eth_getUncleByBlockHashAndIndex

Returns information about the 'Uncle' of a block by hash and the Uncle index position.

REQUEST

POST https://<network>.chainrpc.io/v3/YOUR-API-KEY

HEADERS

Content-Type: application/json

REQUEST PARAMS

  • BLOCK HASH [required] - a string representing the hash (32 bytes) of a block

  • UNCLE INDEX POSITION [required] - a hex of the integer indicating the uncle's index position.

EXAMPLE

## JSON-RPC over HTTPS POST
## Replace YOUR-API-KEY with an API key from your chainRPC Dashboard
## You can also replace mainnet with a different supported network
curl https://rpc.chainrpc.io/v3/YOUR-API-KEY \
    -X POST \
    -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
    -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"eth_getUncleByBlockHashAndIndex","params": ["0xb3b20624f8f0f86eb50dd04688409e5cea4bd02d700bf6e79e9384d47d6a5a35","0x0"],"id":1}'

## JSON-RPC over WSS
## Replace YOUR-API-KEY with an API key from your chainRPC Dashboard
## You can also replace mainnet with a different supported network
wscat -c wss://eth.chainrpc.io/v3/YOUR-API-KEY
>{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"eth_getUncleByBlockHashAndIndex","params": ["0xb3b20624f8f0f86eb50dd04688409e5cea4bd02d700bf6e79e9384d47d6a5a35","0x0"],"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 its 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: hexadecimal of the difficulty for this block.

    • totalDifficulty: hexadecimal of the total difficulty of the chain until this block.

    • extraData: the "extra data" field of this block.

    • size: hexadecimal 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.

    • uncles: an Array of uncle hashes.

Note: An uncle doesn't contain individual transactions.

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