Fix getblock.transactions (#7151)

* add default array to block.transactions

* update

* update

packages/web3-eth/CHANGELOG.md

@@ -262,4 +262,8 @@ Documentation:
 
 -   Fixed geth issue when running a new instance, transactions will index when there are no blocks created (#7098)
 
-## [Unreleased]
+## [Unreleased]
+
+### Fixed
+
+-   Adds transaction property to be an empty list rather than undefined when no transactions are included in the block (#7151)

packages/web3-eth/src/rpc_method_wrappers.ts

@@ -286,11 +286,21 @@ export async function getBlock<ReturnFormat extends DataFormat>(
 			hydrated,
 		);
 	}
-	return format(
+	const res = format(
 		blockSchema,
 		response as unknown as Block,
 		returnFormat ?? web3Context.defaultReturnFormat,
 	);
+
+	if (!isNullish(res)) {
+		const result = {
+			...res,
+			transactions: res.transactions ?? [],
+		}
+		return result;
+	}
+
+	return res;
 }
 
 /**

packages/web3-eth/test/unit/rpc_method_wrappers/fixtures/get_block.ts

@@ -70,6 +70,10 @@ export const mockRpcResponseHydrated: Block = {
 	...mockRpcResponse,
 	transactions: [hydratedTransaction, hydratedTransaction, hydratedTransaction],
 };
+export const noTransactionBlock: Block = {
+	...mockRpcResponse,
+	transactions: [],
+}
 
 /**
  * Array consists of:

packages/web3-eth/test/unit/rpc_method_wrappers/get_block.test.ts

@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ import { isBytes, isNullish } from 'web3-validator';
 import { ethRpcMethods } from 'web3-rpc-methods';
 
 import { getBlock } from '../../../src/rpc_method_wrappers';
-import { mockRpcResponse, mockRpcResponseHydrated, testData } from './fixtures/get_block';
+import { mockRpcResponse, mockRpcResponseHydrated, testData, noTransactionBlock } from './fixtures/get_block';
 import { blockSchema } from '../../../src/schemas';
 
 jest.mock('web3-rpc-methods');
@@ -84,4 +84,31 @@ describe('getBlock', () => {
 			expect(result).toStrictEqual(expectedFormattedResult);
 		},
 	);
+
+	it.each(testData)(
+		`should format the block to include transactions as an empty array if no transactions are present\nTitle: %s\nInput parameters: %s\n`,
+		async (_, inputParameters) => {
+			const [inputBlock] = inputParameters;
+			const expectedReturnFormat = { number: FMT_NUMBER.STR, bytes: FMT_BYTES.UINT8ARRAY };
+			const expectedMockRpcResponse = noTransactionBlock;
+			// TODO: Fix format to default have a default in oneOf if no schema is matched
+			const formattedResult = format(
+				blockSchema,
+				expectedMockRpcResponse,
+				expectedReturnFormat,
+			);
+			const expectedFormattedResult  = {...formattedResult,
+				transactions: []
+			};
+			const inputBlockIsBytes = isBytes(inputBlock as Bytes);
+			(
+				(inputBlockIsBytes
+					? ethRpcMethods.getBlockByHash
+					: ethRpcMethods.getBlockByNumber) as jest.Mock
+			).mockResolvedValueOnce(expectedMockRpcResponse);
+
+			const result = await getBlock(web3Context, ...inputParameters, expectedReturnFormat);
+			expect(result).toStrictEqual(expectedFormattedResult);
+		},
+	);
 });