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Parameters:
contract - string - The ERC-20 contract address you'd like to get token details for
Returns:
name - The name of this token
symbol - The symbol for this token
decimals - The number of decimals this token utilizes
genesisBlock - The block number in which this contract was deployed
genesisTransaction - The hash of the transaction in which this contract was deployed
Code Examples:
curl http://sample-endpoint-name.network.quiknode.pro/token-goes-here/ \
-X POST \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-H "x-qn-api-version: 1" \
--data '{
"id":67,
"jsonrpc":"2.0",
"method":"qn_getTokenMetadataByContractAddress",
"params":{
"contract": "0x4d224452801ACEd8B2F0aebE155379bb5D594381"
}
}'
# The eth.rb library does not support including additional request headers, so you won't be able to add the x-qn-api-version header.
require 'eth'
client = Eth::Client.create 'http://sample-endpoint-name.network.quiknode.pro/token-goes-here/'
payload = {
"id":67,
"jsonrpc":"2.0",
"method":"qn_getTokenMetadataByContractAddress",
"params":{
"contract": "0x4d224452801ACEd8B2F0aebE155379bb5D594381"
}
}
response = client.send(payload.to_json)
puts response
from web3 import Web3, HTTPProvider
OPTIONS = {
'headers':
{
'x-qn-api-version': '1'
}
}
w3 = Web3(HTTPProvider('http://sample-endpoint-name.network.quiknode.pro/token-goes-here/', request_kwargs=OPTIONS))
resp = w3.provider.make_request('qn_getTokenMetadataByContractAddress', {
"contract": "0x4d224452801ACEd8B2F0aebE155379bb5D594381"
})
print(resp)
import requests
import json
url = "http://sample-endpoint-name.network.quiknode.pro/token-goes-here/"
payload = json.dumps({
"id": 67,
"jsonrpc": "2.0",
"method": "qn_getTokenMetadataByContractAddress",
"params": {
"contract": "0x4d224452801ACEd8B2F0aebE155379bb5D594381"
}
})
headers = {
'Content-Type': 'application/json',
'x-qn-api-version': '1'
}
response = requests.request("POST", url, headers=headers, data=payload)
print(response.text)
const ethers = require("ethers");
(async () => {
const provider = new ethers.providers.JsonRpcProvider("http://sample-endpoint-name.network.quiknode.pro/token-goes-here/");
provider.connection.headers = { "x-qn-api-version": 1 };
const heads = await provider.send("qn_getTokenMetadataByContractAddress", {
contract: "0x4d224452801ACEd8B2F0aebE155379bb5D594381",
});
console.log(heads);
})();
var myHeaders = new Headers();
myHeaders.append("Content-Type", "application/json");
myHeaders.append("x-qn-api-version", "1");
var raw = JSON.stringify({
"id": 67,
"jsonrpc": "2.0",
"method": "qn_getTokenMetadataByContractAddress",
"params": {
"contract": "0x4d224452801ACEd8B2F0aebE155379bb5D594381"
}
});
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));
require "uri"
require "json"
require "net/http"
url = URI("http://sample-endpoint-name.network.quiknode.pro/token-goes-here/")
https = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
https.use_ssl = true
request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["Content-Type"] = "application/json"
request["x-qn-api-version"] = "1"
request.body = JSON.dump({
"id": 67,
"jsonrpc": "2.0",
"method": "qn_getTokenMetadataByContractAddress",
"params": {
"contract": "0x4d224452801ACEd8B2F0aebE155379bb5D594381"
}
})
response = https.request(request)
puts response.read_body