From 3fb0f5cc6c121e154fef3ee06c0ffd6f59a4c840 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: g11tech <develop@g11tech.io>
Date: Fri, 19 Jul 2024 14:54:05 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] fix: fix the publish blinded block api parsing for optional
 header verison (#6966)

---
 packages/api/src/beacon/routes/beacon/block.ts | 11 ++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/packages/api/src/beacon/routes/beacon/block.ts b/packages/api/src/beacon/routes/beacon/block.ts
index cbf206e51a4a..73680ac0afc2 100644
--- a/packages/api/src/beacon/routes/beacon/block.ts
+++ b/packages/api/src/beacon/routes/beacon/block.ts
@@ -444,7 +444,16 @@ export function getDefinitions(config: ChainForkConfig): RouteDefinitions<Endpoi
           };
         },
         parseReqJson: ({body, headers}) => {
-          const fork = toForkName(fromHeaders(headers, MetaHeader.Version));
+          let fork: ForkName;
+          // As per spec, version header is optional for JSON requests
+          const versionHeader = fromHeaders(headers, MetaHeader.Version, false);
+          if (versionHeader !== undefined) {
+            fork = toForkName(versionHeader);
+          } else {
+            // Determine fork from slot in JSON payload
+            fork = config.getForkName((body as SignedBlindedBeaconBlock).message.slot);
+          }
+
           return {
             signedBlindedBlock: getExecutionForkTypes(fork).SignedBlindedBeaconBlock.fromJson(body),
           };