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getTransactionCount

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getTransactionCount returns the current transaction count from the ledger — a single u64 integer representing the total number of transactions the cluster has processed since genesis. The number only ever increases, so it is useful as a monotonic, cluster-wide activity counter.

The value you get back depends on the commitment level. With the default (finalized) you receive the count as of the highest finalized slot; with confirmed or processed you get a higher, more recent count that has had less time to settle. Because the counter is global and grows continuously, treat the result as a snapshot at the moment of the call rather than a stable value — consecutive calls will normally return larger numbers.

Pair it with minContextSlot when you want the call to fail fast unless the node has already progressed to at least a given slot, which avoids reading a stale count from a lagging backend.

Parameters

getTransactionCount parameters
NameTypeRequiredDescription
configCommitmentConfigNo

Returns

getTransactionCount return value
FieldType
resultinteger

Examples

curl https://triport.io/sol \
  -X POST -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -H 'Authorization: Bearer <api-key>' \
  -d '{"id":1,"method":"getTransactionCount","params":["<config>"],"jsonrpc":"2.0"}'
const res = await fetch("https://triport.io/sol", {
  method: "POST",
  headers: { "Content-Type": "application/json", Authorization: "Bearer <api-key>" },
  body: JSON.stringify({
  "id": 1,
  "method": "getTransactionCount",
  "params": [
    "<config>"
  ],
  "jsonrpc": "2.0"
}),
});
const data = await res.json();
import requests
resp = requests.post(
    "https://triport.io/sol",
    headers={"Authorization": "Bearer <api-key>"},
    json={"id":1,"method":"getTransactionCount","params":["<config>"],"jsonrpc":"2.0"},
)
print(resp.json())

Usage

  1. Transport: HTTP (JSON-RPC).
  2. Networks: mainnet, devnet, testnet.
  3. Credit cost: 1 per call.

FAQ

What does getTransactionCount do?
Returns the total number of transactions processed by the Solana ledger as a single integer.
How many credits does getTransactionCount cost?
getTransactionCount costs 1 credit(s) per call on Triport by default.
Is getTransactionCount available over WebSocket?
getTransactionCount is an HTTP JSON-RPC method.