eth_newBlockFilter

Creates a filter in the node, to notify when a new block arrives. To check if the state has changed, call eth_getFilterChanges.

Filter IDs will be valid for up to fifteen minutes, and can polled by any connection using the same v3 project ID.

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://eth.chainrpc.io/v3/YOUR-API-KEY \
    -X POST \
    -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
    -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"eth_newBlockFilter","params":[],"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_newBlockFilter","params":[],"id":1}

RESPONSE

RESULT FIELDS

• FILTER ID - hexadecimal denoting the newly created filter ID

BODY

{
    "jsonrpc":"2.0",
    "id":1,
    "result":"0x81440bfbd6138ec9fe6d6ec4398b0b4879fb182f3cd8"
}