# web3\_sha3

**Returns Keccak-256 (*****not***** the standardized SHA3-256) of the given data.**

[**Ethereum.org API Reference**](https://ethereum.org/en/developers/docs/apis/json-rpc/#web3_sha3)

**Parameters**

`DATA` - the data to convert into a SHA3 hash <mark style="color:red;">REQUIRED</mark>

**Returns**

`DATA` - The SHA3 result of the given string.

## Example

#### Request

```
curl --request POST \
     --url https://endpoints.omniatech.io/v1/RPC_ENDPOINT \
     --header 'accept: application/json' \
     --header 'content-type: application/json' \
     --data '
{
  "id": 1,
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "params": [
    "0x68656c6c6f20776f726c64"
  ],
  "method": "web3_sha3"
}
'
```

#### Response

```
{
    "jsonrpc": "2.0",
    "id": 1,
    "result": "0x47173285a8d7341e5e972fc677286384f802f8ef42a5ec5f03bbfa254cb01fad"
}
```