eth_estimateGas

Generates and returns an estimate of how much gas is necessary to allow the transaction to complete. The transaction will not be added to the blockchain.

Parameters

Object - The transaction call object with the following:

• from(optional): the address the transaction is sent from.

• to(optional): the address the transaction is sent to.

• gas(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(optional): Integer of the gasPrice used for each paid gas.

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

• data(optional): Hash of the method signature and encoded parameters. For details see Ethereum Contract ABI in the Solidity documentation.

Sample Request

curl https://lb.nodies.app/v1/<INSERT URL> \
   -H "x-api-key: <API-KEY>" \
   -X POST \
   -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
   -d '{ 
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "method": "eth_estimateGas",
  "params": [
    {
      "from": "0x7b5B29c949560593977d8AA8c9a5Bc8aB3Eb2709",
      "to": "0xf2dfA2938c13278D8eb64D96Be6Dd020F1FC81b4",
      "value": "0x1"
    }
  ],
  "id": 1
}'

Sample Response

{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "result": "0x5208"
}