web3_sha3 - opBNB

Example code for the web3_sha3 JSON-RPC method. Сomplete guide on how to use web3_sha3 JSON-RPC in GetBlock.io Web3 documentation.

This method returns the Keccak-256 hash of the given input data. Use it to compute event signatures, function selectors, or hashes for off-chain validation. Note: despite the name sha3, the algorithm is Keccak-256, not standard SHA-3.

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
data	string	Yes	Hex-encoded data to hash

Request Example

cURL

curl --location --request POST 'https://shared.eu-central-1.getblock.io/<ACCESS-TOKEN>/' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data-raw '{
    "jsonrpc": "2.0",
    "method": "web3_sha3",
    "params": [
        "0x68656c6c6f20776f726c64"
    ],
    "id": "getblock.io"
}'

JavaScript (Axios)

import axios from 'axios';

const data = JSON.stringify({
    "jsonrpc": "2.0",
    "method": "web3_sha3",
    "params": [
        "0x68656c6c6f20776f726c64"
    ],
    "id": "getblock.io"
});

const config = {
    method: 'post',
    url: 'https://shared.eu-central-1.getblock.io/<ACCESS-TOKEN>/',
    headers: {
        'Content-Type': 'application/json'
    },
    data: data
};

axios(config)
    .then(response => console.log(JSON.stringify(response.data, null, 2)))
    .catch(error => console.log(error));

Python (Requests)

import requests
import json

url = "https://shared.eu-central-1.getblock.io/<ACCESS-TOKEN>/"

payload = json.dumps({
    "jsonrpc": "2.0",
    "method": "web3_sha3",
    "params": [
        "0x68656c6c6f20776f726c64"
    ],
    "id": "getblock.io"
})

headers = {
    'Content-Type': 'application/json'
}

response = requests.post(url, headers=headers, data=payload)
print(response.text)

Rust (Reqwest)

use reqwest::Client;
use serde_json::json;

#[tokio::main]
async fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
    let client = Client::new();

    let payload = json!({
        "jsonrpc": "2.0",
        "method": "web3_sha3",
        "params": [
                "0x68656c6c6f20776f726c64"
        ],
        "id": "getblock.io"
});

    let response = client
        .post("https://shared.eu-central-1.getblock.io/<ACCESS-TOKEN>/")
        .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
        .json(&payload)
        .send()
        .await?;

    let result: serde_json::Value = response.json().await?;
    println!("{:#?}", result);

    Ok(())
}

Response Example

{
    "jsonrpc": "2.0",
    "id": "getblock.io",
    "result": "0x47173285a8d7341e5e972fc677286384f802f8ef42a5ec5f03bbfa254cb01fad"
}

Response Parameters

Field	Type	Description
result	string	Keccak-256 hash of the input (32 bytes hex)

Use Cases

• Computing event topic hashes (e.g. Transfer(address,address,uint256))

• Computing function selectors (first 4 bytes of method signature hash)

• Off-chain hash validation against on-chain data

Error Handling

Status Code	Error Message	Cause
403	Forbidden	Missing or invalid <ACCESS-TOKEN>
-32602	Invalid params	Request parameters are missing or malformed
-32601	Method not found	The method is not supported by this node
429	Too Many Requests	Rate limit exceeded for your plan

SDK Integration

Ethers.js

import { ethers } from 'ethers';

const provider = new ethers.JsonRpcProvider('https://shared.eu-central-1.getblock.io/<ACCESS-TOKEN>/');

// Most methods are exposed directly on the provider.
// For raw access, use provider.send(method, params).
const result = await provider.send('web3_sha3', ["0x68656c6c6f20776f726c64"]);
console.log(result);

Viem

import { createPublicClient, http } from 'viem';
import { opBNB } from 'viem/chains';

const client = createPublicClient({
    chain: opBNB,
    transport: http('https://shared.eu-central-1.getblock.io/<ACCESS-TOKEN>/')
});

const result = await client.request({ method: 'web3_sha3', params: ["0x68656c6c6f20776f726c64"] });
console.log(result);