# eth\_getBlockTransactionCountByNumber

Returns the number of transactions in a block matching the given block number.

**Parameters**

1. `QUANTITY|TAG` - integer of a block number, or the string `"earliest"`, `"latest"` or `"pending"`, as in the default block parameter.

```js
params: [
  "0xe8", // 232
]
```

**Returns**

`QUANTITY` - integer of the number of transactions in this block.

**Example**

```js
// Request
curl -X POST --data '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"eth_getBlockTransactionCountByNumber","params":["0xe8"],"id":1}'
// Result
{
  "id":1,
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "result": "0xa" // 10
}
```
