eth_getUncleCountByBlockNumber

curl --request POST \
  --url https://tempo-mainnet.core.chainstack.com/c3ce2925b51f1ed18719fe8a23bbdccf/ \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '
{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "method": "eth_getUncleCountByBlockNumber",
  "params": [
    "latest"
  ],
  "id": 1
}
'

import requests

url = "https://tempo-mainnet.core.chainstack.com/c3ce2925b51f1ed18719fe8a23bbdccf/"

payload = {
    "jsonrpc": "2.0",
    "method": "eth_getUncleCountByBlockNumber",
    "params": ["latest"],
    "id": 1
}
headers = {"Content-Type": "application/json"}

response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)

print(response.text)

const options = {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
  body: JSON.stringify({
    jsonrpc: '2.0',
    method: 'eth_getUncleCountByBlockNumber',
    params: ['latest'],
    id: 1
  })
};

fetch('https://tempo-mainnet.core.chainstack.com/c3ce2925b51f1ed18719fe8a23bbdccf/', options)
  .then(res => res.json())
  .then(res => console.log(res))
  .catch(err => console.error(err));

<?php

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, [
  CURLOPT_URL => "https://tempo-mainnet.core.chainstack.com/c3ce2925b51f1ed18719fe8a23bbdccf/",
  CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
  CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
  CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
  CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
  CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
  CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
  CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([
    'jsonrpc' => '2.0',
    'method' => 'eth_getUncleCountByBlockNumber',
    'params' => [
        'latest'
    ],
    'id' => 1
  ]),
  CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
    "Content-Type: application/json"
  ],
]);

$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);

curl_close($curl);

if ($err) {
  echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
  echo $response;
}

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"strings"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://tempo-mainnet.core.chainstack.com/c3ce2925b51f1ed18719fe8a23bbdccf/"

	payload := strings.NewReader("{\n  \"jsonrpc\": \"2.0\",\n  \"method\": \"eth_getUncleCountByBlockNumber\",\n  \"params\": [\n    \"latest\"\n  ],\n  \"id\": 1\n}")

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)

	req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(string(body))

}

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://tempo-mainnet.core.chainstack.com/c3ce2925b51f1ed18719fe8a23bbdccf/")
  .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
  .body("{\n  \"jsonrpc\": \"2.0\",\n  \"method\": \"eth_getUncleCountByBlockNumber\",\n  \"params\": [\n    \"latest\"\n  ],\n  \"id\": 1\n}")
  .asString();

require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://tempo-mainnet.core.chainstack.com/c3ce2925b51f1ed18719fe8a23bbdccf/")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n  \"jsonrpc\": \"2.0\",\n  \"method\": \"eth_getUncleCountByBlockNumber\",\n  \"params\": [\n    \"latest\"\n  ],\n  \"id\": 1\n}"

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body

{
  "jsonrpc": "<string>",
  "id": 123,
  "result": "<unknown>"
}

POST

eth_getUncleCountByBlockNumber

curl --request POST \
  --url https://tempo-mainnet.core.chainstack.com/c3ce2925b51f1ed18719fe8a23bbdccf/ \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '
{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "method": "eth_getUncleCountByBlockNumber",
  "params": [
    "latest"
  ],
  "id": 1
}
'

import requests

url = "https://tempo-mainnet.core.chainstack.com/c3ce2925b51f1ed18719fe8a23bbdccf/"

payload = {
    "jsonrpc": "2.0",
    "method": "eth_getUncleCountByBlockNumber",
    "params": ["latest"],
    "id": 1
}
headers = {"Content-Type": "application/json"}

response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)

print(response.text)

const options = {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
  body: JSON.stringify({
    jsonrpc: '2.0',
    method: 'eth_getUncleCountByBlockNumber',
    params: ['latest'],
    id: 1
  })
};

fetch('https://tempo-mainnet.core.chainstack.com/c3ce2925b51f1ed18719fe8a23bbdccf/', options)
  .then(res => res.json())
  .then(res => console.log(res))
  .catch(err => console.error(err));

<?php

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, [
  CURLOPT_URL => "https://tempo-mainnet.core.chainstack.com/c3ce2925b51f1ed18719fe8a23bbdccf/",
  CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
  CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
  CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
  CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
  CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
  CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
  CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([
    'jsonrpc' => '2.0',
    'method' => 'eth_getUncleCountByBlockNumber',
    'params' => [
        'latest'
    ],
    'id' => 1
  ]),
  CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
    "Content-Type: application/json"
  ],
]);

$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);

curl_close($curl);

if ($err) {
  echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
  echo $response;
}

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"strings"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://tempo-mainnet.core.chainstack.com/c3ce2925b51f1ed18719fe8a23bbdccf/"

	payload := strings.NewReader("{\n  \"jsonrpc\": \"2.0\",\n  \"method\": \"eth_getUncleCountByBlockNumber\",\n  \"params\": [\n    \"latest\"\n  ],\n  \"id\": 1\n}")

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)

	req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(string(body))

}

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://tempo-mainnet.core.chainstack.com/c3ce2925b51f1ed18719fe8a23bbdccf/")
  .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
  .body("{\n  \"jsonrpc\": \"2.0\",\n  \"method\": \"eth_getUncleCountByBlockNumber\",\n  \"params\": [\n    \"latest\"\n  ],\n  \"id\": 1\n}")
  .asString();

require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://tempo-mainnet.core.chainstack.com/c3ce2925b51f1ed18719fe8a23bbdccf/")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n  \"jsonrpc\": \"2.0\",\n  \"method\": \"eth_getUncleCountByBlockNumber\",\n  \"params\": [\n    \"latest\"\n  ],\n  \"id\": 1\n}"

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body

{
  "jsonrpc": "<string>",
  "id": 123,
  "result": "<unknown>"
}

Tempo API method that returns the number of uncles in a block by block number. Tempo uses Simplex Consensus and does not produce uncle blocks, so this always returns 0x0.

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Parameters

blockParameter — the block number (hex) or tag (latest, earliest, pending)

Response

result — the number of uncles in the block, encoded as hexadecimal. On Tempo, this always returns 0x0 since Tempo uses Simplex Consensus and has no uncle blocks.

`eth_getUncleCountByBlockNumber` code examples

curl -X POST "CHAINSTACK_NODE_URL" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"jsonrpc": "2.0", "method": "eth_getUncleCountByBlockNumber", "params": ["latest"], "id": 1}'

Body

application/json

jsonrpc

string

default:2.0

method

string

default:eth_getUncleCountByBlockNumber

params

any[]

Method parameters

integer

default:1

Response

200 - application/json

Successful response

jsonrpc

string

integer

result

any

Method result

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