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# web3\_sha3

### **Parameters**

1. `DATA` - the data in hex form to convert into a SHA3 hash

```bash
params: [
  "0x68656c6c6f20776f726c64"
]
```

### **Returns**

`DATA` - The SHA3 result of the given string.

### **Example**

Request

```
curl https://rpc-mainnet.u2u.xyz \
-X POST \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"web3_sha3","params":["0x68656c6c6f20776f726c64"],"id":64}'
```

Result

```javascript
{
    "jsonrpc": "2.0",
    "id": 64,
    "result": "0x47173285a8d7341e5e972fc677286384f802f8ef42a5ec5f03bbfa254cb01fad"
}
```