eth_call - Polygon

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": "0xa53d90b608c930cb8cdff22048dc942708c4f263",
        "to": "0xa53d90b608c930cb8cdff22048dc942708c4f263"
    }, 
    "latest"
]

Returns

DATA - the return value of executed contract.

Request example

Curl

curl https://polygon.api.watchdata.io/node/jsonrpc?api_key=your_api_key
-X POST \
-d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"eth_call","params":[{"from": "0xa53d90b608c930cb8cdff22048dc942708c4f263","to": "0xa53d90b608c930cb8cdff22048dc942708c4f263","latest"],"id":1}'

Postman

URL: https://polygon.api.watchdata.io/node/jsonrpc?api_key=your_api_key
RequestType: POST
Body: 
{
    "jsonrpc": "2.0",
    "method": "eth_call",
    "params": [
        {
            "from": "0xa53d90b608c930cb8cdff22048dc942708c4f263",
            "to": "0xce5f94f814906fbe7cd151c6ceb9095325612245"
        },
        "latest"
    ],
    "id": 1
}

Result

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