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eth_estimateGas

Estimates the gas required to execute a transaction on the Ethereum network.

Example

import { getRpcClient, eth_estimateGas } from "thirdweb/rpc";
const rpcRequest = getRpcClient({ client, chain });
const gas = await eth_estimateGas(rpcRequest, {
 to: "0x...",
 ...
});
function eth_estimateGas(
  request: EIP1193RequestFn<
    [
      {
        Method: "web3_clientVersion";
        Parameters?: undefined;
        ReturnType: string;
      },
      {
        Method: "web3_sha3";
        Parameters: [data: `0x${string}`];
        ReturnType: string;
      },
      {
        Method: "net_listening";
        Parameters?: undefined;
        ReturnType: boolean;
      },
      {
        Method: "net_peerCount";
        Parameters?: undefined;
        ReturnType: `0x${string}`;
      },
      {
        Method: "net_version";
        Parameters?: undefined;
        ReturnType: `0x${string}`;
      },
    ]
  >,
  transactionRequest: RpcTransactionRequest,
): Promise<bigint>;

Parameters

The EIP1193 request function.

Type

let request: EIP1193RequestFn<
  [
    {
      Method: "web3_clientVersion";
      Parameters?: undefined;
      ReturnType: string;
    },
    {
      Method: "web3_sha3";
      Parameters: [data: `0x${string}`];
      ReturnType: string;
    },
    {
      Method: "net_listening";
      Parameters?: undefined;
      ReturnType: boolean;
    },
    {
      Method: "net_peerCount";
      Parameters?: undefined;
      ReturnType: `0x${string}`;
    },
    {
      Method: "net_version";
      Parameters?: undefined;
      ReturnType: `0x${string}`;
    },
  ]
>;

The transaction request object.

Type

let transactionRequest: RpcTransactionRequest;

Returns

let returnType: Promise<bigint>;

A promise that resolves to the estimated gas as a bigint.