eth_estimategas

How to use it

// yarn add @tatumio/tatum

import { TatumSDK, XinFin, Network } from '@tatumio/tatum'
  
const tatum = await TatumSDK.init<XinFin>({ network: Network.XINFIN })

const estimate = await tatum.rpc.estimateGas({
      "from": "0x365a2dabcdb56f4f595c3af088b8975c26331448",
      "to": "0x365a2dabcdb56f4f595c3af088b8975c26331449",
      "value": "0xde0b6b3a7640000",
      "data": "0x606060"
    })
    
await tatum.destroy() // Destroy Tatum SDK - needed for stopping background jobs

Overview

eth_estimateGas is a method that estimates the amount of gas required to execute a given transaction. This method can be used to determine the gas cost before sending a transaction, allowing developers to better predict the gas fees and avoid issues like out-of-gas errors.

Use cases for eth_estimateGas include:

• Estimating gas costs for contract deployments
• Estimating gas costs for contract function calls
• Estimating gas costs for standard ether transfers

Parameters

The eth_estimateGas method takes a single parameter, an object representing the transaction details. The fields in the transaction object include:

• from (optional, string): The address that the transaction is sent from.
  • Example: "from": "0x742d35Cc6634C0532925a3b844Bc454e4438f44e"
• to (optional, string): The address the transaction is sent to.
  • Example: "to": "0x742d35Cc6634C0532925a3b844Bc454e4438f44e"
• gas (optional, string): The maximum amount of gas provided for the transaction.
  • Example: "gas": "0x76c0"
• gasPrice (optional, string): The price of gas in wei.
  • Example: "gasPrice": "0x9184e72a000"
• value (optional, string): The amount of ether to send in the transaction, in wei.
  • Example: "value": "0xde0b6b3a7640000"
• data (optional, string): The data payload of the transaction, typically used for contract function calls or contract deployment.
  • Example: "data": "0x606060..."
• nonce (optional, string): The transaction count of the from address.
  • Example: "nonce": "0x1"

Return Object

The return value of the eth_estimateGas method is a single field:

• gasEstimate (string): The estimated gas cost for the transaction, represented as a hexadecimal string.
  • Example: "0x5208"

JSON-RPC Request and Response Examples

Request

{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "eth_estimateGas",
  "params": [
    {
      "from": "0x742d35Cc6634C0532925a3b844Bc454e4438f44e",
      "to": "0x742d35Cc6634C0532925a3b844Bc454e4438f44e",
      "value": "0xde0b6b3a7640000",
      "data": "0x606060..."
    }
  ]
}

Response

{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "result": "0x5208"
}