getmininginfo - Bitcoin

Example code for the getmininginfo JSON-RPC method. Complete guide on how to use getmininginfo JSON-RPC in GetBlock Web3 documentation.

This method returns mining-related information, including the current block height, difficulty, network hash rate, and mempool size.

Parameters

This method does not accept any parameters.

Request

cURL

curl --location --request POST 'https://shared.eu-central-1.getblock.io/<ACCESS-TOKEN>/' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data-raw '{
    "jsonrpc": "2.0",
    "method": "getmininginfo",
    "params": [],
    "id": "getblock.io"
}'

bitcoinjs-lib

example.js

const axios = require('axios');

const response = await axios.post('https://shared.eu-central-1.getblock.io/<ACCESS-TOKEN>/', {
    jsonrpc: '2.0',
    method: 'getmininginfo',
    params: [],
    id: 'getblock.io'
}, {
    headers: { 'Content-Type': 'application/json' }
});

console.log(response.data.result);

Request

example.py

import requests

response = requests.post(
    'https://shared.eu-central-1.getblock.io/<ACCESS-TOKEN>/',
    headers={'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
    json={
        'jsonrpc': '2.0',
        'method': 'getmininginfo',
        'params': [],
        'id': 'getblock.io'
    }
)

print(response.json())

Rust

example.rs

use reqwest::Client;
use serde_json::{json, Value};

#[tokio::main]
async fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
    let client = Client::new();

    let response = client
        .post("https://shared.eu-central-1.getblock.io/<ACCESS-TOKEN>/")
        .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
        .json(&json!({
            "jsonrpc": "2.0",
            "method": "getmininginfo",
            "params": [],
            "id": "getblock.io"
        }))
        .send()
        .await?
        .json::<Value>()
        .await?;

    println!("Result: {}", response["result"]);
    Ok(())
}

Response

{
    "jsonrpc": "2.0",
    "id": "getblock.io",
    "result": {
        "blocks": 830000,
        "currentblockweight": 3993000,
        "currentblocktx": 3150,
        "difficulty": 75502165623893.83,
        "networkhashps": 5.12e+20,
        "pooledtx": 42150,
        "chain": "main",
        "warnings": ""
    }
}

Response Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
jsonrpc	string	JSON-RPC protocol version ("2.0")
id	string	Request identifier matching the request
result	object	Mining information object

Result Object

Field	Type	Description
blocks	number	The current block height
difficulty	number	The current mining difficulty
networkhashps	number	Estimated network hashes per second
pooledtx	number	Number of transactions in the mempool

Use Cases

• Mining Dashboards: Display difficulty and network hash rate

• Hashrate Monitoring: Track estimated network hash rate

• Analytics: Correlate difficulty and hash rate

• Diagnostics: Read mining-related warnings

Error Handling

Error Code	Message	Description
403	Forbidden	Missing or invalid ACCESS-TOKEN
-8	Invalid parameter	A parameter is out of range or malformed
-32601	Method not found	The method is not available on this endpoint
-32602	Invalid params	A parameter is missing or has the wrong type