getFirstAvailableBlock - ThorNode Developer Docs

curl --fail-with-body "$THORNODE_RPC_URL" \
  --header 'content-type: application/json' \
  --data '{
    "jsonrpc": "2.0",
    "id": 1,
    "method": "getFirstAvailableBlock"
  }'

const body = {
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "getFirstAvailableBlock"
};

const response = await fetch(process.env.THORNODE_RPC_URL, {
  method: "POST",
  headers: { "content-type": "application/json" },
  body: JSON.stringify(body),
});
const { result, error } = await response.json();
console.log(result ?? error);

{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "result": 439702525,
  "id": 1
}

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

On ThorNode

Forwarded to the upstream node with a 10 s timeout and one retry on a transport error. The oldest slot ThorEdge can serve for getBlock, getTransaction, getSignaturesForAddress, and related history methods.

Parameters

This method takes no parameters.

Response

integer

Earliest Solana block slot number still available in this node’s storage history.

curl --fail-with-body "$THORNODE_RPC_URL" \
  --header 'content-type: application/json' \
  --data '{
    "jsonrpc": "2.0",
    "id": 1,
    "method": "getFirstAvailableBlock"
  }'

const body = {
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "getFirstAvailableBlock"
};

const response = await fetch(process.env.THORNODE_RPC_URL, {
  method: "POST",
  headers: { "content-type": "application/json" },
  body: JSON.stringify(body),
});
const { result, error } = await response.json();
console.log(result ?? error);

{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "result": 439702525,
  "id": 1
}