# get_live_cell example for Nervos Network (CKB)

POST get_live_cell

Returns the status of a cell. The RPC returns extra information if it is a [live cell] (#live-cell).

Parameters

out_point - string

Reference to the cell by transaction hash and output index.

with_data - string

Whether the RPC should return cell data. Cell data can be huge, if the client does not need the data, it should set this to false to save bandwidth.

Request

curl --location --request POST 'https://ckb.getblock.io/mainnet/' \
--header 'x-api-key: YOUR-API-KEY' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data-raw '{"jsonrpc": "2.0",
"method": "get_live_cell",
"params": [{"index": "0x0", "tx_hash": "0xa4037a893eb48e18ed4ef61034ce26eba9c585f15c9cee102ae58505565eccc3"}, true],
"id": "getblock.io"}'

Response

{
  "id": "getblock.io,
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "result": {
    "cell": {
      "data": {
        "content": "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",
        "hash": "0x28e83a1277d48add8e72fadaa9248559e1b632bab2bd60b27955ebc4c03800a5"
      },
      "output": {
        "capacity": "0x802665800",
        "lock": {
          "code_hash": "0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000",
          "hash_type": "data",
          "args": "0x"
        },
        "type": null
      }
    },
    "status": "live"
  }
}