rpc: Add /consensus_params endpoint (#2415)

* Add /consensus_params endpoint
* Incorporated change https://github.com/tendermint/tendermint/pull/2415#discussion_r219078049
* Fixed an error in pervious commit

rpc/core/consensus.go

@@ -261,3 +261,49 @@ func ConsensusState() (*ctypes.ResultConsensusState, error) {
 	bz, err := consensusState.GetRoundStateSimpleJSON()
 	return &ctypes.ResultConsensusState{bz}, err
 }
+
+// Get the consensus parameters  at the given block height.
+// If no height is provided, it will fetch the current consensus params.
+//
+// ```shell
+// curl 'localhost:26657/consensus_params'
+// ```
+//
+// ```go
+// client := client.NewHTTP("tcp://0.0.0.0:26657", "/websocket")
+// state, err := client.ConsensusParams()
+// ```
+//
+// The above command returns JSON structured like this:
+//
+// ```json
+// {
+//   "jsonrpc": "2.0",
+//   "id": "",
+//   "result": {
+//     "block_height": "1",
+//     "consensus_params": {
+//       "block_size_params": {
+//         "max_txs_bytes": "22020096",
+//         "max_gas": "-1"
+//       },
+//       "evidence_params": {
+//         "max_age": "100000"
+//       }
+//     }
+//   }
+// }
+// ```
+func ConsensusParams(heightPtr *int64) (*ctypes.ResultConsensusParams, error) {
+	height := consensusState.GetState().LastBlockHeight + 1
+	height, err := getHeight(height, heightPtr)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	consensusparams, err := sm.LoadConsensusParams(stateDB, height)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	return &ctypes.ResultConsensusParams{BlockHeight: height, ConsensusParams: consensusparams}, nil
+}

rpc/core/routes.go

@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ var Routes = map[string]*rpc.RPCFunc{
 	"validators":           rpc.NewRPCFunc(Validators, "height"),
 	"dump_consensus_state": rpc.NewRPCFunc(DumpConsensusState, ""),
 	"consensus_state":      rpc.NewRPCFunc(ConsensusState, ""),
+	"consensus_params":     rpc.NewRPCFunc(ConsensusParams, "height"),
 	"unconfirmed_txs":      rpc.NewRPCFunc(UnconfirmedTxs, "limit"),
 	"num_unconfirmed_txs":  rpc.NewRPCFunc(NumUnconfirmedTxs, ""),
 

rpc/core/types/responses.go

@@ -118,6 +118,12 @@ type ResultValidators struct {
 	Validators  []*types.Validator `json:"validators"`
 }
 
+// ConsensusParams for given height
+type ResultConsensusParams struct {
+	BlockHeight     int64                 `json:"block_height"`
+	ConsensusParams types.ConsensusParams `json:"consensus_params"`
+}
+
 // Info about the consensus state.
 // UNSTABLE
 type ResultDumpConsensusState struct {