# eth\_getTransactionCount

**Parameters**

* `DATA`, 20 Bytes - address.
* `QUANTITY|TAG` - integer block number, or the string "latest", "earliest" or "pending".

```javascript
params: [
    '0xF5F3436A05B5CEd2490DAE07B86EB5BbD02782aA',
    'latest' // state at the latest block
]
```

**Returns**

`QUANTITY` - integer of the number of transactions send from this address.

**Request example**

{% tabs %}
{% tab title="Curl" %}

```bash
curl --location --request POST 'https://ethereum.api.watchdata.io/node/jsonrpc?api_key=your_api_key' \
--header 'x-api-key: your_api_key' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data-raw '{
    "jsonrpc":"2.0",
    "method":"eth_getTransactionCount",
    "params":["0xF5F3436A05B5CEd2490DAE07B86EB5BbD02782aA","latest"],
    "id":1
}'
```

{% endtab %}

{% tab title="Postman" %}

```http
URL: https://ethereum.api.watchdata.io/node/jsonrpc?api_key=your_api_key
RequestType: POST
Body: 
{
    "jsonrpc":"2.0",
    "method":"eth_getTransactionCount",
    "params":["0xF5F3436A05B5CEd2490DAE07B86EB5BbD02782aA","latest"],
    "id":1
}
```

{% endtab %}
{% endtabs %}

**Result**

```javascript
{
    "jsonrpc": "2.0",
    "id": 1,
    "result": "0xcbcf"
}
```