# Ethereum txpool_status RPC method
Ethereum API method that returns the number of transactions in pending and queued state.
Information
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Parameters:
none
Returns:
object
— the object having the following fields:pending
— the number of pending transactions in the txpool, encoded as hexadecimal.queued
— the number of queued transactions in the txpool, encoded as hexadecimal.
Example:
- web3.py
- cURL
from web3 import Web3
node_url = "CHAINSTACK_NODE_URL"
web3 = Web3(Web3.HTTPProvider(node_url))
pool = web3.geth.txpool.status()
print(pool)