ETH RPC API

In addition to the custom RPC endpoints documented here, the Blockscout ETH RPC API supports 3 methods in the exact format specified for Ethereum nodes, see the Ethereum JSON-RPC Specification for more details.These methods are provided for your convenience. In general, custom RPC methods are recommended.The following 3 methods are supported:

  • eth_blockNumber

  • eth_getBalance

  • eth_getLogs

In the following examples with the base instance url https://fonscan.io. When sending a request add /api/eth-rpc to the end of the base url.

eth_blockNumber

Returns the latest block number in the chain in hexidecimal format. No params are needed. Type: POST

Example

// Request
curl -H "content-type: application/json" -X POST --data '{"id":0,"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"eth_blockNumber","params":[]}' https://fonscan.io/api/eth-rpc
// Response
{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "result": "0xfa0b0e",
  "id": 0
}

eth_getBalance

Returns the balance of a given address in wei. Note the earliest parameter does not work as expected because genesis block balances are not currently imported. Parameters are required.

Required Parameters

Example

// Request
curl -H "content-type: application/json" -X POST --data '{"id":0,"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"eth_getBalance","params":["0xd8dA6BF26964aF9D7eEd9e03E53415D37aA96045","latest"]}' 
https://fonscan.io/api/eth-rpc
// Response
{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "result": "0x1d863bf76508104fb", //34039260923474019579
  "id": 0
}

eth_getLogs

Returns an array of logs matching a specified filter object. Params are optional based on data you want to receive. From more information, see this post on eth_getLogs.

Note: Never returns more than 1000 log entries. You can use pagination options to request the next page. Pagination options params: {"logIndex": "3D", "blockNumber": "6423AC"} which include parameters from the last log received from the previous request. These three parameters are required for pagination.

Parameters

Example Query

//Request
curl -H "content-type: application/json" -X POST --data '{"id":0,"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"eth_getLogs","params":[{"address":"0xc78Be425090Dbd437532594D12267C5934Cc6c6f","paging_options":{"logIndex":"3D","blockNumber":"6423AC"},"fromBlock":"earliest","toBlock":"latest","topics":["0xddf252ad1be2c89b69c2b068fc378daa952ba7f163c4a11628f55a4df523b3ef"]}]}' https://fonscan.io/api/eth-rpc
//Response (end)
{"address":"0xc78be425090dbd437532594d12267c5934cc6c6f","blockHash":"0x574755e06bf0cec6d59a8cc7db183d4545a90242d03d5bc3806681277356cf4b","blockNumber":"79D4CF","data":"0x000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000c81c6f8fe7064224e6e","logIndex":"66","removed":false,"topics":["0xddf252ad1be2c89b69c2b068fc378daa952ba7f163c4a11628f55a4df523b3ef","0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000","0x00000000000000000000000078c04412a6eb2f524ccf50b5f3d863a82e2f8d6f"],"transactionHash":"0xd35fe29c81484258f38b4848a4d44f54f3dc0b9b3d10ad094b8cd5f3a4815e64","transactionIndex":109,"transactionLogIndex":102,"type":"mined"},{"address":"0xc78be425090dbd437532594d12267c5934cc6c6f","blockHash":"0xcb58a082f58bea43dfb6be8addf97c915190175b9f0f0abc1e05bfd02573f010","blockNumber":"7BA949","data":"0x000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000c81c6272987dea5867a","logIndex":"56","removed":false,"topics":["0xddf252ad1be2c89b69c2b068fc378daa952ba7f163c4a11628f55a4df523b3ef","0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000","0x0000000000000000000000001082e1c4a9c9f946ba102667a14f206c0f81e147"],"transactionHash":"0xd12770e7a1dfa759f6a645981e4bd1d75d2ed131b52565e436bce90b5b39f137","transactionIndex":137,"transactionLogIndex":86,"type":"mined"}],"id":0}

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