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eth_call RPC Method

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

Updated on
Feb 24, 2026

Parameters

transaction
object
REQUIRED

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

gasPrice
integer

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

value
integer

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 tags are only supported on Ethereum, Gnosis, Arbitrum, Arbitrum Nova and Avalanche C-chain), see the default block parameter description in the official Ethereum documentation

stateOverride
object

(Optional) State override set. Each key is a 20-byte address; each value may include balance, nonce, code, state, and/or stateDiff fields to apply before executing the call.

balance
string

The temporary account balance for the call execution

nonce
string

The temporary nonce value for the call execution

code
string

The EVM bytecode to inject into the account for the call execution

state
object

A key-value mapping to override all slots in the account storage before executing the call

stateDiff
object

A key-value mapping to override individual slots in the account storage before executing the call

Returns

data
string

The return value of the executed contract method

Request
Response
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{
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"jsonrpc": "2.0",
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"id": 1,
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"result": "0x"
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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": "0x"
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}
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