minimumLedgerSlot RPC Method

Parameters

This method does not accept any parameters

Returns

u64

The lowest slot that the node has information of. This number may increase over time if the node is purging older ledger data

Request

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

require "uri"
require "json"
require "net/http"

url = URI("https://docs-demo.solana-mainnet.quiknode.pro/")

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

request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["Content-Type"] = "application/json"
request.body = JSON.dump({
  "method": "minimumLedgerSlot",
  "params": [],
  "id": 1,
  "jsonrpc": "2.0"
})

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

const web3 = require("@solana/web3.js");
(async () => {
  const solana = new web3.Connection("https://docs-demo.solana-mainnet.quiknode.pro/");
  console.log(await solana.getMinimumLedgerSlot());
})();

import { createSolanaRpc } from "@solana/web3.js";

(async () => {
  const solanaRpc = createSolanaRpc("https://docs-demo.solana-mainnet.quiknode.pro/");

  try {
    const minimumLedgerSlot = await solanaRpc.minimumLedgerSlot().send();
    console.log("Minimum Ledger Slot:", minimumLedgerSlot);
  } catch (error) {
    console.error("Error fetching minimum ledger slot:", error);
  }
})();

from solana.rpc.api import Client
solana_client = Client("https://docs-demo.solana-mainnet.quiknode.pro/")
print(solana_client.get_minimum_ledger_slot())

use reqwest::header;
use reqwest::Client;
use std::error::Error;

#[tokio::main]
async fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn Error>> {
    let mut headers = header::HeaderMap::new();
    headers.insert("Content-Type", "application/json".parse().unwrap());

    let client = Client::new();
    let json_data = r#"
    {
        "method": "minimumLedgerSlot",
        "params": [],
        "id": 1,
        "jsonrpc": "2.0"
    }
    "#;
    let response = client
        .post("https://docs-demo.solana-mainnet.quiknode.pro/")
        .headers(headers)
        .body(json_data)
        .send()
        .await?; 

    let body = response.text().await?;
    println!("{}", body);

    Ok(())
}

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