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eth_call RPC Method

Executes a new message call immediately without creating a transaction on the block chain.

Updated on
Oct 15, 2026

Parameters

transaction
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
string

The integer of gas provided for the transaction execution encoded as hexadecimal

gasPrice
string

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

value
string

The integer of value sent with this transaction encoded as hexadecimal

data
string

The hash of the method signature and encoded parameters. For more information, see the Contract ABI description in the Solidity documentation

blockNumber/tag
string
REQUIRED

The block number in hexadecimal format or the string latest, earliest, pending, safe or finalized (safe and finalized refer to blocks accepted by the parent chain), see the default block parameter description in the official Ethereum documentation

Returns

data
string

The return value of the executed contract method

Request
Response
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{
2
"jsonrpc": "2.0",
3
"id": 1,
4
"result": "0x"
5
}
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{
2
"jsonrpc": "2.0",
3
"id": 1,
4
"result": "0x"
5
}
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