getTransactionCount

Returns the current transaction count from the ledger. This represents the total number of transactions that have been processed by the node since genesis. It is useful for network statistics dashboards, monitoring network activity trends, and calculating throughput metrics when combined with time-based measurements. The count includes all transaction types including vote transactions.

Parameters

#TypeRequiredDescription
1objectNoConfiguration object

Configuration object fields:

FieldTypeDescription
commitmentstringCommitment level: processed, confirmed, or finalized
minContextSlotnumberMinimum slot at which the request can be evaluated

Response

Returns a single value:

FieldTypeDescription
resultu64Total transaction count

Code Examples

cURL

1curl http://[IP_ADDRESS]:[PORT] -X POST -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d '{
2  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
3  "id": 1,
4  "method": "getTransactionCount",
5  "params": [
6    { "commitment": "finalized" }
7  ]
8}'

TypeScript

1const response = await fetch("http://[IP_ADDRESS]:[PORT]", {
2  method: "POST",
3  headers: { "Content-Type": "application/json" },
4  body: JSON.stringify({
5    jsonrpc: "2.0",
6    id: 1,
7    method: "getTransactionCount",
8    params: [
9      { commitment: "finalized" }
10    ]
11  }),
12});
13const { result } = await response.json();
14console.log("Total transactions:", result.toLocaleString());

Python

1import requests
2
3response = requests.post("http://[IP_ADDRESS]:[PORT]", json={
4    "jsonrpc": "2.0",
5    "id": 1,
6    "method": "getTransactionCount",
7    "params": [
8        {"commitment": "finalized"}
9    ]
10})
11result = response.json()["result"]
12print(f"Total transactions: {result:,}")

Rust

1use reqwest::Client;
2use serde_json::json;
3
4#[tokio::main]
5async fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
6    let client = Client::new();
7    let res = client.post("http://[IP_ADDRESS]:[PORT]")
8        .json(&json!({
9            "jsonrpc": "2.0",
10            "id": 1,
11            "method": "getTransactionCount",
12            "params": [
13                {"commitment": "finalized"}
14            ]
15        }))
16        .send().await?
17        .text().await?;
18    println!("{}", res);
19    Ok(())
20}

Example Response

1{
2  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
3  "result": 168032549921,
4  "id": 1
5}
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