getEpochInfo RPC endpoint now includes the current block height

client/src/rpc_response.rs

@@ -169,6 +169,9 @@ pub struct RpcEpochInfo {
 
     /// The absolute current slot
     pub absolute_slot: Slot,
+
+    /// The current block height
+    pub block_height: u64,
 }
 
 #[derive(Serialize, Deserialize, Clone, Debug)]

core/src/rpc.rs

@@ -1188,12 +1188,14 @@ impl RpcSol for RpcSolImpl {
         let epoch_schedule = bank.epoch_schedule();
 
         let slot = bank.slot();
+        let block_height = bank.block_height();
         let (epoch, slot_index) = epoch_schedule.get_epoch_and_slot_index(slot);
         Ok(RpcEpochInfo {
             epoch,
             slot_index,
             slots_in_epoch: epoch_schedule.get_slots_in_epoch(epoch),
             absolute_slot: slot,
+            block_height,
         })
     }
 

docs/src/apps/jsonrpc-api.md

@@ -451,6 +451,7 @@ Returns information about the current epoch
 The result field will be an object with the following fields:
 
 * `absoluteSlot: <u64>`, the current slot
+* `blockHeight: <u64>`, the current block height
 * `epoch: <u64>`, the current epoch
 * `slotIndex: <u64>`, the current slot relative to the start of the current epoch
 * `slotsInEpoch: <u64>`, the number of slots in this epoch
@@ -462,7 +463,7 @@ The result field will be an object with the following fields:
 curl -X POST -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1, "method":"getEpochInfo"}' http://localhost:8899
 
 // Result
-{"jsonrpc":"2.0","result":{"absoluteSlot":166598,"epoch":27,"slotIndex":2790,"slotsInEpoch":8192},"id":1}
+{"jsonrpc":"2.0","result":{"absoluteSlot":166598,"blockHeight": 166500, "epoch":27,"slotIndex":2790,"slotsInEpoch":8192},"id":1}
 ```
 
 ### getEpochSchedule