# watch\_getTokenMetadata

#### Parameters

1. `contractaddress`: DATA, 20 Bytes - smart contract address

#### Returns

`Object` - An object with the following fields:

* `contractAddress`: `DATA`, 20 Bytes - smart contract address for which the information was requested
* `blockchain`: the name of Blockchain
* `tokenName`: Full token name
* `tokenSymbol`: Ticker 
* `tokenDecimals`: Тumber of decimal points
* `lastUpdate` : last request update date 

**Request example**

{% tabs %}
{% tab title="Curl" %}

```bash
curl --location --request POST 'https://ethereum.api.watchdata.io/node/jsonrpc?api_key=your_api_key' \
--header 'x-api-key: your_api_key' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data-raw '{
    "jsonrpc":"2.0",
    "method":"watch_getTokenMetadata",
    "params":["0xdAC17F958D2ee523a2206206994597C13D831ec7"],
    "id":1
}'
```

{% endtab %}

{% tab title="Postman" %}

```json
URL: https://ethereum.api.watchdata.io/node/jsonrpc?api_key=your_api_key
RequestType: POST
Body: 
{
    "jsonrpc":"2.0",
    "method":"watch_getTokenMetadata",
    "params":["0xdAC17F958D2ee523a2206206994597C13D831ec7"],
    "id":1
}
```

{% endtab %}
{% endtabs %}

**Result**

```javascript
{
    "jsonrpc": "2.0",
    "id": 1,
    "result": {
        "contractAddress": "0xdac17f958d2ee523a2206206994597c13d831ec7",
        "blockchain": "ETH",
        "tokenName": "Tether USD",
        "tokenSymbol": "USDT",
        "tokenDecimals": 6,
        "lastUpdate": "2022-02-17T15:24:54.133465"
    }
}
```