Allow blockid for validator info.

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+1.36.6:
+  - allow specification of blockid for validator info
+
 1.36.5:
   - avoid corner case mnemonic derivation with 25th word
 

cmd/validatorinfo.go

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// Copyright © 2020 - 2022 Weald Technology Trading
+// Copyright © 2020 - 2025 Weald Technology Trading
 // Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 // you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 // You may obtain a copy of the License at
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ In quiet mode this will return 0 if the validator information can be obtained, o
 			os.Exit(_exitFailure)
 		}
 
-		validator, err := util.ParseValidator(ctx, eth2Client.(eth2client.ValidatorsProvider), viper.GetString("validator"), "head")
+		validator, err := util.ParseValidator(ctx, eth2Client.(eth2client.ValidatorsProvider), viper.GetString("validator"), viper.GetString("blockid"))
 		errCheck(err, "Failed to obtain validator")
 
 		if viper.GetBool("verbose") {
@@ -185,7 +185,8 @@ func graphData(network string, validatorPubKey []byte) (uint64, spec.Gwei, error
 
 func init() {
 	validatorCmd.AddCommand(validatorInfoCmd)
-	validatorInfoCmd.Flags().String("validator", "", "Public key for which to obtain status")
+	validatorInfoCmd.Flags().String("validator", "", "ID of the validator")
+	validatorInfoCmd.Flags().String("blockid", "head", "the block at which to fetch the information")
 	validatorFlags(validatorInfoCmd)
 }
 
@@ -193,4 +194,7 @@ func validatorInfoBindings(cmd *cobra.Command) {
 	if err := viper.BindPFlag("validator", cmd.Flags().Lookup("validator")); err != nil {
 		panic(err)
 	}
+	if err := viper.BindPFlag("blockid", cmd.Flags().Lookup("blockid")); err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}
 }

cmd/version.go

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// Copyright © 2019 - 2024 Weald Technology Trading.
+// Copyright © 2019 - 2025 Weald Technology Trading.
 // Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 // you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 // You may obtain a copy of the License at
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ import (
 
 // ReleaseVersion is the release version of the codebase.
 // Usually overridden by tag names when building binaries.
-var ReleaseVersion = "local build (latest release 1.36.5)"
+var ReleaseVersion = "local build (latest release 1.36.6)"
 
 // versionCmd represents the version command.
 var versionCmd = &cobra.Command{

docs/usage.md

@@ -682,6 +682,7 @@ $ ethdo validator exit --private-key=0x01e748d098d3bcb477d636f19d510399ae18205fa
 `ethdo validator info` provides information for a given validator.  Options include:
 
 - `validator`: the validator for which to obtain information, as a [validator specifier](https://github.com/wealdtech/ethdo#validator-specifier)
+- `blockid`: the ID (slot, root, 'head') of the block at which to obtain information
 
 ```sh
 $ ethdo validator info --validator=Validators/1