getBlocks Solana RPC Method

POST

getBlocks

curl --request POST \
  --url 'https://mainnet.helius-rpc.com/?api-key=' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '
{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": "1",
  "method": "getBlocks",
  "params": [
    5,
    10,
    {
      "commitment": "finalized"
    }
  ]
}
'

import requests

url = "https://mainnet.helius-rpc.com/?api-key="

payload = {
    "jsonrpc": "2.0",
    "id": "1",
    "method": "getBlocks",
    "params": [5, 10, { "commitment": "finalized" }]
}
headers = {"Content-Type": "application/json"}

response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)

print(response.text)

const options = {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
  body: JSON.stringify({
    jsonrpc: '2.0',
    id: '1',
    method: 'getBlocks',
    params: [5, 10, {commitment: 'finalized'}]
  })
};

fetch('https://mainnet.helius-rpc.com/?api-key=', options)
  .then(res => res.json())
  .then(res => console.log(res))
  .catch(err => console.error(err));

<?php

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, [
  CURLOPT_URL => "https://mainnet.helius-rpc.com/?api-key=",
  CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
  CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
  CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
  CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
  CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
  CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
  CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([
    'jsonrpc' => '2.0',
    'id' => '1',
    'method' => 'getBlocks',
    'params' => [
        5,
        10,
        [
                'commitment' => 'finalized'
        ]
    ]
  ]),
  CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
    "Content-Type: application/json"
  ],
]);

$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);

curl_close($curl);

if ($err) {
  echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
  echo $response;
}

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"strings"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://mainnet.helius-rpc.com/?api-key="

	payload := strings.NewReader("{\n  \"jsonrpc\": \"2.0\",\n  \"id\": \"1\",\n  \"method\": \"getBlocks\",\n  \"params\": [\n    5,\n    10,\n    {\n      \"commitment\": \"finalized\"\n    }\n  ]\n}")

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)

	req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(string(body))

}

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://mainnet.helius-rpc.com/?api-key=")
  .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
  .body("{\n  \"jsonrpc\": \"2.0\",\n  \"id\": \"1\",\n  \"method\": \"getBlocks\",\n  \"params\": [\n    5,\n    10,\n    {\n      \"commitment\": \"finalized\"\n    }\n  ]\n}")
  .asString();

require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://mainnet.helius-rpc.com/?api-key=")

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

request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n  \"jsonrpc\": \"2.0\",\n  \"id\": \"1\",\n  \"method\": \"getBlocks\",\n  \"params\": [\n    5,\n    10,\n    {\n      \"commitment\": \"finalized\"\n    }\n  ]\n}"

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

{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": "1",
  "result": [
    5,
    6,
    7,
    8,
    9,
    10
  ]
}

{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "error": {
    "code": -32602,
    "message": "Invalid params"
  }
}

{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "error": {
    "code": -32001,
    "message": "Unauthorized"
  },
  "id": "1"
}

{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "error": {
    "code": -32005,
    "message": "Too many requests"
  },
  "id": "1"
}

{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "error": {
    "code": -32603,
    "message": "Internal error"
  },
  "id": "1"
}

{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "error": {
    "code": -32002,
    "message": "Service unavailable"
  },
  "id": "1"
}

{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "error": {
    "code": -32003,
    "message": "Gateway timeout"
  },
  "id": "1"
}

Request Parameters

number

required

Start slot (required).

number

required

End slot (optional, must be ≤ 500,000 blocks from start slot).

string

default:"finalized"

The commitment level for the request.

confirmed
finalized

Authorizations

api-key

string

query

required

Your Helius API key. You can get one for free in the dashboard.

Body

application/json

jsonrpc

enum<string>

default:2.0

required

The JSON-RPC protocol version.

Available options:

2.0

Example:

"2.0"

string

default:1

required

A unique identifier for the request.

Example:

"1"

method

enum<string>

default:getBlocks

required

The name of the RPC method to invoke.

Available options:

getBlocks

Example:

"getBlocks"

params

integer · integer · object[]

required

Request parameters for the method.

Start slot (required).

Example:

5

Response

Successfully retrieved confirmed blocks.

jsonrpc

enum<string>

Available options:

2.0

Example:

"2.0"

string

Identifier matching the request.

Example:

"1"

result

integer[]

List of confirmed blocks between start_slot and end_slot.

Example:

[5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10]

⌘I

getBlocks

curl --request POST \
  --url 'https://mainnet.helius-rpc.com/?api-key=' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '
{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": "1",
  "method": "getBlocks",
  "params": [
    5,
    10,
    {
      "commitment": "finalized"
    }
  ]
}
'

import requests

url = "https://mainnet.helius-rpc.com/?api-key="

payload = {
    "jsonrpc": "2.0",
    "id": "1",
    "method": "getBlocks",
    "params": [5, 10, { "commitment": "finalized" }]
}
headers = {"Content-Type": "application/json"}

response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)

print(response.text)

const options = {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
  body: JSON.stringify({
    jsonrpc: '2.0',
    id: '1',
    method: 'getBlocks',
    params: [5, 10, {commitment: 'finalized'}]
  })
};

fetch('https://mainnet.helius-rpc.com/?api-key=', options)
  .then(res => res.json())
  .then(res => console.log(res))
  .catch(err => console.error(err));

<?php

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, [
  CURLOPT_URL => "https://mainnet.helius-rpc.com/?api-key=",
  CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
  CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
  CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
  CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
  CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
  CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
  CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([
    'jsonrpc' => '2.0',
    'id' => '1',
    'method' => 'getBlocks',
    'params' => [
        5,
        10,
        [
                'commitment' => 'finalized'
        ]
    ]
  ]),
  CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
    "Content-Type: application/json"
  ],
]);

$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);

curl_close($curl);

if ($err) {
  echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
  echo $response;
}

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"strings"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://mainnet.helius-rpc.com/?api-key="

	payload := strings.NewReader("{\n  \"jsonrpc\": \"2.0\",\n  \"id\": \"1\",\n  \"method\": \"getBlocks\",\n  \"params\": [\n    5,\n    10,\n    {\n      \"commitment\": \"finalized\"\n    }\n  ]\n}")

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)

	req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(string(body))

}

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://mainnet.helius-rpc.com/?api-key=")
  .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
  .body("{\n  \"jsonrpc\": \"2.0\",\n  \"id\": \"1\",\n  \"method\": \"getBlocks\",\n  \"params\": [\n    5,\n    10,\n    {\n      \"commitment\": \"finalized\"\n    }\n  ]\n}")
  .asString();

require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://mainnet.helius-rpc.com/?api-key=")

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

request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n  \"jsonrpc\": \"2.0\",\n  \"id\": \"1\",\n  \"method\": \"getBlocks\",\n  \"params\": [\n    5,\n    10,\n    {\n      \"commitment\": \"finalized\"\n    }\n  ]\n}"

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

{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": "1",
  "result": [
    5,
    6,
    7,
    8,
    9,
    10
  ]
}

{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "error": {
    "code": -32602,
    "message": "Invalid params"
  }
}

{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "error": {
    "code": -32001,
    "message": "Unauthorized"
  },
  "id": "1"
}

{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "error": {
    "code": -32005,
    "message": "Too many requests"
  },
  "id": "1"
}

{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "error": {
    "code": -32603,
    "message": "Internal error"
  },
  "id": "1"
}

{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "error": {
    "code": -32002,
    "message": "Service unavailable"
  },
  "id": "1"
}

{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "error": {
    "code": -32003,
    "message": "Gateway timeout"
  },
  "id": "1"
}

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