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eth_blockNumber

Returns the current latest block number.

Parameters

None

Returns

A hexadecimal of an integer representing the current block number the client is on.

Example

Replace YOUR-API-KEY with an API key from your Infura dashboard.

Request

curl https://arbitrum-mainnet.infura.io/v3/YOUR-API-KEY \
-X POST \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"jsonrpc": "2.0", "method": "eth_blockNumber", "params": [], "id": 1}'

Response

{
"jsonrpc": "2.0",
"id": 1,
"result": "0x65a8db"
}
Convert hexadecimal to integer

On macOS, you can use printf "%d\n" 0x65a8db to convert the above hexadecimal number into an integer number.