GetLatestBlock

Returns the block at the head of the main chain. It has an option to include the transactions in the block, which defaults to false.

const res = await fetch("http://127.0.0.1:8648", {
method: "POST",
headers: { "Content-Type": "application/json" },
body: JSON.stringify({
  jsonrpc: "2.0",
  method: "getLatestBlock",
  params: [false],
  id: 1
})
});
const data = await res.json();

Parameters

Prop	Type / Default
`includeBody`	`boolean`

Returns

Prop	Type / Default
`hash`	`string`
`size`	`number`
`batch`	`number`
`epoch`	`number`
`network`	`string`
`version`	`number`
`number`	`number`
`timestamp`	`number`
`parentHash`	`string`
`seed`	`string`
`extraData`	`array`
`stateHash`	`string`
`bodyHash`	`string`
`historyHash`	`string`
`transactions`	`array`
`additionalFields`	`object`

GetLatestBlock

Parameters

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