# getUncleCountByBlockNumber

### REQUEST

```
POST https://mainnet-slice-rpc.com
```

#### HEADERS

```
Content-Type: application/json
```

#### REQUEST PARAMS

* `BLOCK PARAMETER` *\[required]* - an integer block number, or the string "latest", "earliest" or "pending", see the [default block parameter](https://github.com/ethereum/wiki/wiki/JSON-RPC#the-default-block-parameter)

#### EXAMPLE

```
## JSON-RPC over HTTPS POST
curl https://mainnet-slice-rpc.com \
    -X POST \
    -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
    -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"eth_getUncleCountByBlockNumber","params": ["0x5bad55"],"id":1}'

## JSON-RPC over WSS
wscat -ws://mainnet-slice-rpc.com
>{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"eth_getUncleCountByBlockNumber","params": ["0x5bad55"],"id":1}
```

### RESPONSE

#### RESULT FIELDS

* `BLOCK TRANSACTION COUNT` - a hex code of the integer representing the number of uncles in the provided block

#### BODY

```
{
    "jsonrpc": "2.0",
    "id": 1,
    "result": "0x1"
}
```