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.

Ethereum.org API Reference

Parameters

1. 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. REQUIRED

• gas: 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 gas

• value: QUANTITY - (optional) Integer of the value sent with this transaction

• data: 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)↗

2. 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"
}