debug_getRawHeader - Robinhood

debug_getRawHeader. Returns the RLP-encoded raw block header.

debug_getRawHeader - robinhood [Value: 20CU]
Returns the RLP-encoded bytes of a block header, exactly as stored by the node
Use cases

Use cases

  • Verify a block hash independently by re-hashing the raw header bytes
  • Support light-client or header-only sync tooling
  • Feed raw header bytes into custom cross-client verification pipelines
Constraints

Constraints

  • Requires an archive node for blocks other than recent ones
  • Returns raw bytes, not a decoded header object
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Request
Examples
curl https://lb.drpc.live/robinhood/{API-KEY} \
-X POST \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"method":"debug_getRawHeader",
    "params":["latest"],
    "id":1,
    "jsonrpc":"2.0"}'
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Response
200
{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "result": "0xf90236a09f73691f6dabca4f0a99b05d0a701995506aa311dcaa9ce9833d6f4ca474c162a01dcc4de8dec75d7aab85b567b6ccd41ad312451b948a7413f0a142fd40d493479..."
}
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Request params

idinteger
jsonrpcstring
methodstring
Parametersarray
array
blockNumberstring
Block number in hex, or a block tag, to fetch the raw header for.
  • latest [default] - The most recent block in the blockchain (default).
  • earliest - The first block, also known as the genesis block.
  • pending - Transactions that have been broadcast but not yet included in a block.

Response

200
The RLP-encoded block header, as a hexadecimal string

Response params

object
idinteger
jsonrpcstring
resultstring
The RLP-encoded header as a hexadecimal string.
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