package cometbft.services.block.v1

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BlockService provides information about blocks

• rpc GetByHeight (GetByHeightRequest, GetByHeightResponse)

  block_service.proto:11

  GetBlock retrieves the block information at a particular height.

  message GetByHeightRequest

  block.proto:10

  GetByHeightRequest is a request for a block at the specified height.

  • int64 height = 1

    The height of the block requested.

  message GetByHeightResponse

  block.proto:16

  GetByHeightResponse contains the block ID and the block at the specified height.

  • optional types.v1.BlockID block_id = 1

  • optional types.v1.Block block = 2

• rpc GetLatestHeight (GetLatestHeightRequest, stream GetLatestHeightResponse)

  block_service.proto:17

  GetLatestHeight returns a stream of the latest block heights committed by the network. This is a long-lived stream that is only terminated by the server if an error occurs. The caller is expected to handle such disconnections and automatically reconnect.

  message GetLatestHeightRequest

  block.proto:22

  GetLatestHeightRequest - empty message since no parameter is required

  (message has no fields)

  message GetLatestHeightResponse

  block.proto:25

  GetLatestHeightResponse provides the height of the latest committed block.

  • int64 height = 1

    The height of the latest committed block. Will be 0 if no data has been committed yet.