# Ethereum eth_getTransactionCount RPC method
Ethereum API method that returns the number of transactions sent from an address (nonce).
Parameters:
address
— the address to retrieve the transaction count from.quantity or tag
— (optional) the integer block number, or the string with:latest
— the latest block that is to be validated. The Beacon Chain may reorg and the latest block can become orphaned.safe
— the block that is equal to the tip of the chain and is very unlikely to be orphaned.finalized
— the block that is accepted by the two thirds of the Ethereum validators.earliest
— the genesis block.pending
— the pending state and transactions block.
Returns:
result
— the integer number of transactions sent from an address.
Example:
Information
cURL needs a HEX String
starting with 0x
to identify the block if you want to use a hex integer block number as a parameter.
For example, block number 14000000
will be 0xD59F80
.
- 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.getTransactionCount("0xcb8BBFa45541a95C1de883eB3606708cAe9fd45C", "latest", (err, nonce) => {
console.log(nonce)
})