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Estimate Gas for Transaction

POST
https://sys-evm.nownodes.io/

Authorizations

ApiKeyAuthApiKeyAuth

api-key string

NOWNodes API key passed in the api-key header.

Simulates a transaction and returns an estimate of how much gas would be used.

Body

application/json
jsonrpcstringrequired

JSON-RPC protocol version

methodstringrequired

The method name

paramsArray<object | string>required

The transaction call object and an optional block tag.

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fromstring

Address the transaction is sent from (optional)

tostringrequired

Destination address of the call

gasstring

Gas limit provided for execution (optional)

gasPricestring

Gas price in wei (optional)

valuestring

Amount of ETH to send, in hexadecimal wei (optional)

datastring

The compiled input data for the transaction (optional)

Optional block tag (e.g., "latest", "earliest", or a block number)

string
idintegerrequired

Request identifier

Response

200OK

Estimated gas amount