Get latest log of Event with web3

Question

I have read all the other answers, but it doesnt seem to really work for me. At first I thought it worked but then I noticed it didnt. What is the best way to retrieve the value of the last event that happened. Sample code:

import { React, useState, useEffect } from "react";

const [counter, setCounter] = useState();

dex.getPastEvents('NewDeadline', {
    filter: {},
    fromBlock: 'latest',
    toBlock: 'latest'
}).then(function(events){
    for(var k in events){

        console.log(events[k].returnValues["_deadline"]);
    }
});

Of curse I could iterate throught them and get the last value of all the logs. But this doesnt seem like good practice.

Answer 1

Very simple answer I just figured out myself: Just do fromBlock: 0 to get all Events, and as Index just type events.length-1. In the end really simple.

Answer 2

With

fromBlock: 'latest',
toBlock: 'latest'

you can see only events from one last block. You need set fromBlock to 0 or latest-n to get more range