getblockcount: Get current block count

API: blockchain.info:blockchain-api
Endpoint: /q/getblockcount
Response format: text/plain
Auth: unknown
Method: GET
Last Status: 200
Latency: 196ms

Description

Returns the current number of blocks in the blockchain

Examples (1)

Get current block count probe-gate
curl 'https://blockchain.info/q/getblockcount'
import requests

resp = requests.get("https://blockchain.info/q/getblockcount")
data = resp.json()
import zingu_apis

api = zingu_apis.api("blockchain")
result = api.fetch("q/getblockcount")

for item in result:
    print(item)
const resp = await fetch("https://blockchain.info/q/getblockcount");
const data = await resp.json();

Probe History

Latency

Status Codes

TimeStatusLatencySize
2026-04-16 02:01:55.987305 200 196ms
2026-04-15 03:58:58.129689 200 189ms
2026-04-14 00:59:02.319949 200 203ms
2026-04-12 13:51:09.911483 200 165ms
2026-04-10 01:01:16.414458 200 228ms
2026-04-09 03:19:23.491551 200 187ms
2026-03-22T10:52:22.204361 200 148ms