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eth_getFilterChanges RPC Method

Polling method for a filter, which returns an array of events that have occurred since the last poll.

Updated on
Jan 21, 2026

Parameters

filter ID
string
REQUIRED

The filter id that is returned from eth_newFilter, eth_newBlockFilter or eth_newPendingTransactionFilter

Returns

array

An array of one of the following, depending on the filter type, or empty if there were no changes since the last poll:

eth_newBlockFilter
blockHash

The 32 byte hash of a block that meets your filter requirements

eth_newPendingTransactionFilter
transactionHash

The 32 byte hash of a transaction that meets your filter requirements

eth_newBlockFilter
address

An address from which this log originated

topics

An array of zero to four 32 Bytes DATA of indexed log arguments. In Solidity, the first topic is the hash of the signature of the event (e.g. Deposit(address, bytes32, uint256)), except you declare the event with the anonymous specifier

data

It contains one or more 32 Bytes non-indexed arguments of the log

blockNumber

The block number where this log was in. null when its a pending log

transactionHash

The hash of the transactions this log was created from. null when its a pending log

transactionIndex

The integer of the transaction's index position that the log was created from. null when it's a pending log

blockHash

The hash of the block where this log was in. null when its a pending log

logIndex

The integer of the log index position in the block. null when it's a pending log

removed

It is true when the log was removed due to a chain reorganization, and false if it's a valid log

Request
Response
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{
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"jsonrpc": "2.0",
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"id": "1",
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"result": [
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{
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"logIndex": "0x0",
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"removed": false,
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"blockNumber": "0x233",
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"blockHash": "0xfc139f5e2edee9e9c888d8df9a2d2226133a9bd87c88ccbd9c930d3d4c9f9ef5",
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"transactionHash": "0x66e7a140c8fa27fe98fde923defea7562c3ca2d6bb89798aabec65782c08f63d",
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"transactionIndex": "0x0",
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"address": "0x42699a7612a82f1d9c36148af9c77354759b210b",
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"data": "0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000004",
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"topics": [
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"0x04474795f5b996ff80cb47c148d4c5ccdbe09ef27551820caa9c2f8ed149cce3"
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]
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},
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{
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"logIndex": "0x0",
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"removed": false,
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"blockNumber": "0x238",
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"blockHash": "0x98b0ec0f9fea0018a644959accbe69cd046a8582e89402e1ab0ada91cad644ed",
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"transactionHash": "0xdb17aa1c2ce609132f599155d384c0bc5334c988a6c368056d7e167e23eee058",
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"transactionIndex": "0x0",
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"address": "0x42699a7612a82f1d9c36148af9c77354759b210b",
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"data": "0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000007",
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"topics": [
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"0x04474795f5b996ff80cb47c148d4c5ccdbe09ef27551820caa9c2f8ed149cce3"
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]
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}
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]
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}
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{
2
"jsonrpc": "2.0",
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"id": "1",
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"result": [
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{
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"logIndex": "0x0",
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"removed": false,
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"blockNumber": "0x233",
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"blockHash": "0xfc139f5e2edee9e9c888d8df9a2d2226133a9bd87c88ccbd9c930d3d4c9f9ef5",
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"transactionHash": "0x66e7a140c8fa27fe98fde923defea7562c3ca2d6bb89798aabec65782c08f63d",
11
"transactionIndex": "0x0",
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"address": "0x42699a7612a82f1d9c36148af9c77354759b210b",
13
"data": "0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000004",
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"topics": [
15
"0x04474795f5b996ff80cb47c148d4c5ccdbe09ef27551820caa9c2f8ed149cce3"
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]
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},
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{
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"logIndex": "0x0",
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"removed": false,
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"blockNumber": "0x238",
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"blockHash": "0x98b0ec0f9fea0018a644959accbe69cd046a8582e89402e1ab0ada91cad644ed",
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"transactionHash": "0xdb17aa1c2ce609132f599155d384c0bc5334c988a6c368056d7e167e23eee058",
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"transactionIndex": "0x0",
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"address": "0x42699a7612a82f1d9c36148af9c77354759b210b",
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"data": "0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000007",
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"topics": [
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"0x04474795f5b996ff80cb47c148d4c5ccdbe09ef27551820caa9c2f8ed149cce3"
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]
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}
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]
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}
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