# blockHeight

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## Function: blockHeight()

> **blockHeight**(): `bigint`

Returns the current block height.

### Returns

`bigint`

### Defined in

[packages/near-sdk-js/src/api.ts:223](https://github.com/near/near-sdk-js/blob/b58ac04fc6dff2f1120e9098c0cb059493486598/packages/near-sdk-js/src/api.ts#L223)