eth_getTransactionCount - Ethereum RPC Method | Ethereum RPC Documentation

Get account nonce on Ethereum. Essential for transaction ordering for DeFi protocols (60% market share), NFT marketplaces, DAOs, and enterprise dApps.

Returns the number of transactions sent from an address on Ethereum (the nonce).

Use Cases

Transaction building - Get correct nonce for new transactions
Account analysis - Count total outgoing transactions
Nonce management - Handle pending transaction queues
Wallet operations - Prepare transactions for DeFi protocols (60% market share), NFT marketplaces, DAOs, and enterprise dApps

Request Parameters

Request

addressDATA

20-byte address

blockParameterQUANTITY|TAG

Block number or tag (pending for next nonce)

Response Body

Response

{  "jsonrpc": "2.0",  "method": "eth_getTransactionCount",  "params": [    "0xd8dA6BF26964aF9D7eEd9e03E53415D37aA96045",    "latest"  ],  "id": 1}

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

Code Examples

Bash

curl -X POST https://api-ethereum-mainnet.n.dwellir.com/YOUR_API_KEY \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "jsonrpc": "2.0",
    "method": "eth_getTransactionCount",
    "params": [
      "0xd8dA6BF26964aF9D7eEd9e03E53415D37aA96045",
      "latest"
    ],
    "id": 1
  }'

JavaScript

import { JsonRpcProvider } from 'ethers';

const provider = new JsonRpcProvider('https://api-ethereum-mainnet.n.dwellir.com/YOUR_API_KEY');

const address = '0xd8dA6BF26964aF9D7eEd9e03E53415D37aA96045';
const nonce = await provider.getTransactionCount(address);
console.log('Nonce:', nonce);

// Get pending nonce for new transaction
const pendingNonce = await provider.getTransactionCount(address, 'pending');
console.log('Next nonce:', pendingNonce);

Python

from web3 import Web3

w3 = Web3(Web3.HTTPProvider('https://api-ethereum-mainnet.n.dwellir.com/YOUR_API_KEY'))

address = '0xd8dA6BF26964aF9D7eEd9e03E53415D37aA96045'
nonce = w3.eth.get_transaction_count(address)
print(f'Nonce: {nonce}')

# Get pending nonce
pending_nonce = w3.eth.get_transaction_count(address, 'pending')
print(f'Next nonce: {pending_nonce}')

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eth_getTransactionCount - Ethereum RPC Method

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Request Parameters

Response Body

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