getBlockNumber

Callable

• getBlockNumber<ReturnFormat>(web3Context: Web3Context<EthExecutionAPI, any>, returnFormat: ReturnFormat): Promise<NumberTypes[ReturnFormat[number]]>

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• Type parameters

  • ReturnFormat: DataFormat

  Parameters

  • web3Context: Web3Context<EthExecutionAPI, any>

    (Web3Context) Web3 configuration object that contains things such as the provider, request manager, wallet, etc.

  • returnFormat: ReturnFormat

    (DataFormat defaults to DEFAULT_RETURN_FORMAT) Specifies how the return data should be formatted.

  Returns Promise<NumberTypes[ReturnFormat[number]]>

  The current block number.

  web3.eth.getBlockNumber().then(console.log);
  > 2744n
  
  web3.eth.getBlockNumber({ number: FMT_NUMBER.HEX , bytes: FMT_BYTES.HEX }).then(console.log);
  > "0xab8"