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debug_traceCall RPC Method

Returns the number of possible tracing result by executing an eth call within the context of the given block execution.

Updated on
May 06, 2026

Parameters

object
object

The transaction call object with the following fields:

from
string

The address the transaction is sent from

to
string
REQUIRED

The address the transaction is directed to

gas
string

The integer of the gas provided for the transaction execution

gasPrice
string

The integer of the gasPrice used for each paid gas

value
string

The integer of the value sent with this transaction

data
string

The hash of the method signature and encoded parameters

blockReference
string

The block number in hexadecimal format, the block hash, 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

object
object
REQUIRED

The tracer object with the following fields:

tracer
string

The type of tracer. It could be callTracer or prestateTracer

callTracer
string

The calltracer keeps track of all call frames, including depth 0 calls, that are made during a transaction

prestateTracer
string

The prestateTracer replays the transaction and tracks every part of state that occured during the transaction

tracerConfig
object

The object to specify the configurations of the tracer

onlyTopCall
boolean

When set to true, this will only trace the primary (top-level) call and not any sub-calls. It eliminates the additional processing for each call frame

Returns

result

An object containing detailed information about the traced call

from

The address the call is sent from

gas

The integer of the gas provided for the call execution (hex)

gasUsed

The integer of the gas used (hex)

to

The address the call is directed to

input

The data given at the time of input

output

(Optional) The data which is returned as an output; not always present (e.g. for some STATICCALLs)

value

The integer of the value sent with this call (hex)

type

The type of the call (e.g. CALL, STATICCALL, DELEGATECALL)

calls

(Optional) A list of sub-calls; only present when the call frame contains internal calls

Request
Response
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{
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"jsonrpc": "2.0",
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"id": 1,
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"result": {
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"from": "0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000",
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"gas": "0x23c34600",
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"gasUsed": "0x5e6e",
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"to": "0xbb4cdb9cbd36b01bd1cbaebf2de08d9173bc095c",
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"input": "0x06fdde03",
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"output": "0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000020000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000b5772617070656420424e42000000000000000000000000000000000000000000",
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"value": "0x0",
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"type": "CALL"
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}
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}
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{
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"jsonrpc": "2.0",
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"id": 1,
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"result": {
5
"from": "0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000",
6
"gas": "0x23c34600",
7
"gasUsed": "0x5e6e",
8
"to": "0xbb4cdb9cbd36b01bd1cbaebf2de08d9173bc095c",
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"input": "0x06fdde03",
10
"output": "0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000020000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000b5772617070656420424e42000000000000000000000000000000000000000000",
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"value": "0x0",
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"type": "CALL"
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}
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}
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