GET /v0/block_id/by_time
stable

Get the block ID produced at a given time.

Usage

The following example fetches the block ID, time and block number for the timestamp 2019-03-04T10:36:14.6Z.


curl -H "Authorization: Bearer eyJhbGciOiJLTVNFUzI1Ni..." \
  "https://eos.dfuse.eosnation.io/v0/block_id/by_time?time=2019-03-04T10:36:14.5Z&comparator=gte"

fetch('https://eos.dfuse.eosnation.io/v0/block_id/by_time?time=2019-03-04T10:36:14.5Z&comparator=gte', {
  headers: {
    'Authorization': 'Bearer eyJhbGciOiJLTVNFUzI1Ni...'
  }
}).then(console.log)

headers = { 'Authorization' : 'Bearer eyJhbGciOiJLTVNFUzI1Ni...' }
r = requests.get('https://eos.dfuse.eosnation.io/v0/block_id/by_time?time=2019-03-04T10:36:14.5Z&comparator=gte', headers=headers, verify=False)
j = json.loads(r.text)
print(json.dumps(j, indent=4))

req, err := http.NewRequest("GET", "https://eos.dfuse.eosnation.io/v0/block_id/by_time?time=2019-03-04T10:36:14.5Z&comparator=gte", nil)
if err != nil {
// handle err
}
req.Header.Set("Authorization", "Bearer eyJhbGciOiJLTVNFUzI1Ni...")

resp, err := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
if err != nil {
// handle err
}
defer resp.Body.Close()

{
  "block": {
    "id": "02bb43ae0d74a228f021f598b552ffb1f8d2de2c29a8ea16a897d643e1d62d62",
    "num": 45826990,
    "time": "2019-03-04T10:36:15Z"
  }
}

Input parameters

time
required
DateTime     Reference timestamp (ISO8601 extended format, ex: 2019-03-04T10:36:14.5Z)
comparator
required
String     Comparison operator for the block time. Should be one of gt, gte, lt, lte or eq.

Response

Returns a block JSON object, containing the following fields.

id
Optional
Number (uint32)     Block ID
num
Optional
Number     Block Number
time
Optional
DateTime     Timestamp of the matching block (according to its production schedule, so always aligned with 500ms time slots)