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.
Quantity
ortag
- choose 1 of the following options:A hexadecimal block number.
"earliest"
- the earliest/genesis block."latest"
- the latest mined block."finalized"
- the latest finalized block."pending"
- the pending state/transactions.
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": "0xfa0b641678F5115ad8a8De5752016bD1359681b9",
"to": "0xC08fD7DD4eA87953F466d0b848f63e72FB91501C",
"value": "0x186a0"
},
"latest"
],
"id": 1
}'
Sample Response
{
"jsonrpc": "2.0",
"id": 1,
"result": "0x5208"
}
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