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eth_getCode RPC Method

Returns the compiled bytecode of a smart contract.

Updated on
May 25, 2026
MegaETH nodes use a ~15-day pruning window for historical state data. Querying code at a block older than ~15 days (1,296,064 blocks) may fail because the required account history has been pruned. For more details, see the MegaETH Pruning Policy.

Parameters

address
string
REQUIRED

The address of the smart contract from which the bytecode will be obtained

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

Returns

result
string

The bytecode from a given address returned as a string

Request
Response
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"id": 1
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}
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{
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"jsonrpc": "2.0",
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