# eth\_getTransactionCount

**Returns the number of transactions *****sent***** from an address.**

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

**Parameters**

1. `DATA`, 20 Bytes - address. <mark style="color:red;">REQUIRED</mark>
2. `QUANTITY|TAG` - integer block number, or the string `"latest"`, `"earliest"` or `"pending"`, see the [default block parameter](https://ethereum.org/en/developers/docs/apis/json-rpc/#default-block) <mark style="color:red;">REQUIRED</mark>

**Returns**

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

## 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": [
    "0xe5cB067E90D5Cd1F8052B83562Ae670bA4A211a8",
    "latest"
  ],
  "method": "eth_getTransactionCount"
}
'
```

#### Response

```
{
    "jsonrpc": "2.0",
    "id": 1,
    "result": "0x31"
}
```