eth_blockNumber

Get the number of the most recent block

Defined in the Ethereum JSON-RPC Specification

Returns the number of most recent block.

Parameters

This method does not accept any parameters.

Returns

result · string

A hexadecimal string representing the integer of the current block number the client is on.

Request

{
  "id": 1,
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "method": "eth_blockNumber",
  "params": []
}

Success Response

{
  "id": 1,
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "result": "0x4b7"
}

Error Handling

Code	Message	Description
4100	Requested method not supported	The method is not supported by the wallet

The result is the block number in hexadecimal format. Convert to decimal to get the actual block number.