the amount of cluster stake in lamports that has voted on the block at each depth from 0 to MAX_LOCKOUT_HISTORY.

totalStake
Total active stake, in lamports, of the current epoch.

result​

u64 Current block height.

cURL

curl https://us-seattle.openverse.network/api -s -X \
 POST -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d ' 
 {
   "jsonrpc": "2.0",
   "id": 1,
   "method": "getBlockHeight",
   "params": []
 }
'

Response

{
 "jsonrpc": "2.0",
 "result": 1233,
 "id": 1
}