namillum/needing-organisation/newdocs/developer-portal/docs/apis/api-blockchain-get-num-tx-blocks.mdx

Bubble Protocol SDK

---
id: api-blockchain-get-num-tx-blocks
title: GetNumTxBlocks
---

---

Returns the current number of Transaction blocks in the network. This is represented as a `String`.

### Example Request

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```shell
curl -d '{
    "id": "1",
    "jsonrpc": "2.0",
    "method": "GetNumTxBlocks",
    "params": [""]
}' -H "Content-Type: application/json" -X POST "https://api.zilliqa.com/"
```

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```js
const numTxBlock = await zilliqa.blockchain.getNumTxBlocks();
console.log(numTxBlock.result);
```

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```java
public class App {
    public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException {
        HttpProvider client = new HttpProvider("https://api.zilliqa.com/");
        Rep<String> numTxBlocks = client.getNumTxBlocks();
        System.out.println(new Gson().toJson(numTxBlocks));
    }
}
```

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```python
from pyzil.zilliqa import chain
chain.set_active_chain(chain.MainNet)
print(chain.active_chain.api.GetNumTxBlocks())
```

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```go
func GetNumTxBlocks() {
	provider := NewProvider("https://api.zilliqa.com/")
	response := provider.GetNumTxBlocks()
	result, _ := json.Marshal(response)
	fmt.Println(string(result))
}
```

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### Example Response

```json
{
  "id": "1",
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "result": "589790"
}
```

### HTTP Request

| Chain(s)              | URL(s)                                       |
| --------------------- | -------------------------------------------- |
| **Zilliqa mainnet**   | https://api.zilliqa.com/                     |
| **Developer testnet** | https://dev-api.zilliqa.com/                 |
| **Local testnet**     | http://localhost:4201/                       |
| **Isolated server**   | https://zilliqa-isolated-server.zilliqa.com/ |

### Arguments

| Parameter | Type   | Required | Description        |
| --------- | ------ | -------- | ------------------ |
| `id`      | string | Required | `"1"`              |
| `jsonrpc` | string | Required | `"2.0"`            |
| `method`  | string | Required | `"GetNumTxBlocks"` |
| `params`  | string | Required | Empty string `""`  |