---
description: Returns information about a block by hash.
---

# getBlockByNumber

### REQUEST

```
POST https://mainnet-slice-rpc.com
```

#### HEADER

```
Content-Type: application/json
```

#### REQUEST PARAMS

* `BLOCK PARAMETER` _\[required]_ - an integer block number, or the string "latest", "earliest" or "pending", see the [default block parameter](https://github.com/ethereum/wiki/wiki/JSON-RPC#the-default-block-parameter)
* `SHOW TRANSACTION DETAILS FLAG` _\[required]_ - if set to true, it returns the full transaction objects, if false only the hashes of the transactions.

#### EXAMPLE

```
## You can also replace mainnet with a different supported network
curl https://mainnet-slice-rpc.com \
    -X POST \
    -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
    -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"eth_getBlockByNumber","params": ["0x5BAD55",false],"id":1}'

## JSON-RPC over WSS
wscat -c ws://mainnet-slice-rpc.com
>{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"eth_getBlockByNumber","params": ["0x5BAD55",false],"id":1}
```

### RESPONSE

#### RESULT FIELDS

* `BLOCK` - A block object, or null when no block was found
  * `number`: the block number. Null when the returned block is the pending block.
  * `hash`: 32 Bytes - hash of the block. Null when the returned block is the pending block.
  * `parentHash`: 32 Bytes - hash of the parent block.
  * `nonce`: 8 Bytes - hash of the generated proof-of-work. Null when the returned block is the pending block.
  * `sha3Uncles`: 32 Bytes - SHA3 of the uncles data in the block.
  * `logsBloom`: 256 Bytes - the bloom filter for the logs of the block. Null when the returned block is the pending block.
  * `transactionsRoot`: 32 Bytes - the root of the transaction trie of the block.
  * `stateRoot`: 32 Bytes - the root of the final state trie of the block.
  * `receiptsRoot`: 32 Bytes - the root of the receipts trie of the block.
  * `miner`: 20 Bytes - the address of the beneficiary to whom the mining rewards were given.
  * `difficulty`: integer of the difficulty for this block.
  * `totalDifficulty`: integer of the total difficulty of the chain until this block.
  * `extraData`: the "extra data" field of this block.
  * `size`: integer the size of this block in bytes.
  * `gasLimit`: the maximum gas allowed in this block.
  * `gasUsed`: the total used gas by all transactions in this block.
  * `timestamp`: the unix timestamp for when the block was collated.
  * `transactions`: Array - Array of transaction objects, or 32 Bytes transaction hashes depending on the last given parameter.
  * `uncles`: an Array of uncle hashes.

#### BODY

```
{
    "jsonrpc": "2.0",
    "id": 1,
    "result": {
        "difficulty": "0xbfabcdbd93dda",
        "extraData": "0x737061726b706f6f6c2d636e2d6e6f64652d3132",
        "gasLimit": "0x79f39e",
        "gasUsed": "0x79ccd3",
        "hash": "0xb3b20624f8f0f86eb50dd04688409e5cea4bd02d700bf6e79e9384d47d6a5a35",
        "logsBloom": "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",
        "miner": "0x5a0b54d5dc17e0aadc383d2db43b0a0d3e029c4c",
        "mixHash": "0x3d1fdd16f15aeab72e7db1013b9f034ee33641d92f71c0736beab4e67d34c7a7",
        "nonce": "0x4db7a1c01d8a8072",
        "number": "0x5bad55",
        "parentHash": "0x61a8ad530a8a43e3583f8ec163f773ad370329b2375d66433eb82f005e1d6202",
        "receiptsRoot": "0x5eced534b3d84d3d732ddbc714f5fd51d98a941b28182b6efe6df3a0fe90004b",
        "sha3Uncles": "0x8a562e7634774d3e3a36698ac4915e37fc84a2cd0044cb84fa5d80263d2af4f6",
        "size": "0x41c7",
        "stateRoot": "0xf5208fffa2ba5a3f3a2f64ebd5ca3d098978bedd75f335f56b705d8715ee2305",
        "timestamp": "0x5b541449",
        "totalDifficulty": "0x12ac11391a2f3872fcd",
        "transactions": [
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            "0xe42b0256058b7cad8a14b136a0364acda0b4c36f5b02dea7e69bfd82cef252a2",
            "0x4eb05376055c6456ed883fc843bc43df1dcf739c321ba431d518aecd7f98ca11",
            "0x994dd9e72b212b7dc5fd0466ab75adf7d391cf4f206a65b7ad2a1fd032bb06d7",
            "0xf6feecbb9ab0ac58591a4bc287059b1133089c499517e91a274e6a1f5e7dce53",
            "0x7e537d687a5525259480440c6ea2e1a8469cd98906eaff8597f3d2a44422ff97",
            "0xa762220e92bed6d77a2c19ffc60dad77d71bd5028c5230c896ab4b9552a39b50",
            "0xf1fa677edda7e5add8e794732c7554cd5459a5c12781dc71de73c7937dfb2775",
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        ]
    }
}
```
