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debug_traceBlockByNumber RPC Method

Returns the tracing result by executing all transactions in the block specified by number with a tracer (Trace Mode required). The API credit value for this method is 14.

Updated on
Aug 18, 2023

debug_traceBlockByNumber RPC Method

Please note that this RPC method is available by default for all Build & Scale plans. If you are using the Discover plan, you will need to upgrade to a paid plan to utilize this method. See our pricing for more information.

Parameters

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
object
array
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

type
The type of the call
from
The address the transaction is sent from
to
The address the transaction is directed to
value
The integer of the value sent with this transaction
gas
The integer of the gas provided for the transaction execution
gasUsed
The integer of the gas used
input
The data given at the time of input
output
The data which is returned as an output
calls
A list of sub-calls
Request
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curl https://docs-demo.quiknode.pro/ \
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-X POST \
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-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
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--data '{"method":"debug_traceBlockByNumber","params":["0xccde12", {"tracer": "callTracer"}],"id":1,"jsonrpc":"2.0"}'
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