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Deprecation Notice

This method will be deprecated on Amoy Testnet (July 1, 2026) and Mainnet (July 15, 2026) following Polygon Labs' sunset of Erigon. Use debug_traceTransaction as an alternative.

Parameters

hash

string

REQUIRED

The hash of a transaction

Returns

array

The block traces, which have the following fields (please note that all return types are hexadecimal representations of their data type unless otherwise stated):

action

The action to be performed on the receiver id

from

The address of the sender

callType

The type of method such as call, delegatecall

gas

The gas provided by the sender, encoded as hexadecimal

input

The data sent along with the transaction

to

The address of the receiver

value

The integer of the value sent with this transaction, encoded as hexadecimal

blockHash

The hash of the block where this transaction was in

blockNumber

The block number where this transaction was in

result

The integer of the gas price used encoded as hexadecimal

gasUsed

The total used gas by all transactions in this block encoded as hexadecimal

output

The value returned by the contract call, and it only contains the actual value sent by the RETURN method. If the RETURN method was not executed, the output is empty bytes

subtraces

The traces of contract calls made by the transaction

traceAddress

The list of addresses where the call was executed, the address of the parents, and the order of the current sub call

transactionHash

The hash of the transaction

transactionPosition

The transaction position

type

The value of the method such as call or create

Request

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curl -X POST "https://docs-demo.matic.quiknode.pro/" \
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  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
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  -d '{
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  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
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  "method": "trace_transaction",
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  "params": [
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    "0x81e807e7a6031d9f103eeee2a2edc5994c3432ee1e3227c66ff78eef30ea1dec"
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  ],
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  "id": 1
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}'

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curl -X POST "https://docs-demo.matic.quiknode.pro/" \
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  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
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  -d '{
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  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
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  "method": "trace_transaction",
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  "params": [
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    "0x81e807e7a6031d9f103eeee2a2edc5994c3432ee1e3227c66ff78eef30ea1dec"
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  ],
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  "id": 1
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}'

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import { ethers } from "ethers";
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async function main() {
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    const provider = new ethers.JsonRpcProvider("https://docs-demo.matic.quiknode.pro/");
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    const response = await provider.send("trace_transaction", [
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    "0x81e807e7a6031d9f103eeee2a2edc5994c3432ee1e3227c66ff78eef30ea1dec"
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]);
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    console.log(response);
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}
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main();

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import { ethers } from "ethers";
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async function main() {
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    const provider = new ethers.JsonRpcProvider("https://docs-demo.matic.quiknode.pro/");
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    const response = await provider.send("trace_transaction", [
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    "0x81e807e7a6031d9f103eeee2a2edc5994c3432ee1e3227c66ff78eef30ea1dec"
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]);
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    console.log(response);
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}
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main();

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from web3 import Web3, HTTPProvider
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w3 = Web3(HTTPProvider('https://docs-demo.matic.quiknode.pro/'))
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response = w3.provider.make_request("trace_transaction", ["0x81e807e7a6031d9f103eeee2a2edc5994c3432ee1e3227c66ff78eef30ea1dec"])
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print(response)

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from web3 import Web3, HTTPProvider
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w3 = Web3(HTTPProvider('https://docs-demo.matic.quiknode.pro/'))
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response = w3.provider.make_request("trace_transaction", ["0x81e807e7a6031d9f103eeee2a2edc5994c3432ee1e3227c66ff78eef30ea1dec"])
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print(response)

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import { createPublicClient, http } from 'viem'
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async function main() {
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    const client = createPublicClient({
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        transport: http('https://docs-demo.matic.quiknode.pro/')
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    })
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    const result = await client.request({
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        method: 'trace_transaction',
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        params: [
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          "0x81e807e7a6031d9f103eeee2a2edc5994c3432ee1e3227c66ff78eef30ea1dec"
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        ]
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    })
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    console.log(result)
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}
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main()

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import { createPublicClient, http } from 'viem'
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async function main() {
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    const client = createPublicClient({
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        transport: http('https://docs-demo.matic.quiknode.pro/')
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    })
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    const result = await client.request({
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        method: 'trace_transaction',
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        params: [
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          "0x81e807e7a6031d9f103eeee2a2edc5994c3432ee1e3227c66ff78eef30ea1dec"
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        ]
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    })
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    console.log(result)
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}
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main()

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import { QuicknodeSdk } from '@quicknode/sdk'
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const qn = new QuicknodeSdk({})
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const result = await qn.rpc.call(
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  'trace_transaction',
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  [
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  "0x81e807e7a6031d9f103eeee2a2edc5994c3432ee1e3227c66ff78eef30ea1dec"
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],
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  undefined,
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  'https://docs-demo.matic.quiknode.pro/'
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)
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console.log(result)

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import { QuicknodeSdk } from '@quicknode/sdk'
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const qn = new QuicknodeSdk({})
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const result = await qn.rpc.call(
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  'trace_transaction',
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  [
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  "0x81e807e7a6031d9f103eeee2a2edc5994c3432ee1e3227c66ff78eef30ea1dec"
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],
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  undefined,
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  'https://docs-demo.matic.quiknode.pro/'
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)
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console.log(result)

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import asyncio
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from quicknode_sdk import QuicknodeSdk, SdkFullConfig
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async def main():
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    qn = QuicknodeSdk(SdkFullConfig(api_key=None))
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    result = await qn.rpc.call(
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        "trace_transaction",
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        [
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            "0x81e807e7a6031d9f103eeee2a2edc5994c3432ee1e3227c66ff78eef30ea1dec"
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        ],
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        endpoint_url="https://docs-demo.matic.quiknode.pro/",
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    )
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    print(result)
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asyncio.run(main())

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import asyncio
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from quicknode_sdk import QuicknodeSdk, SdkFullConfig
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async def main():
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    qn = QuicknodeSdk(SdkFullConfig(api_key=None))
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    result = await qn.rpc.call(
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        "trace_transaction",
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        [
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            "0x81e807e7a6031d9f103eeee2a2edc5994c3432ee1e3227c66ff78eef30ea1dec"
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        ],
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        endpoint_url="https://docs-demo.matic.quiknode.pro/",
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    )
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    print(result)
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asyncio.run(main())

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require "quicknode_sdk"
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qn = QuicknodeSdk::SDK.from_config(api_key: nil)
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result = qn.rpc.call(
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  method: "trace_transaction",
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  params: [
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    "0x81e807e7a6031d9f103eeee2a2edc5994c3432ee1e3227c66ff78eef30ea1dec"
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  ],
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  endpoint_url: "https://docs-demo.matic.quiknode.pro/"
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)
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puts result

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require "quicknode_sdk"
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qn = QuicknodeSdk::SDK.from_config(api_key: nil)
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result = qn.rpc.call(
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  method: "trace_transaction",
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  params: [
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    "0x81e807e7a6031d9f103eeee2a2edc5994c3432ee1e3227c66ff78eef30ea1dec"
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  ],
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  endpoint_url: "https://docs-demo.matic.quiknode.pro/"
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)
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puts result

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use quicknode_sdk::{QuicknodeSdk, SdkFullConfig};
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#[tokio::main]
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async fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
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    let qn = QuicknodeSdk::new(&SdkFullConfig::keyless())?;
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    let result = qn
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        .rpc
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        .call(
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            "trace_transaction",
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            Some(serde_json::json!([
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    "0x81e807e7a6031d9f103eeee2a2edc5994c3432ee1e3227c66ff78eef30ea1dec"
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])),
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            None,
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            Some("https://docs-demo.matic.quiknode.pro/".into()),
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        )
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        .await?;
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    println!("{result}");
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    Ok(())
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}

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use quicknode_sdk::{QuicknodeSdk, SdkFullConfig};
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#[tokio::main]
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async fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
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    let qn = QuicknodeSdk::new(&SdkFullConfig::keyless())?;
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    let result = qn
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        .rpc
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        .call(
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            "trace_transaction",
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            Some(serde_json::json!([
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    "0x81e807e7a6031d9f103eeee2a2edc5994c3432ee1e3227c66ff78eef30ea1dec"
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])),
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            None,
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            Some("https://docs-demo.matic.quiknode.pro/".into()),
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        )
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        .await?;
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    println!("{result}");
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    Ok(())
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}

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const body = {
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    jsonrpc: '2.0',
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    method: 'trace_transaction',
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    params: ["0x81e807e7a6031d9f103eeee2a2edc5994c3432ee1e3227c66ff78eef30ea1dec"],
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    id: 1
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}
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async function main() {
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    const response = await fetch('https://docs-demo.matic.quiknode.pro/', {
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        method: 'POST',
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        headers: {'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
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        body: JSON.stringify(body)
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    })
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    const data = await response.json()
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    console.log(data)
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}
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main()

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const body = {
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    jsonrpc: '2.0',
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    method: 'trace_transaction',
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    params: ["0x81e807e7a6031d9f103eeee2a2edc5994c3432ee1e3227c66ff78eef30ea1dec"],
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    id: 1
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}
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async function main() {
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    const response = await fetch('https://docs-demo.matic.quiknode.pro/', {
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        method: 'POST',
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        headers: {'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
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        body: JSON.stringify(body)
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    })
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    const data = await response.json()
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    console.log(data)
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}
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main()

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import requests
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import json
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url = "https://docs-demo.matic.quiknode.pro/"
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payload = json.dumps({
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  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
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  "method": "trace_transaction",
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  "params": [
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    "0x81e807e7a6031d9f103eeee2a2edc5994c3432ee1e3227c66ff78eef30ea1dec"
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  ],
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  "id": 1
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})
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headers = {
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  'Content-Type': 'application/json'
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}
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response = requests.request("POST", url, headers=headers, data=payload)
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print(response.text)

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import requests
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import json
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url = "https://docs-demo.matic.quiknode.pro/"
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payload = json.dumps({
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  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
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  "method": "trace_transaction",
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  "params": [
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    "0x81e807e7a6031d9f103eeee2a2edc5994c3432ee1e3227c66ff78eef30ea1dec"
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  ],
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  "id": 1
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})
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headers = {
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  'Content-Type': 'application/json'
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}
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response = requests.request("POST", url, headers=headers, data=payload)
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print(response.text)

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require "uri"
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require "json"
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require "net/http"
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uri = URI("https://docs-demo.matic.quiknode.pro/")
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payload = {
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  jsonrpc: "2.0",
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  id: 1,
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  method: "trace_transaction",
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  params: ["0x81e807e7a6031d9f103eeee2a2edc5994c3432ee1e3227c66ff78eef30ea1dec"]
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}
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request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(uri)
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request["Content-Type"] = "application/json"
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request.body = JSON.generate(payload)
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response = Net::HTTP.start(uri.host, uri.port, use_ssl: true) do |http|
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  http.request(request)
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end
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puts response.body

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require "uri"
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require "json"
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require "net/http"
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uri = URI("https://docs-demo.matic.quiknode.pro/")
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payload = {
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  jsonrpc: "2.0",
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  id: 1,
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  method: "trace_transaction",
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  params: ["0x81e807e7a6031d9f103eeee2a2edc5994c3432ee1e3227c66ff78eef30ea1dec"]
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}
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request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(uri)
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request["Content-Type"] = "application/json"
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request.body = JSON.generate(payload)
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response = Net::HTTP.start(uri.host, uri.port, use_ssl: true) do |http|
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  http.request(request)
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end
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puts response.body

Response

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{
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  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
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  "id": 1,
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  "result": null
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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": null
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}

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