getblockswithlimit

How to Use It

// yarn add @tatumio/tatum

import { TatumSDK, Solana, Network } from '@tatumio/tatum'

const tatum = await TatumSDK.init<Solana>({ network: Network.SOLANA })

const res = await tatum.rpc.getBlocksWithLimit(5, 3)

await tatum.destroy() // Destroy Tatum SDK - needed for stopping background jobs

Overview

The getBlocksWithLimit method returns a list of confirmed blocks starting at a given slot and up to a specified limit. This can be helpful when you need to retrieve a specific number of recent blocks for transaction analysis or blockchain data verification purposes.

Parameters

This method requires and optionally accepts the following parameters:

• startSlot (number, required): This is the slot from which the method will start returning blocks.
• limit (number, optional): This is the number of blocks to be returned starting from the startSlot. If not provided, the method will return all blocks from the startSlot to the end of the blockchain. Note that limit must be no more than 500,000 blocks higher than the startSlot.
• options (object, optional): This object can contain the following fields:
  • commitment(string, optional): Specifies the level of commitment to apply when fetching data.
    • Values: finalized confirmed Note that processed is not supported.

Return Object

The method returns an array of integers, each representing a confirmed block starting from the startSlot and up to the limit blocks, inclusive.

JSON-RPC Request Example

{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id":1,
  "method":"getBlocksWithLimit",
  "params":[5, 3]
}

JSON-RPC Response Example

{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "result": [5, 6, 7],
  "id": 1
}