eth_call
Executes a new message call immediately without creating a transaction on the block chain. Often used for executing read-only smart contract functions, ofr example the balanceOf
for an ERC-20 contract.
Parameters
Object
- The transaction call object
from
:DATA
, 20 Bytes - (optional) The address the transaction is sent from.to
:DATA
, 20 Bytes - The address the transaction is directed to. REQUIREDgas
:QUANTITY
- (optional) Integer of the gas provided for the transaction execution. eth_call consumes zero gas, but this parameter may be needed by some executions.gasPrice
:QUANTITY
- (optional) Integer of the gasPrice used for each paid gasvalue
:QUANTITY
- (optional) Integer of the value sent with this transactiondata
:DATA
- (optional) Hash of the method signature and encoded parameters. For details see Ethereum Contract ABI in the Solidity documentation(opens in a new tab)β
QUANTITY|TAG
- integer block number, or the string"latest"
,"earliest"
or"pending"
, see the default block parameter REQUIRED
Returns
DATA
- the return value of executed contract.
Example
Request
curl --request POST \
--url https://endpoints.omniatech.io/v1/RPC_ENDPOINT \
--header 'accept: application/json' \
--header 'content-type: application/json' \
--data '
{
"id": 1,
"jsonrpc": "2.0",
"method": "eth_call",
"params": [
{
"to": "0xd46e8dd67c5d32be8058bb8eb970870f07244567",
"gas": "0x00",
"gasPrice": "0x09184e72a000",
"value": "0x00",
"data": "0x"
}
]
}
'
Response
{
"id":1,
"jsonrpc": "2.0",
"result": "0x"
}
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