eth_call

Introduction

This API executes a new message call immediately without creating a transaction on the blockchain. It consumes 41 CUs.

Parameter Description

It consists of transaction-related fields and the block number.

Parameter	Type	Description
from	String	(Optional) The address from which the transaction is sent.
to	String	The address to which the transaction is directed.
gas	Integer	(Optional) The integer of gas provided for the transaction execution.
gasPrice	Integer	(Optional) The integer of gasPrice used for each paid gas encoded as hexadecimal.
value	Integer	(Optional) The integer of value sent with this transaction encoded as hexadecimal.
data	String	(Optional) The hash of the method signature and encoded parameters. For more information, see the Contract ABI description in the Solidity documentation.
Block number	String	A hexadecimal block number, or the string (earliest, latest, or pending).

Return Value

The return value of the executed contract method.

Request

curl https://your-http-endpoint/v1/<API-KEY> \
  -X POST \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  --data '{"method":"eth_call","params":[{"from":null,"to":"0x6b175474e89094c44da98b954eedeac495271d0f","data":"0x70a082310000000000000000000000006E0d01A76C3Cf4288372a29124A26D4353EE51BE"}, "latest"],"id":1,"jsonrpc":"2.0"}'

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