How to query NEAR node block height by near-cli?

Question

How to query NEAR node block height by near-cli? I didn't find it on https://docs.near.org/docs/tools/near-cli

Answer 1

You can use near repl which launches interactive Node.js shell with NEAR connection available to use. The repl's initial context contains nearAPI, near and account (source: near-cli --help)

shell:

$> near repl
> let response = await near.connection.provider.block({finality: "final"})
> response

the response will give you a bunch of info, height among other things. Or you can go with

> response.header.height

and you'll get only the value of the height field