node/http: get header by hash/height #210
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Updated to match latest changes https://github.com/bcoin-org/bcoin/pull/808/files |
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Accidentally closed when pruning old git branches. Still open for review, but not critical to have merged now. |
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PR to docs here handshake-org/handshake-org.github.io#68 |
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| it('should fetch null for block header that does not exist', async () => { | ||
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| const header = await nclient.get(`/header/${40000}`); |
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Curious why is 40000 in braces?
This could be foolproof by getting chain tip height and adding any value > 1
But no change needed really.
Here is the method added to |
It can be useful to query for block headers directly without needing to query for full blocks.
Less disk i/o and less bandwidth would be needed when querying for just the block header.
It will also work for nodes in SPV mode.
This is a port of a PR to bcoin here https://github.com/bcoin-org/bcoin/pull/808/files