// Copyright 2017-2021 @polkadot/api-derive authors & contributors // SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0 import type { ApiInterfaceRx } from '@polkadot/api/types'; import type { Observable } from '@polkadot/x-rxjs'; import type { HeaderExtended } from '../type/types'; import { combineLatest, of } from '@polkadot/x-rxjs'; import { catchError, map } from '@polkadot/x-rxjs/operators'; import { createHeaderExtended } from '../type'; import { memo } from '../util'; /** * @name getHeader * @param {( Uint8Array | string )} hash - A block hash as U8 array or string. * @returns An array containing the block header and the block author * @description Get a specific block header and extend it with the author * @example *
* * ```javascript * const { author, number } = await api.derive.chain.getHeader('0x123...456'); * * console.log(`block #${number} was authored by ${author}`); * ``` */ export function getHeader (instanceId: string, api: ApiInterfaceRx): (hash: Uint8Array | string) => Observable { return memo(instanceId, (hash: Uint8Array | string): Observable => combineLatest([ api.rpc.chain.getHeader(hash), api.query.session ? api.query.session.validators.at(hash) : of([]) ]).pipe( map(([header, validators]): HeaderExtended => createHeaderExtended(header.registry, header, validators) ), catchError((): Observable => // where rpc.chain.getHeader throws, we will land here - it can happen that // we supplied an invalid hash. (Due to defaults, storeage will have an // empty value, so only the RPC is affected). So return undefined of() ) )); }