getFirstAvailableBlock

All the specifications for getFirstAvailableBlock RPC Method on Solana

Returns the slot of the lowest confirmed block that has not been purged from the ledger

Parameters required for this RPC call

No parameters required

cURL

curl https://rpc.shyft.to?api_key=YOUR-API-KEY -s -X \
   POST -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d ' 
   {
     "jsonrpc": "2.0",
     "id": 1,
     "method": "getFirstAvailableBlock"
   }
 '

Web3.js

import { Connection, clusterApiUrl } from "@solana/web3.js";

const connection = new Connection("https://rpc.shyft.to?api_key=YOUR-API-KEY", "confirmed");

let firstAvailableBlock = await connection.getFirstAvailableBlock();

console.log(firstAvailableBlock);

Response

{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "result": 250000,
  "id": 1
}