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Is it possible to find out in which block a contract was created using web3?

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If you have the transaction hash that created the contract, do a web3.eth.getTransactionReceipt(*hash*). The resulting object will contain a blockNumber.

You can make sure that this is the creation hash by checking whether contractAddress in the object is populated with your contract's address (to should be empty).

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    What if you don't have the txhash? – 0xcaff Aug 14 '17 at 6:07
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    is this on the public chain? – Joël Aug 14 '17 at 6:07
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    Yes. I know I can look on a site etherscan to find this information, but I want to do it programatically. – 0xcaff Aug 14 '17 at 6:09
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    What if I'm analyzing contracts I didn't deploy? How does etherscan do it? – 0xcaff Aug 14 '17 at 6:13
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    I meant contracts which were deployed by other parties. – 0xcaff Aug 14 '17 at 6:14

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