# Ethereum eth_getBlockTransactionCountByHash RPC method
Ethereum API method that returns the number of transactions in the block matching the given block hash.
Parameters:
hash
— the hash of the block.
Returns:
result
— the integer number of transactions in the block.
Example:
- web3.js
- web3.py
- eth.rb
- cURL
const Web3 = require("web3");
const node_url = "CHAINSTACK_NODE_URL";
const web3 = new Web3(node_url);
web3.eth.getBlockTransactionCount("0x9bff49171de27924fa958faf7b7ce605c1ff0fdee86f4c0c74239e6ae20d9446", (err, block) => {
console.log(block)
})