viem-goviem-go

getBlock

Returns information about a block at a block number, hash or tag

Import

Import the public actions package so you can call this action.

import "github.com/ChefBingbong/viem-go/actions/public"

Usage

A minimal example showing how to construct a public client and fetch block data.

import (
  "context"
  "log"


  "github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/common"
  "github.com/ChefBingbong/viem-go/actions/public"
  "github.com/ChefBingbong/viem-go/client"
  "github.com/ChefBingbong/viem-go/client/transport"
  "github.com/ChefBingbong/viem-go/chain/definitions"
)


ctx := context.Background()


publicClient, err := client.CreatePublicClient(client.PublicClientConfig{
  Chain:     definitions.Mainnet,
  Transport: transport.HTTP("https://eth.llamarpc.com"),
})
if err != nil {
  log.Fatal(err)
}
defer func() { _ = publicClient.Close() }()


// Get latest block
block, err := public.GetBlock(ctx, publicClient, public.GetBlockParameters{})
if err != nil {
  log.Fatal(err)
}
log.Printf("Block number: %d", block.Number)

Returns

*types.Block

Information about the block.

Parameters

Configuration options accepted by this action.

BlockHash

  • Type: *common.Hash
  • Optional

Information at a given block hash.

import (
  "github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/common"
  "github.com/ChefBingbong/viem-go/actions/public"
)


blockHash := common.HexToHash("0x89644bbd5c8d682a2e9611170e6c1f02573d866d286f006cbf517eec7254ec2d")
block, err := public.GetBlock(ctx, publicClient, public.GetBlockParameters{
  BlockHash: &blockHash,
})

BlockNumber

  • Type: *uint64
  • Optional

Information at a given block number.

import "github.com/ChefBingbong/viem-go/actions/public"


blockNum := uint64(42069)
block, err := public.GetBlock(ctx, publicClient, public.GetBlockParameters{
  BlockNumber: &blockNum,
})

BlockTag

  • Type: BlockTag
  • Default: "latest"
  • Optional

Information at a given block tag.

import "github.com/ChefBingbong/viem-go/actions/public"


block, err := public.GetBlock(ctx, publicClient, public.GetBlockParameters{
  BlockTag: public.BlockTagSafe,
})

IncludeTransactions

  • Type: bool
  • Default: false
  • Optional

Whether or not to include transactions (as a structured array of Transaction objects).

import "github.com/ChefBingbong/viem-go/actions/public"


block, err := public.GetBlock(ctx, publicClient, public.GetBlockParameters{
  IncludeTransactions: true,
})

JSON-RPC Method

Underlying JSON-RPC methods used by this action.