eth_call

Executes a new message call without creating a transaction on the block chain.

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.

  • 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

params: [
    {
        "from": "0xb60e8dd61c5d32be8058bb8eb970870f07233155",
        "to": "0xd46e8dd67c5d32be8058bb8eb970870f07244567",
        "gas": "0x76c0",
        "gasPrice": "0x9184e72a000",
        "value": "0x9184e72a",
        "data": "0xd46e8dd67c5d32be8d46e8dd67c5d32be8058bb8eb970870f072445675058bb8eb970870f072445675"
    }, 
    "latest"
]

Returns

DATA - the return value of executed contract.

Request example

curl https://ethereum.api.watchdata.io/node/jsonrpc?api_key=your_api_key
-X POST \
-d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"eth_call","params":[{"from": "0xb60e8dd61c5d32be8058bb8eb970870f07233155","to": "0xd46e8dd67c5d32be8058bb8eb970870f07244567","gas": "0x76c0","gasPrice": "0x9184e72a000","value": "0x9184e72a","data": "0xd46e8dd67c5d32be8d46e8dd67c5d32be8058bb8eb970870f072445675058bb8eb970870f072445675"}, "latest"],"id":1}'

Result

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

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