eth_call

Executes a new message call immediately without creating a transaction on the blockchain.

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
Data	Object<Transaction>	The transaction object.
Block	Number | "latest" | "earliest" | "pending"	Block number to execute this call in.

Transaction

type Transaction = {
  from: Address // The account the transaction is sent from.
  to?: Address // The transaction recipient.
  gas?: Number ?? 90000 // Gas units provided for transaction executon. It will return unused gas.
  gasPrice?: Number ?? currentGasPrice() // WEI paid for each gas unit used.
  value?: Number // WEI sent with this transaction to the recipient.
  data?: HexData // Encoded contract call data.
}

Return Type

HexString<Any> - The returned data of the contract execution.

Example

TypeScript

await provider.request({
  method: "eth_call",
  params: [
    {
      from: "0xb60e8dd61c5d32be8058bb8eb970870f07233155",
      to: "0xd46e8dd67c5d32be8058bb8eb970870f07244567",
      gas: "0x76c0", // 30400
      gasPrice: "0x9184e72a000", // 10000000000000
      value: "0x9184e72a", // 2441406250
      data: "0xd46e8dd67c5d32be8d46e8dd67c5d32be8058bb8eb970870f072445675058bb8eb970870f072445675",
    },
    "latest",
  ],
});
// "0x9184e8f"