eth_getBlockTransactionCountByHash

Returns the number of transactions in a block from a block matching the given block hash.

Request Format

{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "method": "eth_getBlockTransactionCountByHash",
  "params": [
    "0xb903239f8543d04b5dc1ba6579132b143087c68db1b2168786408fcbce568238"
  ],
  "id": 1
}

Response Format

{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "result": "0x8"
}

Parameters

Block Hash (hash32): The hash of the block.

Return Value

Transaction Count (uint or notFound): Returns the number of transactions in the specified block.

Example

Request

{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "method": "eth_getBlockTransactionCountByHash",
  "params": [
    "0xb903239f8543d04b5dc1ba6579132b143087c68db1b2168786408fcbce568238"
  ],
  "id": 1
}

Response

{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "result": "0x8"
}

Notes

Useful for retrieving the number of transactions included in a specific block.
If the block is not found, the response will return notFound.