getBlocksWithLimit

getBlocksWithLimit — Historical confirmed blocks starting at slot

post

/historical

Returns a list of confirmed blocks starting at the given slot. This method provides an efficient way to retrieve a range of sequential block slots, which is useful for block explorers, analytics tools, and applications that need to process historical blockchain data in batches. Important : The limit must be no more than 500,000 blocks higher than the start_slot. Parameters

1. startSlot (required) — Start slot.

2. limit (required) — Number of blocks (max 500,000).

3. config (optional) — Optional configuration object. Every field is optional; omit the entire object to use defaults.

Authorizations

AuthorizationstringOptional

Pass Authorization: <api-key> on each request.

Body

jsonrpcstring · enumRequired

JSON-RPC protocol version.

Example: 2.0Possible values:

idone ofRequired

Request identifier echoed back in the response.

Example: 1

stringOptional

or

integerOptional

methodstring · enumRequired

Must be getBlocksWithLimit.

Example: getBlocksWithLimitPossible values:

Responses

200

Successful getBlocksWithLimit response.

application/json

Base envelope of every JSON-RPC 2.0 response.

jsonrpcstring · enumRequiredExample: 2.0Possible values:

idone ofRequired

Echoed request id.

Example: 1

stringOptional

or

integerOptional

resultinteger · int64[]Required

401

Authentication required or invalid.

application/json

403

Insufficient permissions for the request.

application/json

429

Rate limit exceeded for this tier.

application/json

500

Unexpected server error.

application/json

post/historical

curl -X POST https://public.rpc.solanavibestation.com/historical \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "jsonrpc": "2.0",
    "id": 1,
    "method": "getBlocksWithLimit",
    "params": [
      178000000,
      10
    ]
  }'

{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "result": [
    178000000,
    178000001,
    178000004,
    178000005,
    178000010,
    178000012,
    178000014,
    178000015,
    178000016,
    178000018
  ]
}