eth_getUncleCountByBlockNumber

Returns the number of uncles in a block from a block matching the given block number.

Parameters

block parameter: [Required] A hexadecimal block number, or the string latest, earliest or pending. See the default block parameter.

Returns

block uncle count: A hexadecimal equivalent of the integer representing the number of uncles in the block.

Example

Replace YOUR-API-KEY with the 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_getUncleCountByBlockNumber","params": ["0x5bad55"],"id":1}'

WSS

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

Response

{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "result": "0x1"
}