---
title: "show detailed information about a Unicode block"
method: GET
path: "/block/{block}"
---

# show detailed information about a Unicode block

`GET /block/{block}`

## Response `200`

properties of the given block

- object
  - `name` string, required
  - `first` string, required — a hexadecimal, potentially 0-padded number with leading “U+”
  - `last` string, required — a hexadecimal, potentially 0-padded number with leading “U+”
  - `next_block` string
  - `prev_block` string

## Changes

- **2026-07-17** `7113584da86c` — 1 info
  - api operation id `getBlock` removed and replaced with `block`
- **2021-03-06** `ec01b0b9dfaa` — 1 info
  - api operation id `block` removed and replaced with `getBlock`

[Change history](https://skmtc.dev/codepoints/apis/codepoints-net-unicode-api/changes/block/:block/get.md)

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[API](https://skmtc.dev/codepoints/apis/codepoints-net-unicode-api.md) · [All operations](https://skmtc.dev/codepoints/apis/codepoints-net-unicode-api/llms.txt) · [OpenAPI document](https://skmtc-service-production.skmtc.workers.dev/v1/apis/codepoints/codepoints-net-unicode-api/revisions/7113584da86c/schema)