eth_syncing

Returns whether the node is synchronizing with the network, and its progress if it is.

Ethereum specification · All supported methods

Parameters

No parameters. Send an empty params array.

Return value

false when the node is not syncing. Otherwise an object with startingBlock, currentBlock and highestBlock as hexadecimal quantities.

Example

Replace <gateway-url> with your gateway base URL and <service-url> with the chain’s service path, such as service/ethereum.

curl -X POST "<gateway-url>/<service-url>" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  --data '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"eth_syncing","params":[]}'

Illustrative response; values depend on the selected network and request:

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