# MegaETH web3_sha3

> import Tabs from '@theme/Tabs'
import TabItem from '@theme/TabItem'

# `web3_sha3`

Returns a [SHA3](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SHA-3) hash of the specified data. The result value is a [Keccak-256](https://keccak.team/keccak.html) hash, not the standardized SHA3-256.

## Parameters

`data`: [Required] _string_ - data to convert to a SHA3 hash.

## Returns

`result`: _string_ - SHA3 result of the input data.

## Example

### Request

<Tabs>
  <TabItem value="curl">

```bash
curl https://megaeth-mainnet.infura.io/v3/<YOUR-API-KEY> \
  -X POST \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"jsonrpc": "2.0", "method": "web3_sha3", "params":["0x68656c6c6f20776f726c00"], "id": 1}'
```

  </TabItem>
  <TabItem value="WSS">

```bash
wscat -c wss://megaeth-mainnet.infura.io/ws/v3/<YOUR-API-KEY> -x '{"jsonrpc": "2.0", "method":"web3_sha3", "params":["0x68656c6c6f20776f726c00"], "id": 1}'
```

  </TabItem>
</Tabs>

### Response

```json
{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "result": "0x5e39a0a66544c0668bde22d61c47a8710000ece931f13b84d3b2feb44ec96d3f"
}
```