Polygon API Documentation

eth_getUncleCountByBlockNumber RPC method

Returns

Uncles - The number of uncles in the block encoded as hexadecimal.

Parameters

blockNumber or Tag - Block number as hexadecimal or the Tag ("latest", "earliest", "pending", "safe" or "finalized").

"Safe" and "finalized" are only availible on Ethereum and Arbitrum One chains. Read block parameter description (opens in a new tab).

Request

POST https://<network>.chainnodes.org/YOUR-API-KEY

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Example

HTTPS POST Request with a JSON RPC call in the body
Replace YOUR-API-KEY with the API key from your CHAINNODES.ORG Dashboard
You can use a different supported network by replacing polygon-mainnet

curl https://polygon-mainnet.chainnodes.org/YOUR-API-KEY \
    -X POST \
    -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
    -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"eth_getUncleCountByBlockNumber","params":["earliest"],"id":1}'

Body

{
   "jsonrpc": "2.0",
   "id": 1,
   "result": "0x0"
}

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JSON-RPC Polygon API Documentation by CHAINNODES is based on Erigon node client. Contact us if you are interested in specific methods that are only available on geth, besu, Nethermind or reth

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