klay_estimateGas

Generates and returns an estimate of how much gas is necessary to allow the transaction to complete.

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
callObject	Object	The transaction call object. See the next table for the object's properties.

callObject has the following properties:

Name	Type	Description
from	20-byte DATA	(optional) The address the transaction is sent from.
to	20-byte DATA	(optional when testing the deployment of a new contract) The address the transaction is directed to.
gas	QUANTITY	(optional) Integer of the upper gas limit provided for the gas estimation. If no gas limit is specified, the Klaytn node uses the designated gas limit as an upper bound.
gasPrice	QUANTITY	(optional) Integer of the gasPrice used for each paid gas.
value	QUANTITY	(optional) Integer of the value sent with this transaction.
data	DATA	(optional) Hash of the method signature and encoded parameters.

Return Value

Type	Description
QUANTITY	The amount of gas used.

Example

// Request
curl -H "Content-Type: application/json" --data '{"jsonrpc": "2.0", "method": "klay_estimateGas", "params": [{"from": "0x3f71029af4e252b25b9ab999f77182f0cd3bc085", "to": "0x87ac99835e67168d4f9a40580f8f5c33550ba88b", "gas": "0x100000", "gasPrice": "0x5d21dba00", "value": "0x0", "data": "0x8ada066e"}], "id": 1}' http://klaytn.blockpi.network/v1/rpc/your-api-key

// Result
{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0","id":1,
  "result": "0x5208" // 21000
}