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eth_blockNumber

Retrieves the current block number from the Ethereum blockchain.

Example

import { getRpcClient, eth_blockNumber } from "thirdweb/rpc";
const rpcRequest = getRpcClient({ client, chain });
const blockNumber = await eth_blockNumber(rpcRequest);
function eth_blockNumber(
  request: EIP1193RequestFn<
    [
      {
        Method: "web3_clientVersion";
        Parameters?: undefined;
        ReturnType: string;
      },
      {
        Method: "web3_sha3";
        Parameters: [data: `0x${string}`];
        ReturnType: string;
      },
      {
        Method: "net_listening";
        Parameters?: undefined;
        ReturnType: boolean;
      },
      {
        Method: "net_peerCount";
        Parameters?: undefined;
        ReturnType: `0x${string}`;
      },
      {
        Method: "net_version";
        Parameters?: undefined;
        ReturnType: `0x${string}`;
      },
    ]
  >,
): Promise<bigint>;

Parameters

The EIP1193 request function.

Type

let request: EIP1193RequestFn<
  [
    {
      Method: "web3_clientVersion";
      Parameters?: undefined;
      ReturnType: string;
    },
    {
      Method: "web3_sha3";
      Parameters: [data: `0x${string}`];
      ReturnType: string;
    },
    {
      Method: "net_listening";
      Parameters?: undefined;
      ReturnType: boolean;
    },
    {
      Method: "net_peerCount";
      Parameters?: undefined;
      ReturnType: `0x${string}`;
    },
    {
      Method: "net_version";
      Parameters?: undefined;
      ReturnType: `0x${string}`;
    },
  ]
>;

Returns

let returnType: Promise<bigint>;

A promise that resolves to the current block number as a bigint.