eth_base_fee RPC Method

Parameters

This method does not accept any parameters

Returns

result

String

The hex value ofthe base fee for the next block.

Request

curl --location --request POST https://docs-demo.avalanche-mainnet.quiknode.pro/ext/bc/C/rpc/ext/bc/C/rpc \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data-raw '{
    "jsonrpc": "2.0",
    "method": "eth_baseFee",
    "params": [],
    "id": 1
}'

import { ethers } from "ethers";

(async () => {
  const provider = new ethers.JsonRpcProvider(
    "https://docs-demo.avalanche-mainnet.quiknode.pro/ext/bc/C/rpc/ext/bc/C/rpc"
  );
  const params = [];
  const result = await provider.send("eth_baseFee", params);
  console.log(result);
})();

from web3 import Web3, HTTPProvider
w3 = Web3(HTTPProvider('https://docs-demo.avalanche-mainnet.quiknode.pro/ext/bc/C/rpc/ext/bc/C/rpc'))
params = []
request = w3.provider.make_request('eth_baseFee', params)
print(request)

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