> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](/llms.txt).

# `web3_sha3`

Returns a [SHA3](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SHA-3) hash of the specified data. The result value is a [Keccak-256](https://keccak.team/keccak.html) hash, not the standardized SHA3-256.

## Parameters[​](#parameters "Direct link to Parameters")

`data`: [Required] _string_ - data to convert to a SHA3 hash.

## Returns[​](#returns "Direct link to Returns")

`result`: _string_ - SHA3 result of the input data.

## Example[​](#example "Direct link to Example")

Replace `<YOUR-API-KEY>` with an API key from your [Infura dashboard](https://app.infura.io/).

### Request[​](#request "Direct link to Request")

- curl
- WSS

```
curl https://scroll-mainnet.infura.io/v3/<YOUR-API-KEY> \
  -X POST \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"jsonrpc": "2.0", "method": "web3_sha3", "params":["0x68656c6c6f20776f726c00"], "id": 1}'

```

```
  wscat -c wss://scroll-mainnet.infura.io/ws/v3/<YOUR-API-KEY> -x '{"jsonrpc": "2.0", "method":web3_sha3", "params":["0x68656c6c6f20776f726c00"], "id": 1}'

```

### Response[​](#response "Direct link to Response")

- JSON

```
{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "result": "0x5e39a0a66544c0668bde22d61c47a8710000ece931f13b84d3b2feb44ec96d3f"
}

```