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eth_getBlockTransactionCountByNumber RPC Method

Returns the number of transactions for the block matching the given block number.

Updated on
Nov 2, 2023

eth_getBlockTransactionCountByNumber RPC Method

Parameters

blockNumber
string
REQUIRED
The block number as a string in hexadecimal format or tags. The supported tag values include earliest for the earliest/genesis block, latest for the latest mined block, pending for the pending state/transactions, safe for the most recent secure block, and finalized for the most recent secure block accepted by more than 2/3 of validators. safe and finalized are only supported on Ethereum, Gnosis, Arbitrum, Arbitrum Nova, and Avalanche C-chain

Returns

result
The number of transactions in a specific block represented in hexadecimal format
Request
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curl https://docs-demo.arbitrum-mainnet.quiknode.pro/ \
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  -X POST \
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  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
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  --data '{"method":"eth_getBlockTransactionCountByNumber","params":["0xc5043f"],"id":1,"jsonrpc":"2.0"}'
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