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# getshards - TON

This method returns the list of shardchain blocks referenced by a given masterchain block. Use it to enumerate all shards active in a given moment in time.

## Parameters

| Parameter | Type    | Required | Description             |
| --------- | ------- | -------- | ----------------------- |
| seqno     | integer | Yes      | Masterchain block seqno |

## Request Example

{% tabs %}
{% tab title="cURL" %}
**REST (GET):**

```bash
curl --location --request GET 'https://go.getblock.io/<ACCESS-TOKEN>/getShards?seqno=45792554' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json'
```

**JSON-RPC (POST):**

```bash
curl --location --request POST 'https://go.getblock.io/<ACCESS-TOKEN>' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data-raw '{
    "jsonrpc": "2.0",
    "method": "getShards",
    "params": {
        "seqno": 45792554
    },
    "id": "getblock.io"
}'
```

{% endtab %}

{% tab title="JavaScript (Axios)" %}

```javascript
import axios from 'axios';

const data = JSON.stringify({
    "jsonrpc": "2.0",
    "method": "getShards",
    "params": {
        "seqno": 45792554
    },
    "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, null, 2)))
    .catch(error => console.log(error));
```

{% endtab %}

{% tab title="Python (Requests)" %}

```python
import requests
import json

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

payload = json.dumps({
    "jsonrpc": "2.0",
    "method": "getShards",
    "params": {
        "seqno": 45792554
    },
    "id": "getblock.io"
})

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

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

{% endtab %}

{% tab title="Rust (Reqwest)" %}

```rust
use reqwest::Client;
use serde_json::json;

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

    let payload = json!({
        "jsonrpc": "2.0",
        "method": "getShards",
        "params": {
                "seqno": 45792554
        },
        "id": "getblock.io"
});

    let response = client
        .post("https://go.getblock.io/<ACCESS-TOKEN>")
        .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
        .json(&payload)
        .send()
        .await?;

    let result: serde_json::Value = response.json().await?;
    println!("{:#?}", result);

    Ok(())
}
```

{% endtab %}
{% endtabs %}

## Response Example

{% code overflow="wrap" %}

```json
{
    "ok": true,
    "result": {
        "@type": "blocks.shards",
        "shards": [
            {
                "@type": "ton.blockIdExt",
                "workchain": 0,
                "shard": "8000000000000000",
                "seqno": 51234567,
                "root_hash": "AA\u2026",
                "file_hash": "BB\u2026"
            }
        ]
    },
    "id": "getblock.io",
    "jsonrpc": "2.0"
}
```

{% endcode %}

## Response Parameters

| Field                      | Type    | Description                                                             |
| -------------------------- | ------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| result.shards              | array   | Array of shardchain block IDs referenced by the given masterchain block |
| result.shards\[].workchain | integer | Workchain ID                                                            |
| result.shards\[].shard     | string  | Shard ID                                                                |
| result.shards\[].seqno     | integer | Shard block sequence number                                             |

## Use Cases

* Enumerating active shards at a given masterchain height
* Driving block-by-block indexing across all shards
* Building TON explorers that walk the shard tree

## Error Handling

| Status Code | Error Message       | Cause                                       |
| ----------- | ------------------- | ------------------------------------------- |
| 403         | Forbidden           | Missing or invalid `<ACCESS-TOKEN>`         |
| 422         | Validation Error    | Request parameters are missing or malformed |
| 429         | Too Many Requests   | Rate limit exceeded for your plan           |
| 504         | Lite Server Timeout | Upstream TON liteserver timed out           |

## SDK Integration

{% tabs %}
{% tab title="@ton/ton (JavaScript)" %}

```javascript
import { TonClient } from '@ton/ton';

const client = new TonClient({
    endpoint: 'https://go.getblock.io/<ACCESS-TOKEN>'
});

// The @ton/ton client wraps the same JSON-RPC methods.
// For low-level access, use client.callGetMethod or client.provider.
```

{% endtab %}

{% tab title="pytoniq (Python)" %}

```python
from pytoniq import LiteClient
# For HTTP API access, use ton-http-client or call the JSON-RPC
# endpoint directly with requests as shown in the Request Example.
```

{% endtab %}
{% endtabs %}


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