eth_getBlockTransactionCountByHash

Get the number of transactions in a block by block hash

Defined in the Ethereum JSON-RPC Specification

Returns the number of transactions in a block by block hash.

Parameters

blockHash · string · required

Hash of a block (32 bytes).

Returns

result · string

The number of transactions in this block as a hexadecimal string.

Request

{
  "id": 1,
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "method": "eth_getBlockTransactionCountByHash",
  "params": [
    "0xc6ef2fc5426d6ad6fd9e2a26abeab0aa2411b7ab17f30a99d3cb96aed1d1055b"
  ]
}

Success Response

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

{
  "id": 1,
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "result": "0x0"
}

Error Handling

Code	Message	Description
-32602	Invalid block hash	The provided block hash is invalid
4100	Requested method not supported	The method is not supported by the wallet

This method returns the count of transactions in a specific block identified by its hash.