How do I get the latest block using etherscan api?

Question

I'm trying to get the latest block (it's height) using Ethereum Developer APIs of etherscan.

For example, I can get it from blockcypher using the following URL: https://api.blockcypher.com/v1/eth/main

(see the field "height")

Couldn't find a way to get this data from etherscan, is there and I'm missing it?

Answer 1

You can do this in two steps:

1. Get the number of the latest block using:

   https://api.etherscan.io/api?module=proxy&action=eth_blockNumber&apikey=YourApiKeyToken

2. get the block using:

   https://api.etherscan.io/api?module=block&action=getblockreward&blockno=2165403&apikey=YourApiKeyToken

   change blockno='value obtained from the previous step'

Hope this helps

Answer 2

Even easier:

https://api.blockcypher.com/v1/eth/main

Blockcypher is a pretty good api for this kind of stuff.

Answer 3

Or you can get the current timestamp from code (if you use python: current_timestamp = time.time()), then use the following URL:

https://api.etherscan.io/api ?module=block &action=getblocknobytime &timestamp=1578638524 &closest=before &apikey=YourApiKeyToken

replace 1578638524 with the current_timestamp you got.