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getBlockUncleCount

Callable

getBlockUncleCount<ReturnFormat>(web3Context: Web3Context<EthExecutionAPI, any>, block?: string | number | bigint | Buffer | Uint8Array | ArrayBuffer, returnFormat: ReturnFormat): Promise<NumberTypes[ReturnFormat[number]]>

Type parameters
- ReturnFormat: DataFormat
Parameters
- web3Context: Web3Context<EthExecutionAPI, any>
  (Web3Context) Web3 configuration object that contains things such as the provider, request manager, wallet, etc.
- block: string | number | bigint | Buffer | Uint8Array | ArrayBuffer = web3Context.defaultBlock
  The BlockNumberOrTag (defaults to Web3Eth.defaultBlock) or block hash of the desired block.
- returnFormat: ReturnFormat
  (DataFormat defaults to DEFAULT_RETURN_FORMAT) Specifies how the return data should be formatted.
Returns Promise<NumberTypes[ReturnFormat[number]]>
The number of uncles in the provided block.
```
web3.eth.getBlockUncleCount("0x407d73d8a49eeb85d32cf465507dd71d507100c1").then(console.log);
> 1n

web3.eth.getBlockUncleCount(
    "0x407d73d8a49eeb85d32cf465507dd71d507100c1",
    { number: FMT_NUMBER.NUMBER , bytes: FMT_BYTES.HEX }
).then(console.log);
> 1
```