eth_mining

Returns true if client is actively mining new blocks.

Parameters

None.

Returns

is mining flag: A boolean indicating if the client is mining.

Example

Replace <YOUR-API-KEY> with an API key from your MetaMask Developer dashboard.

Request

curl

curl https://mainnet.infura.io/v3/<YOUR-API-KEY> \
  -X POST \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"jsonrpc": "2.0", "method": "eth_mining", "params": [], "id": 1}'

WSS

wscat -c wss://mainnet.infura.io/ws/v3/<YOUR-API-KEY> -x '{"jsonrpc": "2.0", "method": "eth_mining", "params": [], "id": 1}'

Response

note

Infura will always return false in response to eth_mining.

JSON

{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "result": false
}