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ledger_closed

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The ledger_closed method returns the unique identifiers of the most recently closed ledger. (This ledger is not necessarily validated and immutable yet.)

Request Format

An example of the request format:

{% tabs %}

{% tab label="WebSocket" %}

{
   "id": 2,
   "command": "ledger_closed"
}

{% /tab %}

{% tab label="JSON-RPC" %}

{
    "method": "ledger_closed",
    "params": [
        {}
    ]
}

{% /tab %}

{% tab label="Commandline" %}

#Syntax: ledger_closed
rippled ledger_closed

{% /tab %}

{% /tabs %}

{% try-it method="ledger_closed" /%}

This method accepts no parameters.

Response Format

An example of a successful response:

{% tabs %}

{% tab label="WebSocket" %}

{
  "id": 1,
  "status": "success",
  "type": "response",
  "result": {
    "ledger_hash": "17ACB57A0F73B5160713E81FE72B2AC9F6064541004E272BD09F257D57C30C02",
    "ledger_index": 6643099
  }
}

{% /tab %}

{% tab label="JSON-RPC" %}

200 OK

{
    "result": {
        "ledger_hash": "8B5A0C5F6B198254A6E411AF55C29EE40AA86251D2E78DD0BB17647047FA9C24",
        "ledger_index": 8696231,
        "status": "success"
    }
}

{% /tab %}

{% tab label="Commandline" %}

{
   "result" : {
      "ledger_hash" : "6F5D3B97F1CAA8440AFCED3CA10FB9DC6472F64DEBC2EFAE7CAE7FC0123F32DA",
      "ledger_index" : 56843991,
      "status" : "success"
   }
}

{% /tab %}

{% /tabs %}

The response follows the [standard format][], with a successful result containing the following fields:

Field	Type	Description
ledger_hash	String	The unique [Hash][] of this ledger version, in hexadecimal.
ledger_index	Unsigned Integer	The [ledger index][] of this ledger version.

Possible Errors

• Any of the [universal error types][].

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