eth_getCode RPC Method

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

Parameters

address

string

REQUIRED

The address of the smart contract from which the bytecode will be obtained

blockNumber

string

REQUIRED

The block number as a string in hexadecimal format or tags. The supported tag values include earliest for the earliest/genesis block, latest for the latest mined block, pending for the pending state/transactions, safe for the most recent secure block, and finalized for the most recent secure block accepted by more than 2/3 of validators. safe and finalized are only supported on Ethereum, Gnosis, Arbitrum, Arbitrum Nova, and Avalanche C-chain

Returns

result

string

The bytecode from a given address returned as a string

Request

curl https://docs-demo.avalanche-mainnet.quiknode.pro/ext/bc/C/rpc/ext/bc/C/rpc \
  -X POST \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  --data '{"method":"eth_getCode","params":["0x5B56438000bAc5ed2c6E0c1EcFF4354aBfFaf889","latest"],"id":1,"jsonrpc":"2.0"}'

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 code = await provider.getCode(
    "0x5B56438000bAc5ed2c6E0c1EcFF4354aBfFaf889",
    "latest"
  );
  console.log(code);
})();

from web3 import Web3, HTTPProvider
w3 = Web3(HTTPProvider('https://docs-demo.avalanche-mainnet.quiknode.pro/ext/bc/C/rpc/ext/bc/C/rpc'))
print (w3.eth.get_code('0x5B56438000bAc5ed2c6E0c1EcFF4354aBfFaf889'))

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