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Get the current block number on Base using Basescan
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getCurrentBaseBlockNumber.sh
#!/bin/bash
# Get the current Unix timestamp
timestamp=$(date +%s)
# Make the request and parse the response for the block number
blockNumber=$(curl -s "https://api.basescan.org/api?module=block&action=getblocknobytime&timestamp=$timestamp&closest=before&apikey=yourApiKey" | jq -r '.result')
echo $blockNumber
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