Get Latest Block Number

GEThttps://deep-index.moralis.io/api/v2.2/latestBlockNumber/:chain

Returns the latest block number for the given chain.

PATH PARAMS

chainstring

The chain to query

eth0x1sepolia0xaa36a7holesky0x4268polygon0x89polygon amoy0x13882bsc0x38bsc testnet0x61avalanche0xa86afantom0xfapalm0x2a15c308dcronos0x19arbitrum0xa4b1gnosis0x64gnosis testnet0x27d8chiliz0x15b38chiliz testnet0x15b32base0x2105base sepolia0x14a34optimism0xaoptimism sepolia0xaa37dclinea0xe708linea sepolia0xe705moonbeam0x504moonriver0x505moonbase0x507

Responses

200 Returns the latest block number.string

API KEY

Node.js

import Moralis from 'moralis';

try {
  await Moralis.start({
    apiKey: "YOUR_API_KEY"
  });

  const response = await Moralis.EvmApi.block.getLatestBlockNumber({
    "chain": "0x1"
  });

  console.log(response.raw);
} catch (e) {
  console.error(e);
}

Python

from moralis import evm_api

api_key = "YOUR_API_KEY"

params = {
  "chain": "eth"
}

result = evm_api.block.getLatestBlockNumber(
  api_key=api_key,
  params=params,
)

print(result)

cURL

curl --request GET \
     --url 'https://deep-index.moralis.io/api/v2.2/latestBlockNumber/eth' \
     --header 'accept: application/json' \
     --header 'X-API-Key: YOUR_API_KEY' 

Go

package main

import (
  "fmt"
  "net/http"
  "io/ioutil"
)

func main() {

  url := "https://deep-index.moralis.io/api/v2.2/latestBlockNumber/eth"

  req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", url, payload)

  req.Header.Add("Accept", "application/json")
  req.Header.Add("X-API-Key", "YOUR_API_KEY")

  res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

  defer res.Body.Close()
  body, _ := ioutil.ReadAll(res.Body)

  fmt.Println(res)
  fmt.Println(string(body))

}

PHP

<?php
// Dependencies to install:
// $ composer require guzzlehttp/guzzle

require_once('vendor/autoload.php');

$client = new \GuzzleHttp\Client();

$response = $client->request('GET', 'https://deep-index.moralis.io/api/v2.2/latestBlockNumber/eth', [
  'headers' => [
    'Accept' => 'application/json',
    'X-API-Key' => 'YOUR_API_KEY',
  ],
]);

echo $response->getBody();

Response Example

200 Returns the latest block number.

"15863321"