getBlocks RPC Method

Please note that for this RPC method, block range limits are set to 5 for free accounts and 1005 for all paid accounts, including Starters, Growth, and Business plans.

Parameters

start_slot

string

REQUIRED

The start slot encoded as an u64 integer

end_slot

string

The end slot encoded as an u64 integer

object

array

The configuration object with the following fields:

commitment

string

The level of commitment required for the query. It can be one of:

finalized

string

The node will query the most recent block confirmed by supermajority of the cluster as having reached maximum lockout, meaning the cluster has recognized this block as finalized

confirmed

string

The node will query the most recent block that has been voted on by supermajority of the cluster

Returns

result

An array of u64 integers listing confirmed blocks between the start_slot and either end_slot - if provided, or latest confirmed block, inclusive. The maximum range allowed is 500,000 slots

Request

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curl https://docs-demo.solana-mainnet.quiknode.pro/ \
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  -X POST \
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  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
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  -d $'
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    {
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      "jsonrpc": "2.0",
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      "id":1,
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      "method":"getBlocks",
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      "params":[5, 10]
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    }
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  '
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