getblockcount - Dogecoin

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

This method returns the number of blocks in the longest blockchain.

Parameters

None

Request

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

const axios = require('axios');

const data = JSON.stringify({
    "jsonrpc": "2.0",
    "method": "getblockcount",
    "params": [],
    "id": "getblock.io"
});

const config = {
    method: 'post',
    url: 'https://go.getblock.io/<ACCESS-TOKEN>/',
    headers: {
        'Content-Type': 'application/json'
    },
    data: data
};

axios(config)
    .then(response => console.log(JSON.stringify(response.data)))
    .catch(error => console.log(error));

import requests
import json

url = "https://go.getblock.io/<ACCESS-TOKEN>/"

payload = json.dumps({
    "jsonrpc": "2.0",
    "method": "getblockcount",
    "params": [],
    "id": "getblock.io"
})

headers = {
    'Content-Type': 'application/json'
}

response = requests.post(url, headers=headers, data=payload)
print(response.text)

use reqwest::header;

#[tokio::main]
async fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
    let client = reqwest::Client::new();
    
    let response = client
        .post("https://go.getblock.io/<ACCESS-TOKEN>/")
        .header(header::CONTENT_TYPE, "application/json")
        .body(r#"{
            "jsonrpc": "2.0",
            "method": "getblockcount",
            "params": [],
            "id": "getblock.io"
        }"#)
        .send()
        .await?;
    
    println!("{}", response.text().await?);
    Ok(())
}

Response

{
    "result": 5234567,
    "error": null,
    "id": "getblock.io"
}

Response Parameters

Field

Type

Description

result

number

The current block height (number of blocks in the chain).

error

null

Error object (null if no error).

string

Request identifier.

Use Case

The getblockcount method is essential for:

Monitoring blockchain synchronization progress
Tracking confirmation counts for transactions
Building block explorers and dashboards
Checking node sync status
Calculating block time statistics

Error Handling

Error Code

Message

Cause

403

Forbidden

Missing or invalid ACCESS-TOKEN.

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