eth_estimateGas | Plasma

Plasma API method that generates and returns an estimate of how much gas is necessary for the transaction to complete. Plasma via Chainstack.

POST /be84184cd12967be5a65d06651c60085

eth_estimateGas

cURL

curl --request POST \
  --url https://plasma-mainnet.core.chainstack.com/be84184cd12967be5a65d06651c60085 \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '
{
  "id": 1,
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "method": "eth_estimateGas",
  "params": [
    {
      "to": "0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000"
    }
  ]
}
'

200

{
  "jsonrpc": "<string>",
  "id": 123,
  "result": {}
}

Plasma API method that generates and returns an estimate of how much gas is necessary for the transaction to complete.

Parameters

• object — the transaction call object with fields like from, to, gas, gasPrice, value, data

Response

• quantity — the amount of gas used

eth_estimateGas code examples

ethers.js

const { JsonRpcProvider } = require("ethers");

const provider = new JsonRpcProvider("CHAINSTACK_NODE_URL");

async function call() {
  const result = await provider.send("eth_estimateGas", [
    {
      to: "0x742d35Cc6634C0532925a3b844Bc454e4438f44e"
    }
  ]);
  console.log(result);
}

call();

Body

application/json

id · integer · default: 1

jsonrpc · string · default: 2.0

method · string · default: eth_estimateGas

params · Transaction · object[]

Response

200 - application/json

Generates and returns an estimate of how much gas is necessary for the transaction to complete.

jsonrpc · string

id · integer

result · object