eth_estimateExecutionGas RPC Method
Parameters
object
object
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
integer
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
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
Returns
quantity
The expected execution gas cost of a transaction. This does not include any information about the cost to publish the transaction data to Layer 1
Request
1curl https://docs-demo.optimism.quiknode.pro/ \2-X POST \3-H "Content-Type: application/json" \4--data '{"method":"eth_estimateExecutionGas","params":[{"from":null,"to":"0x6b175474e89094c44da98b954eedeac495271d0f","data":"0x70a082310000000000000000000000006E0d01A76C3Cf4288372a29124A26D4353EE51BE"}],"id":1,"jsonrpc":"2.0"}'
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