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# eth_getBlockByHash

Returns information about a block by block number

### Body

<ParamField body="id" type="number" placeholder="1">
  Serves as a unique identifier for the request
</ParamField>

<ParamField body="jsonrpc" type="string" placeholder="2.0">
  Indicates the version of JSON-RPC being used
</ParamField>

<ParamField body="method" type="string" placeholder="eth_getBlockByHash">
  Represents the name of the remote procedure or method to be called
</ParamField>

<ParamField body="params" type="array">
  Contains the list of parameters passed to the remote method

  <ParamField body="blockHash" type="string">
    A string representing the hash (32 bytes) of a block
  </ParamField>

  <ParamField body="transactionDetailsFlag" type="bool">
    If true it returns the full transaction objects,if false only the hashes of the transactions
  </ParamField>
</ParamField>

### Response

<ResponseField name="id" type="number">
  Returns unique identifier for the request
</ResponseField>

<ResponseField name="jsonrpc" type="string">
  Returns the version of JSON-RPC being used
</ResponseField>

<ResponseField name="result" type="object">
  A blockObject

  <Expandable title="blockObject">
    <ResponseField name="number" type="string">
      The block number. Null when the returned block is the pending block
    </ResponseField>

    <ResponseField name="hash" type="string">
      32 Bytes - hash of the block. Null when the returned block is the pending block
    </ResponseField>

    <ResponseField name="parentHash" type="string">
      32 Bytes - hash of the parent block.
    </ResponseField>

    <ResponseField name="nonce" type="string">
      8 Bytes - hash of the generated proof-of-work. Null when the returned block is the pending block
    </ResponseField>

    <ResponseField name="logsBloom" type="string">
      256 Bytes - the bloom filter for the logs of the block. Null when the returned block is the pending block
    </ResponseField>

    <ResponseField name="transactionsRoot" type="string">
      32 Bytes - the root of the transaction trie of the block
    </ResponseField>

    <ResponseField name="stateRoot" type="string">
      32 Bytes - the root of the final state trie of the block
    </ResponseField>

    <ResponseField name="miner" type="string">
      20 Bytes - the address of the beneficiary to whom the mining rewards were given
    </ResponseField>

    <ResponseField name="mixHash" type="string">
      A field in the block head, which is used to prove that the miner has completed the Proof of work (PoW) in the mining process
    </ResponseField>

    <ResponseField name="difficulty" type="string">
      Hexadecimal of the difficulty for this block
    </ResponseField>

    <ResponseField name="totalDifficulty" type="string">
      Hexadecimal of the total difficulty of the chain until this block
    </ResponseField>

    <ResponseField name="extraData" type="string">
      The "extra data" field of this block
    </ResponseField>

    <ResponseField name="size" type="string">
      Hexadecimal the size of this block in bytes
    </ResponseField>

    <ResponseField name="gasLimit" type="string">
      The maximum gas allowed in this block
    </ResponseField>

    <ResponseField name="gasUsed" type="string">
      The total used gas by all transactions in this block
    </ResponseField>

    <ResponseField name="timestamp" type="string">
      The unix timestamp for when the block was collated
    </ResponseField>

    <ResponseField name="transactions" type="Array">
      Array of transaction objects, or 32 Bytes transaction hashes
    </ResponseField>

    <ResponseField name="receiptsRoot" type="string">
      32 Bytes - the root of the receipts trie of the block
    </ResponseField>
  </Expandable>
</ResponseField>

<RequestExample>
  ```bash Example Request theme={null}
  curl  'https://rpc1.aries.axiomesh.io' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '{
      "jsonrpc": "2.0",
      "method": "eth_getBlockByHash",
      "params": ["0xfB041b3D98d317C209d9782e97E873B24f42c3D0C93B24feDA94f6A244e73fEb",false],
      "id": 1
  }'
  ```
</RequestExample>

<ResponseExample>
  ```json Response theme={null}
  {
      "jsonrpc": "2.0",
      "id": 1,
      "result": {
          "difficulty": "0x0",
          "extraData": "",
          "gasLimit": "0x5f5e100",
          "gasUsed": "0x0",
          "hash": "0xfB041b3D98d317C209d9782e97E873B24f42c3D0C93B24feDA94f6A244e73fEb",
          "logsBloom": "0x00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000",
          "miner": "0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000",
          "mixHash": "0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000",
          "nonce": "0x0000000000000000",
          "number": "0x1",
          "parentHash": "0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000",
          "receiptsRoot": "0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000",
          "size": "0x1fd",
          "stateRoot": "0xaa3ac2e5127e4F3aCAC9d2fceE82f3A621c15b673849BCedFbBd359C3B00052c",
          "timestamp": "0x64b8d101",
          "totalDifficulty": "0x0",
          "transactions": [],
          "transactionsRoot": "0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000"
      }
  }
  ```
</ResponseExample>