eth_getTransactionCount

Returns the number of transactions sent from an address.

Parameters

• address: [Required] A string representing the address (20 bytes).
• block parameter: [Required] A hexadecimal block number, or one of the string tags latest, earliest, pending, safe, or finalized. See the default block parameter.

Returns

transaction count: A hexadecimal equivalent of the integer representing the number of transactions sent from the given address.

Example

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

Request

cURL

curl https://mainnet.infura.io/v3/YOUR-API-KEY \
  -X POST \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"eth_getTransactionCount","params": ["0xc94770007dda54cF92009BFF0dE90c06F603a09f","0x5bad55"],"id":1}'

WSS

wscat -c wss://mainnet.infura.io/ws/v3/YOUR-API-KEY -x '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"eth_getTransactionCount","params": ["0xc94770007dda54cF92009BFF0dE90c06F603a09f","0x5bad55"],"id":1}'

Response

JSON

{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "result": "0x1a"
}