# eth\_blockNumber (BSC)

**Parameters**

none

**Returns**

`QUANTITY` - integer of the current block number the client is on.

**Request example**

{% tabs %}
{% tab title="Curl" %}

```bash
curl https://bsc.api.watchdata.io/node/jsonrpc?api_key=your_api_key
-X POST \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"eth_blockNumber","params":[],"id":0}'
```

{% endtab %}

{% tab title="Postman" %}

```json
URL: https://bsc.api.watchdata.io/node/jsonrpc?api_key=your_api_key
RequestType: POST
Body: 
{
    "jsonrpc":"2.0",
    "method":"eth_blockNumber",
    "params":[],
    "id":0
}
```

{% endtab %}
{% endtabs %}

**Result**

```javascript
{
    "jsonrpc": "2.0",
    "id": 0,
    "result": "0x119987e"
}
```