How to get the closest block by unix timestamp

Prerequisites

Before getting started, make sure you have the following ready:

• Node v.14+ or Python
• NPM/Yarn or Pip

Step 1: Setup Moralis

First register your Moralis account and get your Moralis API Key.

Once you have your Moralis API Key, install the Moralis SDK in your project.

npm

npm install moralis @moralisweb3/common-evm-utils

yarn

yarn add moralis @moralisweb3/common-evm-utils

pnpm

pnpm add moralis @moralisweb3/common-evm-utils

pip

pip install moralis

Step 2: Get block by unix timestamp

In order to get the closest block by unix timestamp, Moralis provides you a getDateToBlock endpoint to do so.

Here you'll need two parameters: date and chain.

Once you have obtained both the date and chain, you can copy the following code:

index.js (JavaScript)

const Moralis = require("moralis").default;
const { EvmChain } = require("@moralisweb3/common-evm-utils");

const runApp = async () => {
  await Moralis.start({
    apiKey: "YOUR_API_KEY",
    // ...and any other configuration
  });

  const date = "1667823435";

  const chain = EvmChain.ETHEREUM;

  const response = await Moralis.EvmApi.block.getDateToBlock({
    date,
    chain,
  });

  console.log(response.toJSON());
};

runApp();

index.ts (TypeScript)

import Moralis from "moralis";
import { EvmChain } from "@moralisweb3/common-evm-utils";

const runApp = async () => {
  await Moralis.start({
    apiKey: "YOUR_API_KEY",
    // ...and any other configuration
  });

  const date = "1667823435";

  const chain = EvmChain.ETHEREUM;

  const response = await Moralis.EvmApi.block.getDateToBlock({
    date,
    chain,
  });

  console.log(response.toJSON());
};

runApp();

index.py (Python)

from moralis import evm_api

api_key = "YOUR_API_KEY"

params = {
    "date": "1667823435",
    "chain": "eth"
}

result = evm_api.block.get_date_to_block(
    api_key=api_key,
    params=params,
)

print(result)

Step 3: Run the script

To run the script, enter the following command:

Shell (JavaScript)

node index.js

Shell (TypeScript)

ts-node index.ts

Shell (Python)

python index.py

In your terminal, you should see the following JSON response:

{
  "block": 15918090,
  "date": "2022-11-07T12:17:15+00:00",
  "timestamp": 1667823435
}

Congratulations 🥳 You just got the closest block using a unix timestamp with just a few lines of code using the Moralis Block API!

API Reference

If you want to know more details on the endpoint and optional parameters, check out:

• getDateToBlock

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