eth_gasPrice - Base

eth_gasPrice. Retrieve the current gas price

eth_gasPrice - base [Value: 15CU]
Helps in estimating the cost for transaction fees, ensuring efficient and accurate gas pricing for transactions on the network
Use cases

Use cases

  • Get the current gas price for transactions
  • Calculate the cost of transactions with current gas prices
  • Monitor network gas trends
Constraints

Constraints

  • Requires internet access
  • Requires an accessible node to get data
  • Depends on the latest network gas price data
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Language

Request
Examples
curl --request POST \
     --url https://base.drpc.org \
     --header 'accept: application/json' \
     --header 'content-type: application/json' \
     --data '
{
  "id": 1,
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "method": "eth_gasPrice"
}
'
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Response
200
{
  {
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "result": {
    "oldestBlock": "0x130b1e6",
    "reward": [
      [
        "0x5041e1e",
        "0xdd221b80"
      ],
      [
        "0x5041e1e",
        "0xb8346df0"
      ],
      [
        "0x55d4a80",
        "0xb2d05e00"
      ],
      [
        "0x4dd9818",
        "0x3b9aca00"
      ]
    ],
    "baseFeePerGas": [
      "0x52d80a82c",
      "0x50f43f659",
      "0x50012de8d",
      "0x4e30357d6",
      "0x57efff9e7"
    ],
    "gasUsedRatio": [
      0.40875283333333334,
      0.45308523333333334,
      0.4091907,
      0.9987537
    ],
    "baseFeePerBlobGas": [
      "0x1",
      "0x1",
      "0x1",
      "0x1",
      "0x1"
    ],
    "blobGasUsedRatio": [
      0.5,
      1,
      0.6666666666666666,
      1
    ]
  }
}
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Request params

idinteger
jsonrpcstring
methodstring
ParametersThis method does not accept any parameters.

Response

200
Retrieves the current gas price in wei from the latest block.

Response params

object
idinteger
jsonrpcstring
resultstring
eth_estimateGaseth_maxPriorityFeePerGas