eth_getUncleCountByBlockHash

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

Parameters

block hash: [Required] A string representing the hash (32 bytes) of a block.

Returns

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

Example

Replace <YOUR-API-KEY> with an API key from your MetaMask Developer dashboard.

Request

curl

curl https://optimism-mainnet.infura.io/v3/<YOUR-API-KEY> \
  -X POST \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"jsonrpc": "2.0", "method": "eth_getUncleCountByBlockHash", "params": ["0xb3b20624f8f0f86eb50dd04688409e5cea4bd02d700bf6e79e9384d47d6a5a35"], "id": 1}'

WSS

wscat -c wss://optimism-mainnet.infura.io/ws/v3/<YOUR-API-KEY> -x '{"jsonrpc": "2.0", "method": "eth_getUncleCountByBlockHash", "params": ["0xb3b20624f8f0f86eb50dd04688409e5cea4bd02d700bf6e79e9384d47d6a5a35"], "id": 1}'

Response

JSON

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