eth_call

Executes a call message without creating a transaction on the blockchain. Commonly used to read data from smart contracts.

Parameters

• transaction: [required] Transaction call object:
  • from: [optional] 20-byte sender address.
  • to: [required] 20-byte contract address.
  • gas: [optional] Hexadecimal gas provided.
  • gasPrice: [optional] Hexadecimal gas price.
  • value: [optional] Hexadecimal value in wei.
  • data: [optional] Hash of the method signature and encoded parameters.
• blockParameter: [required] Hexadecimal block number, or latest, earliest, pending, finalized.

Returns

Hexadecimal return data from the executed contract call.

Example

This example calls balanceOf(address) on the USDC contract for a given holder.

Request

curl https://rpc.linea.build \
  -X POST \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "jsonrpc": "2.0",
    "method": "eth_call",
    "params": [
      {
        "to": "0x176211869ca2b568f2a7d4ee941e073a821ee1ff",
        "data": "0x70a08231000000000000000000000000d8da6bf26964af9d7eed9e03e53415d37aa96045"
      },
      "latest"
    ],
    "id": 1
  }'

Response

{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "result": "0x000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000026009c"
}