eth_estimateExecutionGas RPC Method

Parameters

object

object

The transaction call object which contains the following fields:

from

string

The address from which the transaction is sent

to

string

REQUIRED

The address to which the transaction is addressed

gas

integer

The integer of gas provided for the transaction execution

gasPrice

integer

The integer of gasPrice used for each paid gas encoded as hexadecimal

value

integer

The integer of value sent with this transaction encoded as hexadecimal

data

string

The hash of the method signature and encoded parameters

blockNumber/tag

string

REQUIRED

The block number in hexadecimal format or the string latest, earliest, pending, safe or finalized (safe and finalized tags are only supported on Ethereum, Gnosis, Arbitrum, Arbitrum Nova and Avalanche C-chain), see the default block parameter description in the official Ethereum documentation

Returns

quantity

The expected execution gas cost of a transaction. This does not include any information about the cost to publish the transaction data to Layer 1

Request

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curl https://docs-demo.optimism.quiknode.pro/ \
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-X POST \
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-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
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--data '{"method":"eth_estimateExecutionGas","params":[{"from":null,"to":"0x6b175474e89094c44da98b954eedeac495271d0f","data":"0x70a082310000000000000000000000006E0d01A76C3Cf4288372a29124A26D4353EE51BE"}],"id":1,"jsonrpc":"2.0"}'

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