@doc_metadata(categories=['<STR_LIT>'])<EOL><INDENT>def block(self, hash):<DEDENT>
hash = self._process_value(hash, '<STR_LIT>')<EOL>payload = {"<STR_LIT>": hash}<EOL>resp = self.call('<STR_LIT>', payload)<EOL>return json.loads(resp['<STR_LIT>'])<EOL>
Retrieves a json representation of **block**

:param hash: Hash of block to return representation for
:type hash: str

:raises: :py:exc:`nano.rpc.RPCException`

>>> rpc.block(
...     hash="000D1BAEC8EC208142C99059B393051BAC8380F9B5A2E6B2489A277D81789F3F"
... )
{
    "account": "xrb_3e3j5tkog48pnny9dmfzj1r16pg8t1e76dz5tmac6iq689wyjfpi00000000",
    "work": "0000000000000000",
    "source": "FA5B51D063BADDF345EFD7EF0D3C5FB115C85B1EF4CDE89D8B7DF3EAF60A04A4",
    "representative": "xrb_3e3j5tkog48pnny9dmfzj1r16pg8t1e76dz5tmac6iq689wyjfpi00000000",
    "signature": "00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000",
    "type": "open"
}