To use the eth_gasPrice method on the Avalanche C-Chain, ensure that the end of your URL includes ext/bc/C/rpc.

Parameters

This method does not accept any parameters

Returns

gasPrice

string

The current gas price in wei encoded as a hexadecimal string

Request

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curl https://docs-demo.avalanche-mainnet.quiknode.pro \
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  -X POST \
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  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
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  --data '{
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  "method": "eth_gasPrice",
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  "params": [],
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  "id": 1,
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  "jsonrpc": "2.0"
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}'

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curl https://docs-demo.avalanche-mainnet.quiknode.pro \
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  -X POST \
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  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
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  --data '{
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  "method": "eth_gasPrice",
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  "params": [],
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  "id": 1,
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  "jsonrpc": "2.0"
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}'

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import { Core } from '@quicknode/sdk'
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const core = new Core({
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  endpointUrl: "https://docs-demo.avalanche-mainnet.quiknode.pro",
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})
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core.client.getGasPrice()
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import { Core } from '@quicknode/sdk'
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const core = new Core({
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  endpointUrl: "https://docs-demo.avalanche-mainnet.quiknode.pro",
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})
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core.client.getGasPrice()
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import { ethers } from "ethers";
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(async () => {
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  const provider = new ethers.JsonRpcProvider(
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    "https://docs-demo.avalanche-mainnet.quiknode.pro"
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  );
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  const response = await provider.send('eth_gasPrice', [])
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	console.log(response)
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})();
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import { ethers } from "ethers";
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(async () => {
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  const provider = new ethers.JsonRpcProvider(
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    "https://docs-demo.avalanche-mainnet.quiknode.pro"
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  );
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  const response = await provider.send('eth_gasPrice', [])
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	console.log(response)
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})();
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from web3 import Web3, HTTPProvider
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w3 = Web3(HTTPProvider('https://docs-demo.avalanche-mainnet.quiknode.pro'))
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print (w3.eth.gas_price)

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from web3 import Web3, HTTPProvider
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w3 = Web3(HTTPProvider('https://docs-demo.avalanche-mainnet.quiknode.pro'))
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print (w3.eth.gas_price)

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