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# eth_getUncleByBlockNumberAndIndex

Returns information about a uncle of a block by number and uncle index position.

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

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

## **Parameters**

1. `QUANTITY|TAG` - a block number, or the string `"earliest"`, `"latest"` or `"pending"`, as in the [default block parameter](https://ethereum.org/en/developers/docs/apis/json-rpc/#default-block-parameter).
2. `QUANTITY` - the uncle's index position.

```json theme={"theme":{"light":"github-light","dark":"github-dark-default"}}
params: [
  "0x2214aa3",
  "0x0"
]
```

## Returns

See [eth\_getBlockByHash](/nodeapi/plasma/execution-api/eth_getblockbyhash.md)

```bash title="mainnet" theme={"theme":{"light":"github-light","dark":"github-dark-default"}}
curl https://mainnet.plasma.validationcloud.io/v1/<YOUR_API_KEY_HERE> \
    -X POST \
    -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
    -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"eth_getUncleByBlockNumberAndIndex","params":["0x2214aa3","0x0"],"id":1}'
```


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