> ## Documentation Index
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# web3_sha3

Returns Keccak-256 (not the standardized SHA3-256) of the given data.

This method will use `40` [Compute Units](/nodeapi/about/billing).

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## Reference: [Here](https://ethereum.org/en/developers/docs/apis/json-rpc/#web3_sha3)

## **Parameters**

`DATA` - the data to convert into a SHA3 hash

## Returns

`DATA` - The SHA3 resultant hash of the given string

```json theme={"theme":{"light":"github-light","dark":"github-dark-default"}}
// Result
{
  "id":64,
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "result": "0x47173285a8d7341e5e972fc677286384f802f8ef42a5ec5f03bbfa254cb01fad"
}
```

<CodeGroup>
  ```bash title="mainnet" theme={"theme":{"light":"github-light","dark":"github-dark-default"}}
  curl https://mainnet.arc.validationcloud.io/v1/<YOUR_API_KEY_HERE> \
      -X POST \
      -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
      -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"web3_sha3","params":["0x68656c6c6f20776f726c64"],"id":64}'
  ```

  ```bash title="testnet" theme={"theme":{"light":"github-light","dark":"github-dark-default"}}
  curl https://testnet.arc.validationcloud.io/v1/<YOUR_API_KEY_HERE> \
      -X POST \
      -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
      -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"web3_sha3","params":["0x68656c6c6f20776f726c64"],"id":64}'
  ```
</CodeGroup>


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