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getblock

getblock("blockhash", { verbosity })​

If verbosity is 0, returns a string that is hex-encoded for the block 'hash'. If verbosity is 1, returns an Object with information 'hash'. if verbosity is 2, returns an Object with information about block 'hash' and information about each transaction.

Argument#1 - blockhash​

Type: string, required

The block hash

Argument #2 - verbosity​

Type: numberic, optional, default=1

0 for hex-encoded data, 1 for a json object and 2 for json object with transaction data.

Result(for verbosity = 0)​

Description: A string that is serialized, hex encoded data for block 'hash'

Result (for verbosity = 1 )​

{                                 (json object)
  "hash" : "hex",                 (string) the block hash (same as provided)
  "confirmations" : n,            (numeric) The number of confirmations, or -1 if the block is not on the main chain
  "size" : n,                     (numeric) The block size
  "strippedsize" : n,             (numeric) The block size excluding witness data
  "weight" : n,                   (numeric) The block weight as defined in BIP 141
  "height" : n,                   (numeric) The block height or index
  "version" : n,                  (numeric) The block version
  "versionHex" : "hex",           (string) The block version formatted in hexadecimal
  "merkleroot" : "hex",           (string) The merkle root
  "tx" : [                        (json array) The transaction ids
    "hex",                        (string) The transaction id
    ...
  ],
  "time" : xxx,                   (numeric) The block time expressed in UNIX epoch time
  "mediantime" : xxx,             (numeric) The median block time expressed in UNIX epoch time
  "nonce" : n,                    (numeric) The nonce
  "bits" : "hex",                 (string) The bits
  "difficulty" : n,               (numeric) The difficulty
  "chainwork" : "hex",            (string) Expected number of hashes required to produce the chain up to this block (in hex)
  "nTx" : n,                      (numeric) The number of transactions in the block
  "previousblockhash" : "hex",    (string) The hash of the previous block
  "nextblockhash" : "hex"         (string) The hash of the next block
}

Result (for verbosity = 2)​

{             (json object)
  ...,        Same output as verbosity = 1
  "tx" : [    (json array)
    {         (json object)
      ...     The transactions in the format of the getrawtransaction RPC. Different from verbosity = 1 "tx" result
    },
    ...
  ]
}

Example usage (with RPC call)​

BGL-cli getblock "0000000000000195be3ee2b37e88f07919265da7eb2ff0f625cd45511c9eb48c"

curl --user myusername --data-binary '{"jsonrpc": "1.0", "id": "curltest", "method": "getblock", "params": ["00000000c937983704a73af28acdec37b049d214adbda81d7e2a3dd146f6ed09"]}' -H 'content-type: text/plain;' http://127.0.0.1:8334/