getBlocksWithLimit

getBlocksWithLimit RPC Method

post

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.

Authorizations

AuthHeaderURLParameter

Body

jsonrpcstring · enumRequired

JSON-RPC protocol version

Example: 2.0Possible values:

idone ofRequired

Request identifier that will be returned in the response

Example: 1

stringOptional

or

numberOptional

methodstring · enumRequired

The RPC method name

Example: getBlocksWithLimitPossible values:

Responses

200

Successful Response

application/json

401

Unauthorized

text/plain

403

Forbidden

text/plain

429

Too Many Requests

text/plain

500

Internal Server Error

text/plain

post

cURLSolana Kitweb3.jsRust

curl -X POST https://public.rpc.solanavibestation.com/historical \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "jsonrpc": "2.0",
    "id": 1,
    "method": "getBlocksWithLimit",
    "params": [
      5,
      3
    ]
  }'

{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "result": [
    5,
    6,
    7
  ],
  "id": 1
}