eth_getUncleCountByBlockNumber

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

Parameters

  1. QUANTITY|TAG - integer of a block number, or the string "latest", "earliest" or "pending", see the default block parameter

Returns

QUANTITY - integer of the number of uncles in this block.

Example

NOTE: In this example we are using public Ethereum endpoint. Ideally, for your own projects, you should use your own endpoint, which you can generate for free by connecting to your wallet here.

Query

NOTE: ethers used below is a well-known web3 library, check it out here.

import { ethers } from 'ethers';

const provider =
  new ethers
    .providers
    .JsonRpcProvider("https://www.noderpc.xyz/rpc-mainnet/public")

const info = async ()=> {  
  const result = await provider.send("eth_getUncleCountByBlockNumber", ["0xe8"]);
  console.log(result);
}
info();

Result

0x0

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