---
title: "POST /get_block_info"
method: POST
path: "/get_block_info"
---

# POST /get_block_info

`POST /get_block_info`

Similar to `get_block` but returns a fixed-size smaller subset of the block data.

## Request body

- object
  - `block_num` integer, required — Provide a `block number`

## Response `200`

OK

- BlockInfo
  - `block_num` integer, required — height of this block in the chain
  - `ref_block_num` integer, required — least significant 16 bits of block number
  - `id` string, required
  - `timestamp` string, required — Date/time string in the format YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SS.sss
  - `producer` union, required
    - string
    - union
      - string — String representation of privileged EOSIO name type
      - string — String representation of basic EOSIO name type, must be 12 characters and contain only a-z and 0-5
      - string — String representation of EOSIO bid name type, 1-12 characters and only a-z and 0-5 are allowed
      - string — String representation of EOSIO name type
  - `confirmed` integer, required — number of prior blocks confirmed by the producer of this block in current producer schedule
  - `previous` string, required
  - `transaction_mroot` string, required
  - `action_mroot` string, required
  - `schedule_version` integer, required — number of times producer schedule has changed since genesis
  - `producer_signature` string, required — Base58 encoded EOSIO cryptographic signature
  - `ref_block_prefix` integer, required — 32-bit portion of block ID

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