eth_estimateGas

Introduction

This API returns an estimation of gas for a given transaction. It consumes 120 CUs.

Parameter Description

The parameters are the same as those of eth_call, but they are all optional. If no gas is specified, geth uses the block gas limit from the pending block as an upper bound. As a result, the returned estimate might not be enough to execute the call/transaction when the amount of actual gas needed is higher than the pending block gas limit.

Parameter	Type	Description
from	String	The address from which the transaction is sent.
to	String	The address to which the transaction is directed.
gas	Integer	The integer of gas provided for the transaction execution.
gasPrice	Integer	The integer of gasPrice used for each paid gas encoded as hexadecimal.
value	Integer	The integer of value sent with this transaction encoded as hexadecimal.
data	String	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

An estimation of gas for a given transaction.

Request

curl https://your-http-endpoint/v1/<API-KEY> \
  -X POST \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  --data '{"method":"eth_estimateGas","params":[{"from":"0x8D97689C9818892B700e27F316cc3E41e17fBeb9","to":"0xd3CdA913deB6f67967B99D67aCDFa1712C293601","value":"0x186a0"}],"id":1,"jsonrpc":"2.0"}'

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