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eth_getTransactionCount RPC Method

Returns the number of transactions sent from an address. The API credit value for this method is 2.

Updated on
Jul 21, 2023

eth_getTransactionCount RPC Method

Parameters

address
string
REQUIRED
The address from which the transaction count to be checked
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 integer of the number of transactions sent from an address encoded as hexadecimal
Request
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curl https://docs-demo.quiknode.pro/ \
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  -X POST \
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  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
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  --data '{"method":"eth_getTransactionCount","params":["0x8D97689C9818892B700e27F316cc3E41e17fBeb9", "latest"],"id":1,"jsonrpc":"2.0"}'
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