getBlockShell

How to use it

// Importing Tatum SDK for Tezos blockchain
import { TatumSDK, Network, Tezos } from '@tatumio/tatum';

// Initializing SDK for Tezos blockchain
const tatum = await TatumSDK.init<Tezos>({ network: Network.TEZOS });

// Define parameters for the query
const params = {
  chainId: 'YOUR_CHAIN_ID', // Required
  blockId: 'YOUR_BLOCK_ID' // Required
};

// Fetching the block header shell
const blockHeaderShell = await tatum.rpc.getBlockShell(params);
console.log(blockHeaderShell);

// Cleaning up resources used by Tatum SDK
await tatum.destroy();

Overview

The getBlockShell method is used to retrieve the shell header of a specific block on the Tezos blockchain.

Request Parameters

• chainId (string, required): The ID of the chain.
• blockId (string, required): The unique identifier (hash) of the block for which you want to retrieve the shell header.

Return Object

The method returns an object representing the shell header of the specified block on the Tezos blockchain.

• level (integer): The level (block number) of the block, e.g., 4000000.
• proto (integer): The protocol version of the block, e.g., 17.
• predecessor (string): The hash of the block's predecessor, e.g., "BMR5RnbukbbDw3ZXN1RbKEPYg6aFvLQuCgxPBhRLg3vmdVLbLJv".
• timestamp (string): The timestamp of the block, e.g., "2023-08-05T07:23:15Z".
• validation_pass (integer): The number of validation passes, e.g., 4.
• operations_hash (string): The hash of the operations included in this block, e.g., "LLoaEA9PAMVP7HGpdb4nKLM8oyVnSMy5gJBEwyftjCsyk7EhnvSm7".
• fitness (array): An array of fitness values, e.g.,
• context (string): The context hash of the block, e.g., "CoW4EjrMzokDdz8v8qBPMXhrjStzuQU9bSGNFHsyej6mNkY89g7f".

(Note: The exact fields in the return object might vary based on the Tezos blockchain's implementation and version.)