eth_getTransactionCount

Returns the number of transactions sent from an address.

Parameters

1. DATA (20 bytes) — Address.
2. QUANTITY|TAG — Block number, or "latest", "earliest", "pending".

Returns

QUANTITY — Integer of the number of transactions sent from this address.

Request

curl -X POST https://eth-mainnet.blockreq.com/v1/rpc/public \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "jsonrpc": "2.0",
    "method": "eth_getTransactionCount",
    "params": ["0xd8dA6BF26964aF9D7eEd9e03E53415D37aA96045", "latest"],
    "id": 1
  }'

Response

{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "result": "0x29d"
}

Code Examples

JavaScript (ethers.js v6)

import { JsonRpcProvider } from "ethers";
const provider = new JsonRpcProvider("https://eth-mainnet.blockreq.com/v1/rpc/YOUR_API_KEY");
const nonce = await provider.getTransactionCount("0xd8dA6BF26964aF9D7eEd9e03E53415D37aA96045");
console.log("Nonce:", nonce);

Python (web3.py)

from web3 import Web3
w3 = Web3(Web3.HTTPProvider("https://eth-mainnet.blockreq.com/v1/rpc/YOUR_API_KEY"))
nonce = w3.eth.get_transaction_count("0xd8dA6BF26964aF9D7eEd9e03E53415D37aA96045")
print(f"Nonce: {nonce}")

RU Cost

Method	Cost
eth_getTransactionCount	10 RU