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eth_getCode RPC Method

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Parameters:

address - string - The address of the smart contract from which the bytecode will be obtained
blockNumber - string - 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 - The bytecode from a given address returned as a string

Code Examples:

eth.rb
web3py
ruby
curl
javascript
ethers
python

require 'eth'

client = Eth::Client.create 'http://sample-endpoint-name.network.quiknode.pro/token-goes-here/'
payload = {
    "jsonrpc": "2.0",
    "method": "eth_getCode",
    "params": ["0x5B56438000bAc5ed2c6E0c1EcFF4354aBfFaf889", "latest"],
    "id": "1"
}

response = client.send(payload.to_json)
puts response

from web3 import Web3, HTTPProvider
w3 = Web3(HTTPProvider('http://sample-endpoint-name.network.quiknode.pro/token-goes-here/'))
print (w3.eth.get_code('0x5B56438000bAc5ed2c6E0c1EcFF4354aBfFaf889','latest'))

var myHeaders = new Headers();
myHeaders.append("Content-Type", "application/json");

var raw = JSON.stringify({
  "method": "eth_getCode",
  "params": [
    "0x5B56438000bAc5ed2c6E0c1EcFF4354aBfFaf889",
    "latest"
  ],
  "id": 1,
  "jsonrpc": "2.0"
});

var requestOptions = {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: myHeaders,
  body: raw,
  redirect: 'follow'
};

fetch("http://sample-endpoint-name.network.quiknode.pro/token-goes-here/", requestOptions)
  .then(response => response.text())
  .then(result => console.log(result))
  .catch(error => console.log('error', error));

curl http://sample-endpoint-name.network.quiknode.pro/token-goes-here/ \
  -X POST \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  --data '{"method":"eth_getCode","params":["0x5B56438000bAc5ed2c6E0c1EcFF4354aBfFaf889","latest"],"id":1,"jsonrpc":"2.0"}'

var myHeaders = new Headers();
myHeaders.append("Content-Type", "application/json");

var raw = JSON.stringify({
  "method": "eth_getCode",
  "params": [
    "0x5B56438000bAc5ed2c6E0c1EcFF4354aBfFaf889",
    "latest"
  ],
  "id": 1,
  "jsonrpc": "2.0"
});

var requestOptions = {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: myHeaders,
  body: raw,
  redirect: 'follow'
};

fetch("http://sample-endpoint-name.network.quiknode.pro/token-goes-here/", requestOptions)
  .then(response => response.text())
  .then(result => console.log(result))
  .catch(error => console.log('error', error));

const ethers = require("ethers");
(async () => {
  const provider = new ethers.providers.JsonRpcProvider("http://sample-endpoint-name.network.quiknode.pro/token-goes-here/");
  const code = await provider.getCode(
    "0x5B56438000bAc5ed2c6E0c1EcFF4354aBfFaf889",
    "latest"
  );
  console.log(code);
})();

import requests
import json

url = "http://sample-endpoint-name.network.quiknode.pro/token-goes-here/"

payload = json.dumps({
  "method": "eth_getCode",
  "params": [
    "0x5B56438000bAc5ed2c6E0c1EcFF4354aBfFaf889",
    "latest"
  ],
  "id": 1,
  "jsonrpc": "2.0"
})
headers = {
  'Content-Type': 'application/json'
}

response = requests.request("POST", url, headers=headers, data=payload)

print(response.text)

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