eth_getBlockTransactionCountByNumber

Returns the number of transactions in the block with the given block number.

Parameters

block number:[Required] A hexadecimal block number, or one of the string tags latest, earliest, pending, safe, or finalized. See the default block parameter.

Returns

block transaction count: A hexadecimal equivalent of the integer representing the number of transactions in the block.

Example

Replace <YOUR-API-KEY> with an API key from your Infura dashboard.

Request

cURL

curl https://optimism-mainnet.infura.io/v3/<YOUR-API-KEY> \
  -X POST \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"jsonrpc": "2.0", "method": "eth_getBlockTransactionCountByNumber", "params": ["latest"], "id": 1}'

WSS

wscat -c wss://optimism-mainnet.infura.io/ws/v3/<YOUR-API-KEY> -x '{"jsonrpc": "2.0", "method": "eth_getBlockTransactionCountByNumber", "params": ["latest"], "id":1}'

Response

JSON

{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "result": "0xa0"
}