eth_getBlockTransactionCountByNumberHTTP

Returns the number of transactions in a block.

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How to use

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Fill each parameter (order = params array index).
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Parameters

JSON-RPC positional arguments — order matches the array sent in params. Index badges below match array positions.

blockQUANTITY|TAGrequired

Block number or tag.

params array (shape)

eth_getBlockTransactionCountByNumber · paramsjson

1[
2  "latest"
3]

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API key

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Parameters

0blockQUANTITY|TAGrequired

Block number or tag.

Example request

eth_getBlockTransactionCountByNumber · requestbash

1curl 'https://ethras.org/v1/ethereum/<YOUR_KEY>' \
2  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
3  -d '{
4    "id": 1,
5    "jsonrpc": "2.0",
6    "method": "eth_getBlockTransactionCountByNumber",
7    "params": [
8      "latest"
9    ]
10  }'

Example response

Illustrative example: long hex values and object fields may be shortened for readability. Available fields depend on the network, client, protocol upgrade and transaction type.

eth_getBlockTransactionCountByNumber · responsejson

1{
2  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
3  "id": 1,
4  "result": "0x8f"
5}

Response fields

The result row describes the complete result; other rows describe its object fields or array elements. Indented rows describe nested members. For subscriptions,params.* rows describe later notifications rather than the initial reply.

Field	Type	Description
`result`	`QUANTITY\|null`	Number of transactions in the block. Null when the block is unavailable; 0x0 means an existing block with zero matching entries.