OP Mainnet

eth_estimateGas40 credits

Generates and returns an estimate of how much gas is necessary.

Network: optimism

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
callObject	Object	Transaction call object.
block	QUANTITY \| TAG	Optional block tag. (optional)

Returns

Type

QUANTITY

Estimated gas as hex.

Code examples

curl https://optimism-mainnet.rpcnode.dev/7c9e6679-7425-40de-944b-e07fc1f90ae7 \
  -X POST \
  -H 'content-type: application/json' \
  -d '{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "eth_estimateGas",
  "params": [
    {
      "to": "0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000",
      "data": "0x"
    }
  ]
}'