# block-info (/docs/query/block-info)

Programmatic callers wanting the fully decoded extrinsics and raw header
should use `client.block_info()` instead.

**Category:** Chain

## Parameters [#parameters]

| Parameter | Type    | Description               |
| --------- | ------- | ------------------------- |
| `block`   | integer | Block number to describe. |

## CLI [#cli]

```bash
btcli query block-info --block <integer> --json
```

## Python [#python]

```python
import bittensor as sub

async with sub.Client("finney") as client:
    result = await client.read("block_info", block=1)
```