Ethereum JSON-RPC

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JSON-RPC Server #

Learn about the JSON-RPC server to interact with the EVM.

The JSON-PRC Server provides an API that allows you to connect to the ICPlaza blockchain and interact with the EVM. This gives you direct access to reading Ethereum-formatted transactions or sending them to the network which otherwise wouldn’t be possible on a ICPlaza chain, such as ICPlaza.

JSON-RPC is a stateless, light-weight remote procedure call (RPC) protocol. It defines several data structures and the rules around their processing. It is transport agnostic in that the concepts can be used within the same process, over sockets, over HTTP, or in many various message passing environments. It uses JSON (RFC 4627) as data format.

JSON-RPC is provided on multiple transports. ICPlaza supports JSON-RPC over HTTP and WebSocket. Transports must be enabled through command-line flags or through the app.toml configuration file.

Web3 Support #

ICPlaza supports all standard web3 JSON-RPC APIs. You can find documentation for these APIs on the [JSON-RPC Methods] page.

Ethereum JSON-RPC APIs use a name-space system. RPC methods are grouped into several categories depending on their purpose. All method names are composed of the namespace, an underscore, and the actual method name within the namespace. For example, the eth_call method resides in the eth namespace.

Access to RPC methods can be enabled on a per-namespace basis. Find documentation for individual namespaces in the Namespaces page.

HEX value encoding #

At present there are two key datatypes that are passed over JSON:

  • quantities and

  • unformatted byte arrays.

Both are passed with a hex encoding, however with different requirements to formatting.

When encoding quantities (integers, numbers), encode as hex, prefix with "0x", the most compact representation (slight exception: zero should be represented as "0x0"). Examples:

  • 0x41 (65 in decimal)

  • 0x400 (1024 in decimal)

  • WRONG: 0x (should always have at least one digit - zero is "0x0")

  • WRONG: 0x0400 (no leading zeroes allowed)

  • WRONG: ff (must be prefixed 0x)

When encoding unformatted data (byte arrays, account addresses, hashes, bytecode arrays), encode as hex, prefix with "0x", two hex digits per byte. Examples:

  • 0x41 (size 1, "A")

  • 0x004200 (size 3, "\0B\0")

  • 0x (size 0, "")

  • WRONG: 0xf0f0f (must be even number of digits)

  • WRONG: 004200 (must be prefixed 0x)

Default block parameter #

The following methods have an extra default block parameter:

  • [eth_getBalance]

  • [eth_getCode]

  • [eth_getTransactionCount]

  • [eth_getStorageAt]

  • [eth_call]

When requests are made that act on the state of ICPlaza, the last default block parameter determines the height of the block.

The following options are possible for the defaultBlock parameter:

  • HEX String - an integer block number

  • String "earliest" for the earliest/genesis block

  • String "latest" - for the latest mined block

  • String "pending" - for the pending state/transactions

Curl Examples Explained #

The curl options below might return a response where the node complains about the content type, this is because the --data option sets the content type to application/x-www-form-urlencoded. If your node does complain, manually set the header by placing -H "Content-Type: application/json" at the start of the call.

The examples also do not include the URL/IP & port combination which must be the last argument given to curl e.x. 127.0.0.1:8545

Running the Server #

Learn how to run and setup the JSON-RPC server on ICPlaza. {synopsis}

Enable Server #

To enable RPC server use the following flag (set to true by default).

ICPlazad start --json-rpc.enable

Defining Namespaces #

Eth,Net and Web3 namespaces are enabled by default. In order to enable other namespaces use flag --json-rpc.api.

ICPlazad start --json-rpc.api eth,txpool,personal,net,debug,web3,miner

Set a Gas Cap #

eth_call and eth_estimateGas define a global gas cap over rpc for DoS protection. You can override the default gas cap value of 25,000,000 by passing a custom value when starting the node:

# set gas cap to 85M
ICPlazad start --json-rpc.gas-cap 85000000000

# set gas cap to infinite (=0)
ICPlazad start --json-rpc.gas-cap 0

CORS #

If accessing the RPC from a browser, CORS will need to be enabled with the appropriate domain set. Otherwise, JavaScript calls are limit by the same-origin policy and requests will fail.

The CORS setting can be updated from the app.toml

###############################################################################
###                           API Configuration                             ###
###############################################################################

[api]

# ...

# EnableUnsafeCORS defines if CORS should be enabled (unsafe - use it at your own risk).
enabled-unsafe-cors = true # default false

Namespaces #

Check the JSON-RPC namespaces supported on ICPlaza. {synopsis}

Pre-requisite Readings #

Ethereum Namespaces #

Namespace
Description
Supported
Enabled by Default

eth

ICPlaza provides several extensions to the standard eth JSON-RPC namespace.

✔

✔

web3

The web3 API provides utility functions for the web3 client.

✔

✔

net

The net API provides access to network information of the node

✔

✔

clique

The clique API provides access to the state of the clique consensus engine. You can use this API to manage signer votes and to check the health of a private network.

❌

debug

The debug API gives you access to several non-standard RPC methods, which will allow you to inspect, debug and set certain debugging flags during runtime.

✔

les

The les API allows you to manage LES server settings, including client parameters and payment settings for prioritized clients. It also provides functions to query checkpoint information in both server and client mode.

❌

miner

The miner API allows you to remote control the node’s mining operation and set various mining specific settings.

✔

❌

txpool

The txpool API gives you access to several non-standard RPC methods to inspect the contents of the transaction pool containing all the currently pending transactions as well as the ones queued for future processing.

✔

❌

admin

The admin API gives you access to several non-standard RPC methods, which will allow you to have a fine grained control over your nodeinstance, including but not limited to network peer and RPC endpoint management.

❌

personal

The personal API manages private keys in the key store.

✔

❌

JSON-RPC Methods #

Check the JSON-RPC methods supported on ICPlaza. {synopsis}

Pre-requisite Readings #

Endpoints #

Method
Namespace
Implemented
Public
Notes

web3_clientVersion

Web3

✔

✔

web3_sha3

Web3

✔

✔

net_version

Net

✔

✔

net_peerCount

Net

✔

✔

net_listening

Net

✔

✔

eth_protocolVersion

Eth

✔

✔

eth_syncing

Eth

✔

✔

eth_gasPrice

Eth

✔

✔

eth_accounts

Eth

✔

✔

eth_blockNumber

Eth

✔

✔

eth_getBalance

Eth

✔

✔

eth_getStorageAt

Eth

✔

✔

eth_getTransactionCount

Eth

✔

✔

eth_getBlockTransactionCountByNumber

Eth

✔

✔

eth_getBlockTransactionCountByHash

Eth

✔

✔

eth_getCode

Eth

✔

✔

eth_sign

Eth

✔

✔

eth_sendTransaction

Eth

✔

✔

eth_sendRawTransaction

Eth

✔

✔

eth_call

Eth

✔

✔

eth_estimateGas

Eth

✔

✔

eth_getBlockByNumber

Eth

✔

✔

eth_getBlockByHash

Eth

✔

✔

eth_getTransactionByHash

Eth

✔

✔

eth_getTransactionByBlockHashAndIndex

Eth

✔

✔

eth_getTransactionReceipt

Eth

✔

✔

Eth

✔

✔

eth_newBlockFilter

Eth

✔

✔

eth_newPendingTransactionFilter

Eth

✔

✔

eth_uninstallFilter

Eth

✔

✔

eth_getFilterChanges

Eth

✔

✔

eth_getFilterLogs

Eth

✔

✔

eth_getLogs

Eth

✔

✔

eth_getTransactionbyBlockNumberAndIndex

Eth

✔

eth_getWork

Eth

N/A

✔

PoW-only

eth_submitWork

Eth

N/A

✔

PoW-only

eth_submitHashrate

Eth

eth_getCompilers

Eth

eth_compileLLL

Eth

eth_compileSolidity

Eth

eth_compileSerpent

Eth

eth_signTransaction

Eth

eth_mining

Eth

❌

eth_coinbase

Eth

✔

eth_hashrate

Eth

N/A

❌

PoW-only

eth_getUncleCountByBlockHash

Eth

N/A

PoW-only

eth_getUncleCountByBlockNumber

Eth

N/A

PoW-only

eth_getUncleByBlockHashAndIndex

Eth

N/A

PoW-only

eth_getUncleByBlockNumberAndIndex

Eth

N/A

PoW-only

eth_getProof

Eth

✔

eth_subscribe

Websocket

✔

eth_unsubscribe

Websocket

✔

personal_importRawKey

Personal

✔

❌

personal_listAccounts

Personal

✔

❌

personal_lockAccount

Personal

✔

❌

personal_newAccount

Personal

✔

❌

personal_unlockAccount

Personal

✔

❌

personal_sendTransaction

Personal

✔

❌

personal_sign

Personal

✔

❌

personal_ecRecover

Personal

✔

❌

personal_initializeWallet

Personal

✔

❌

personal_unpair

Personal

✔

❌

db_putString

DB

db_getString

DB

db_putHex

DB

db_getHex

DB

shh_post

SSH

shh_version

SSH

shh_newIdentity

SSH

shh_hasIdentity

SSH

shh_newGroup

SSH

shh_addToGroup

SSH

shh_newFilter

SSH

shh_uninstallFilter

SSH

shh_getFilterChanges

SSH

shh_getMessages

SSH

admin_addPeer

Admin

❌

admin_datadir

Admin

❌

admin_nodeInfo

Admin

❌

admin_peers

Admin

❌

admin_startRPC

Admin

❌

admin_startWS

Admin

❌

admin_stopRPC

Admin

❌

admin_stopWS

Admin

❌

clique_getSnapshot

Clique

clique_getSnapshotAtHash

Clique

clique_getSigners

Clique

clique_proposals

Clique

clique_propose

Clique

clique_discard

Clique

clique_status

Clique

debug_backtraceAt

Debug

debug_blockProfile

Debug

✔

debug_cpuProfile

Debug

✔

debug_dumpBlock

Debug

debug_gcStats

Debug

✔

debug_getBlockRlp

Debug

debug_goTrace

Debug

✔

debug_freeOSMemory

Debug

✔

debug_memStats

Debug

✔

debug_mutexProfile

Debug

✔

debug_seedHash

Debug

debug_setHead

Debug

debug_setBlockProfileRate

Debug

✔

debug_setGCPercent

Debug

✔

debug_setMutexProfileFraction

Debug

✔

debug_stacks

Debug

✔

debug_startCPUProfile

Debug

✔

debug_startGoTrace

Debug

✔

debug_stopCPUProfile

Debug

✔

debug_stopGoTrace

Debug

✔

debug_traceBlock

Debug

✔

debug_traceBlockByNumber

Debug

✔

debug_traceBlockByHash

Debug

✔

debug_traceBlockFromFile

Debug

debug_standardTraceBlockToFile

Debug

debug_standardTraceBadBlockToFile

Debug

debug_traceTransaction

Debug

✔

debug_verbosity

Debug

debug_vmodule

Debug

debug_writeBlockProfile

Debug

✔

debug_writeMemProfile

Debug

✔

debug_writeMutexProfile

Debug

✔

les_serverInfo

Les

les_clientInfo

Les

les_priorityClientInfo

Les

les_addBalance

Les

les_setClientParams

Les

les_setDefaultParams

Les

les_latestCheckpoint

Les

les_getCheckpoint

Les

les_getCheckpointContractAddress

Les

miner_getHashrate

Miner

✔

❌

No-op

miner_setExtra

Miner

✔

❌

No-op

miner_setGasPrice

Miner

✔

❌

Needs node restart

miner_start

Miner

✔

❌

No-op

miner_stop

Miner

✔

❌

No-op

miner_setGasLimit

Miner

✔

❌

No-op

miner_setEtherbase

Miner

✔

❌

txpool_content

TxPool

✔

txpool_inspect

TxPool

✔

txpool_status

TxPool

✔

:::tip Block Number can be entered as a Hex string, "earliest", "latest" or "pending". :::

Below is a list of the RPC methods, the parameters and an example response from the namespaces.

Web3 Methods #

web3_clientVersion #

Get the web3 client version.

Parameters (0) #

Result #

 {"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"result":"ICPlaza/0.1.3+/linux/go1.18"}

Client Examples #

:::: tabs ::: tab Shell HTTP

curl -X POST -H "Content-Type: application/json" http://localhost:8545 --data '{"jsonrpc": "2.0", "id": 42, "method": "web3_clientVersion", "params": []}'

::: ::: tab Shell WebSocket

wscat -c ws://localhost:8546 -x '{"jsonrpc": "2.0", "id": 1, "method": "web3_clientVersion", "params": []}'

::: ::: tab Javascript Console

web3.clientVersion();

::: ::::

web3_sha3 #

Returns Keccak-256 (not the standardized SHA3-256) of the given data.

Parameters (1) #

1: input hexutil.Bytes

  • Required: ✓ Yes

Result #

{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"result":"0x1b84adea42d5b7d192fd8a61a85b25abe0757e9a65cab1da470258914053823f"}

Client Examples #

:::: tabs ::: tab Shell HTTP

curl -X POST -H "Content-Type: application/json" http://localhost:8545 --data '{"jsonrpc": "2.0", "id": 42, "method": "web3_sha3", "params": [<input>]}'

::: ::: tab Shell WebSocket

wscat -c ws://localhost:8546 -x '{"jsonrpc": "2.0", "id": 1, "method": "web3_sha3", "params": [<input>]}'

::: ::: tab Javascript Console

web3.sha3(input);

::: ::::

Net Methods #

net_version #

Returns the current network id.

// Request
curl -X POST --data '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"net_version","params":[],"id":1}' -H "Content-Type: application/json" http://localhost:8545

// Result
{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"result":"8"}

net_peerCount #

Returns the number of peers currently connected to the client.

// Request
curl -X POST --data '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"net_peerCount","params":[],"id":1}' -H "Content-Type: application/json" http://localhost:8545

// Result
{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"result":23}

net_listening #

Returns if client is actively listening for network connections.

// Request
curl -X POST --data '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"net_listening","params":[],"id":1}' -H "Content-Type: application/json" http://localhost:8545

// Result
{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"result":true}

Eth Methods #

eth_protocolVersion #

Returns the current ethereum protocol version.

// Request
curl -X POST --data '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"eth_protocolVersion","params":[],"id":1}' -H "Content-Type: application/json" http://localhost:8545

// Result
{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"result":"0x3f"}

eth_syncing #

The sync status object may need to be different depending on the details of Tendermint’s sync protocol. However, the ‘synced’ result is simply a boolean, and can easily be derived from Tendermint’s internal sync state.

// Request
curl -X POST --data '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"eth_syncing","params":[],"id":1}' -H "Content-Type: application/json" http://localhost:8545

// Result
{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"result":false}

eth_gasPrice #

Returns the current gas price in the default EVM denomination parameter.

// Request
curl -X POST --data '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"eth_gasPrice","params":[],"id":1}' -H "Content-Type: application/json" http://localhost:8545

// Result
{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"result":"0x0"}

eth_accounts #

Returns array of all eth accounts.

// Request
curl -X POST --data '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"eth_accounts","params":[],"id":1}' -H "Content-Type: application/json" http://localhost:8545

// Result
{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"result":["0x3b7252d007059ffc82d16d022da3cbf9992d2f70","0xddd64b4712f7c8f1ace3c145c950339eddaf221d","0x0f54f47bf9b8e317b214ccd6a7c3e38b893cd7f0"]}

eth_blockNumber #

Returns the current block height.

// Request
curl -X POST --data '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"eth_blockNumber","params":[],"id":1}' -H "Content-Type: application/json" http://localhost:8545

// Result
{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"result":"0x66"}

eth_getBalance #

Returns the account balance for a given account address and Block Number.

Parameters #

  • Account Address

  • Block Number or Block Hash (EIP-1898)

// Request
curl -X POST --data '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"eth_getBalance","params":["0x0f54f47bf9b8e317b214ccd6a7c3e38b893cd7f0", "0x0"],"id":1}' -H "Content-Type: application/json" http://localhost:8545

// Result
{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"result":"0x36354d5575577c8000"}

eth_getStorageAt #

Returns the storage address for a given account address.

Parameters #

  • Account Address

  • Integer of the position in the storage

  • Block Number or Block Hash (EIP-1898)

// Request
curl -X POST --data '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"eth_getStorageAt","params":["0x0f54f47bf9b8e317b214ccd6a7c3e38b893cd7f0", "0", `"latest"`],"id":1}' -H "Content-Type: application/json" http://localhost:8545

// Result
{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"result":"0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000"}

eth_getTransactionCount #

Returns the total transaction for a given account address and Block Number.

Parameters #

  • Account Address

  • Block Number or Block Hash (EIP-1898)

// Request
curl -X POST --data '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"eth_getTransactionCount","params":["0x7bf7b17da59880d9bcca24915679668db75f9397", "0x0"],"id":1}' -H "Content-Type: application/json" http://localhost:8545

// Result
{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"result":"0x8"}

eth_getBlockTransactionCountByNumber #

Returns the total transaction count for a given block number.

Parameters #

  • Block number

// Request
curl -X POST --data '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"eth_getBlockTransactionCountByNumber","params":["0x1"],"id":1}' -H "Content-Type: application/json" http://localhost:8545

// Result
 {"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"result":{"difficulty":null,"extraData":"0x0","gasLimit":"0xffffffff","gasUsed":"0x0","hash":"0x8101cc04aea3341a6d4b3ced715e3f38de1e72867d6c0db5f5247d1a42fbb085","logsBloom":"0x00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000","miner":"0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000","nonce":null,"number":"0x17d","parentHash":"0x70445488069d2584fea7d18c829e179322e2b2185b25430850deced481ca2e77","sha3Uncles":null,"size":"0x1df","stateRoot":"0x269bb17fe7adb8dd5f15f57b717979f82078d6b7a675c1ba1b0da2d27e415fcc","timestamp":"0x5f5ba97c","totalDifficulty":null,"transactions":[],"transactionsRoot":"0x","uncles":[]}}

eth_getBlockTransactionCountByHash #

Returns the total transaction count for a given block hash.

Parameters #

  • Block Hash

// Request
curl -X POST --data '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"eth_getBlockTransactionCountByHash","params":["0x8101cc04aea3341a6d4b3ced715e3f38de1e72867d6c0db5f5247d1a42fbb085"],"id":1}' -H "Content-Type: application/json" http://localhost:8545

// Result
{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"result":"0x3"}

eth_getCode #

Returns the code for a given account address and Block Number.

Parameters #

  • Account Address

  • Block Number or Block Hash (EIP-1898)

// Request
curl -X POST --data '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"eth_getCode","params":["0x7bf7b17da59880d9bcca24915679668db75f9397", "0x0"],"id":1}' -H "Content-Type: application/json" http://localhost:8545

// Result
{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"result":"0xef616c92f3cfc9e92dc270d6acff9cea213cecc7020a76ee4395af09bdceb4837a1ebdb5735e11e7d3adb6104e0c3ac55180b4ddf5e54d022cc5e8837f6a4f971b"}

eth_sign #

The sign method calculates an Ethereum specific signature with: sign(keccak256("\x19Ethereum Signed Message:\n" + len(message) + message))).

By adding a prefix to the message makes the calculated signature recognizable as an Ethereum specific signature. This prevents misuse where a malicious DApp can sign arbitrary data (e.g. transaction) and use the signature to impersonate the victim.

::: warning The address to sign with must be unlocked. :::

Parameters #

  • Account Address

  • Message to sign

// Request
curl -X POST --data '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"eth_sign","params":["0x3b7252d007059ffc82d16d022da3cbf9992d2f70", "0xdeadbeaf"],"id":1}' -H "Content-Type: application/json" http://localhost:8545

// Result
{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"result":"0x909809c76ed2a5d38733de39207d0f411222b9b49c64a192bf649cb13f63f37b45acb4f6939facb4f1c277bc70fb00407564140c0f18600ac44388f2c1dfd1dc1b"}

eth_sendTransaction #

Sends transaction from given account to a given account.

Parameters #

  • Object containing:

    from: DATA, 20 Bytes - The address the transaction is send from.

    to: DATA, 20 Bytes - (optional when creating new contract) The address the transaction is directed to.

    gas: QUANTITY - (optional, default: 90000) Integer of the gas provided for the transaction execution. It will return unused gas.

    gasPrice: QUANTITY - (optional, default: To-Be-Determined) Integer of the gasPrice used for each paid gas

    value: QUANTITY - value sent with this transaction

    data: DATA - The compiled code of a contract OR the hash of the invoked method signature and encoded parameters. For details see Ethereum Contract ABI

    nonce: QUANTITY - (optional) Integer of a nonce. This allows to overwrite your own pending transactions that use the same nonce.

// Request
curl -X POST --data '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"eth_sendTransaction","params":[{"from":"0x3b7252d007059ffc82d16d022da3cbf9992d2f70", "to":"0x0f54f47bf9b8e317b214ccd6a7c3e38b893cd7f0", "value":"0x16345785d8a0000", "gasLimit":"0x5208", "gasPrice":"0x55ae82600"}],"id":1}'  -H "Content-Type: application/json" http://localhost:8545

// Result
{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"result":"0x33653249db68ebe5c7ae36d93c9b2abc10745c80a72f591e296f598e2d4709f6"}

eth_sendRawTransaction #

Creates new message call transaction or a contract creation for signed transactions. You can get signed transaction data using the [personal_sign] method.

Parameters #

  • The signed transaction data

// Request
curl -X POST --data '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"eth_sendRawTransaction","params":["0xf9ff74c86aefeb5f6019d77280bbb44fb695b4d45cfe97e6eed7acd62905f4a85034d5c68ed25a2e7a8eeb9baf1b8401e4f865d92ec48c1763bf649e354d900b1c"],"id":1}'  -H "Content-Type: application/json" http://localhost:8545

// Result
{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"result":"0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000"}

eth_call #

Executes a new message call immediately without creating a transaction on the block chain.

Parameters #

  • Object containing:

    from: DATA, 20 Bytes - (optional) The address the transaction is sent from.

    to: DATA, 20 Bytes - The address the transaction is directed to.

    gas: QUANTITY - gas provided for the transaction execution. eth_call consumes zero gas, but this parameter may be needed by some executions.

    gasPrice: QUANTITY - gasPrice used for each paid gas

    value: QUANTITY - value sent with this transaction

    data: DATA - (optional) Hash of the method signature and encoded parameters. For details see Ethereum Contract ABI in the Solidity documentation

  • Block number or Block Hash (EIP-1898)

// Request
curl -X POST --data '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"eth_call","params":[{"from":"0x3b7252d007059ffc82d16d022da3cbf9992d2f70", "to":"0xddd64b4712f7c8f1ace3c145c950339eddaf221d", "gas":"0x5208", "gasPrice":"0x55ae82600", "value":"0x16345785d8a0000", "data": "0xd46e8dd67c5d32be8d46e8dd67c5d32be8058bb8eb970870f072445675058bb8eb970870f072445675"}, "0x0"],"id":1}'  -H "Content-Type: application/json" http://localhost:8545

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

eth_estimateGas #

Returns an estimate value of the gas required to send the transaction.

Parameters #

  • Object containing:

    from: DATA, 20 Bytes - The address the transaction is send from.

    to: DATA, 20 Bytes - (optional when creating new contract) The address the transaction is directed to.

    value: QUANTITY - value sent with this transaction

// Request
curl -X POST --data '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"eth_estimateGas","params":[{"from":"0x0f54f47bf9b8e317b214ccd6a7c3e38b893cd7f0", "to":"0x3b7252d007059ffc82d16d022da3cbf9992d2f70", "value":"0x16345785d8a00000"}],"id":1}'  -H "Content-Type: application/json" http://localhost:8545

// Result
{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"result":"0x1199b"}

eth_getBlockByNumber #

Returns information about a block by block number.

Parameters #

  • Block Number

  • If true it returns the full transaction objects, if false only the hashes of the transactions.

// Request
curl -X POST --data '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"eth_getBlockByNumber","params":["0x1", false],"id":1}' -H "Content-Type: application/json" http://localhost:8545

// Result
{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"result":{"difficulty":null,"extraData":"0x0","gasLimit":"0xffffffff","gasUsed":null,"hash":"0xabac6416f737a0eb54f47495b60246d405d138a6a64946458cf6cbeae0d48465","logsBloom":"0x00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000","miner":"0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000","nonce":null,"number":"0x1","parentHash":"0x","sha3Uncles":null,"size":"0x9b","stateRoot":"0x","timestamp":"0x5f5bd3e5","totalDifficulty":null,"transactions":[],"transactionsRoot":"0x","uncles":[]}}

eth_getBlockByHash #

Returns the block info given the hash found in the command above and a bool.

Parameters #

  • Hash of a block.

  • If true it returns the full transaction objects, if false only the hashes of the transactions.

// Request
curl -X POST --data '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"eth_getBlockByHash","params":["0x1b9911f57c13e5160d567ea6cf5b545413f96b95e43ec6e02787043351fb2cc4", false],"id":1}' -H "Content-Type: application/json" http://localhost:8545

// Result
{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"result":{"difficulty":null,"extraData":"0x0","gasLimit":"0xffffffff","gasUsed":null,"hash":"0x1b9911f57c13e5160d567ea6cf5b545413f96b95e43ec6e02787043351fb2cc4","logsBloom":"0x00000000100000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000020000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000040000000000000000000000000200000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000100000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000004000000000000002000000000000000000000000000000000000000004000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000010000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000","miner":"0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000","nonce":null,"number":"0xc","parentHash":"0x404e58f31a9ede1b614b98701d6b0fbf1450f186842dbcf6426dd16811a5ca0d","sha3Uncles":null,"size":"0x307","stateRoot":"0x599ccdb111fc62c6398dc39be957df8e97bf8ab72ce6c06ff10641a92b754627","timestamp":"0x5f5fdbbd","totalDifficulty":null,"transactions":["0xae64961cb206a9773a6e5efeb337773a6fd0a2085ce480a174135a029afea615"],"transactionsRoot":"0x4764dba431128836fa919b83d314ba9cc000e75f38e1c31a60484409acea777b","uncles":[]}}

eth_getTransactionByHash #

Returns transaction details given the ethereum tx something.

Parameters #

  • hash of a transaction

// Request
curl -X POST --data '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"eth_getTransactionByHash","params":["0xec5fa15e1368d6ac314f9f64118c5794f076f63c02e66f97ea5fe1de761a8973"],"id":1}' -H "Content-Type: application/json" http://localhost:8545

// Result
{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"result":{"blockHash":"0x7a7398cc11d9c4c8e6f53e0c73824297aceafdab62db9e4b867a0da694384864","blockNumber":"0x188","from":"0x3b7252d007059ffc82d16d022da3cbf9992d2f70","gas":"0x147ee","gasPrice":"0x3b9aca00","hash":"0xec5fa15e1368d6ac314f9f64118c5794f076f63c02e66f97ea5fe1de761a8973","input":"0x6dba746c","nonce":"0x18","to":"0xa655256f589060437e5ffe2246dec385d040f148","transactionIndex":"0x0","value":"0x0","v":"0xa96","r":"0x6db399d694a452fb4106419140a6e5dbbe6817743a0f6f695a651e6576e59a5e","s":"0x25dd6ab1f936d0280d2fed0caeb0ebe5b9a46de6d8cb08ad8fd2c88deb55fc31"}}

eth_getTransactionByBlockHashAndIndex #

Returns transaction details given the block hash and the transaction index.

Parameters #

  • Hash of a block.

  • Transaction index position.

// Request
curl -X POST --data '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"eth_getTransactionByBlockHashAndIndex","params":["0x1b9911f57c13e5160d567ea6cf5b545413f96b95e43ec6e02787043351fb2cc4", "0x0"],"id":1}' -H "Content-Type: application/json" http://localhost:8545

// Result
{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"result":{"blockHash":"0x1b9911f57c13e5160d567ea6cf5b545413f96b95e43ec6e02787043351fb2cc4","blockNumber":"0xc","from":"0xddd64b4712f7c8f1ace3c145c950339eddaf221d","gas":"0x4c4b40","gasPrice":"0x3b9aca00","hash":"0xae64961cb206a9773a6e5efeb337773a6fd0a2085ce480a174135a029afea615","input":"0x4f2be91f","nonce":"0x0","to":"0x439c697e0742a0ddb124a376efd62a72a94ac35a","transactionIndex":"0x0","value":"0x0","v":"0xa96","r":"0xced57d973e58b0f634f776d57daf41d3d3387ceb347a3a72ca0746e5ec2b709e","s":"0x384e89e209a5eb147a2bac3a4e399507400ac7b29cd155531f9d6203a89db3f2"}}

eth_getTransactionReceipt #

Returns the receipt of a transaction by transaction hash.

Note: Tx Code from Tendermint and the Ethereum receipt status are switched:

Tendermint
Ethereum

Success

0

1

Fail

1

0

Parameters #

  • Hash of a transaction

// Request
curl -X POST --data '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"eth_getTransactionReceipt","params":["0xae64961cb206a9773a6e5efeb337773a6fd0a2085ce480a174135a029afea614"],"id":1}' -H "Content-Type: application/json" http://localhost:8545

// Result
{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"result":{"blockHash":"0x1b9911f57c13e5160d567ea6cf5b545413f96b95e43ec6e02787043351fb2cc4","blockNumber":"0xc","contractAddress":"0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000","cumulativeGasUsed":null,"from":"0xddd64b4712f7c8f1ace3c145c950339eddaf221d","gasUsed":"0x5289","logs":[{"address":"0x439c697e0742a0ddb124a376efd62a72a94ac35a","topics":["0x64a55044d1f2eddebe1b90e8e2853e8e96931cefadbfa0b2ceb34bee36061941"],"data":"0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000002","blockNumber":"0xc","transactionHash":"0xae64961cb206a9773a6e5efeb337773a6fd0a2085ce480a174135a029afea615","transactionIndex":"0x0","blockHash":"0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000","logIndex":"0x0","removed":false},{"address":"0x439c697e0742a0ddb124a376efd62a72a94ac35a","topics":["0x938d2ee5be9cfb0f7270ee2eff90507e94b37625d9d2b3a61c97d30a4560b829"],"data":"0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000002","blockNumber":"0xc","transactionHash":"0xae64961cb206a9773a6e5efeb337773a6fd0a2085ce480a174135a029afea615","transactionIndex":"0x0","blockHash":"0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000","logIndex":"0x1","removed":false}],"logsBloom":"0x00000000100000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000020000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000040000000000000000000000000200000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000100000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000004000000000000002000000000000000000000000000000000000000004000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000010000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000","status":"0x1","to":"0x439c697e0742a0ddb124a376efd62a72a94ac35a","transactionHash":"0xae64961cb206a9773a6e5efeb337773a6fd0a2085ce480a174135a029afea615","transactionIndex":"0x0"}}

eth_newFilter #

Create new filter using topics of some kind.

Parameters #

  • hash of a transaction

// Request
curl -X POST --data '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"eth_newFilter","params":[{"topics":["0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000012341234"]}],"id":1}' -H "Content-Type: application/json" http://localhost:8545

// Result
{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"result":"0xdc714a4a2e3c39dc0b0b84d66a3ccb00"}

eth_newBlockFilter #

Creates a filter in the node, to notify when a new block arrives.

// Request
curl -X POST --data '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"eth_newBlockFilter","params":[],"id":1}' -H "Content-Type: application/json" http://localhost:8545

// Result
{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"result":"0x3503de5f0c766c68f78a03a3b05036a5"}

eth_newPendingTransactionFilter #

Creates a filter in the node, to notify when new pending transactions arrive.

// Request
curl -X POST --data '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"eth_newPendingTransactionFilter","params":[],"id":1}' -H "Content-Type: application/json" http://localhost:8545

// Result
{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"result":"0x9daacfb5893d946997d3801ea18e9902"}

eth_uninstallFilter #

Removes the filter with the given filter id. Returns true if the filter was successfully uninstalled, otherwise false.

Parameters #

  • The filter id

// Request
curl -X POST --data '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"eth_uninstallFilter","params":["0xb91b6608b61bf56288a661a1bd5eb34a"],"id":1}' -H "Content-Type: application/json" http://localhost:8545

// Result
{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"result":true}

eth_getFilterChanges #

Polling method for a filter, which returns an array of logs which occurred since last poll.

Parameters #

  • The filter id

// Request
curl -X POST --data '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"eth_getFilterChanges","params":["0x127e9eca4f7751fb4e5cb5291ad8b455"],"id":1}' -H "Content-Type: application/json" http://localhost:8545

// Result
{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"result":["0xc6f08d183a81e149896fc5317c872f9092068e88e956ca1864e9bd4c81c09b44","0x3ca6dfb5be15549d721d1b3d10c1bec50ed6217c9ac7b61df361fac9692a27e5","0x776fffac134171acb1ebf2e59856625501ad5ccc5c4c8fe0359e0d4dff8919f2","0x84123103704dbd738c089276ab2b04b5936330b24f6e78453c4ba8bf4848aaf9","0xffddbe5bd8e8aa41e44002daa9ea89ade9e6980a0d83f51d104cf16498827eca","0x53430e49963e8ae32605d8f22dec2e757a691e6436d593854ca4d9383eeab86a","0x975948058c9351a91fbec332ca00dda39d1a919f5f16b996a4c7e30c38ba423b","0x619e37e32024c8efef7f7220e6caff4ee1d682ea78b2ac91e0a6b30850dc0677","0x31a5d985a40d08303ac68000ce008df512bcd1a911c497415c97f0624b4a271a","0x91dcf1fce4503a8dbb3e6fb61073f25cd31d69c766ecba639fefde4436e59d07","0x606d9e0143cfdb410a6812c590a8135b5c6b5c59eec26d760d5cd930aa47257d","0xd3c00b859b29b20ba654415eef648ef58251389c73a138580db87675b0d5465f","0x954391f0eb50888be90489898016ebb54f750f612f3adec2a00854955d5e52d8","0x698905f06aff921a9e9fcef39b8b0d107747c3e6204d2ea79cf4c12debf8d253","0x9fcafec5721938a06eb8e2951ede4b6ef8fae54a8c8f85f3166ec9782a0032b5","0xaec6d3364e47a5716ba69e4705f3c705d017f81298859589591183bfea87be7a","0x91bf2ee13319b6eaca96ed89c126437b66c4df1b13560c6a9bb18556ee3b7e1f","0x4f426dc1fc0ea8149052033065b237892d2d34927b2d558ab50c5a7fb98d6e79","0xdd809fb07e5aab638fef5311371b4e2b27c9c9a6183fde0cdd2b7724f6d2a89b","0x7e12fc92ab953e233a304959a2a8474d96195e71efd9388fdceb1326a577811a","0x30618ef6b490c3cc9979c47163459db37c1a1e0aa5793c56accd417f9d89973b","0x614609f06ee24bae7408e45895b1a25e6b19a8159aeea7a95c9d1339d9ba286f","0x115ddc6d533620040791d241f01f1c5ae3d9d1a8f64b15af5e9793e4d9096e22","0xb7458c9323beeca2cd54f32a6af5671f3cd5a7a251aed9d82bdd6ebe5f56305b","0x573dd48a5ba7bf4cc3d49597cd7419f75ecc9897258f1ebadebd670446d0d358","0xcb6670918439f9698413b53f3b5336d82ca4be152fdefaacf45e052fff6262fc","0xf3fe2a8945abafd269ab97bfdc80b3dbff2202ffdce59a227f952874b966b230","0x989980707007533cc0840a079f77f261a2e818abae1a1ffd3af02f3fff1d35fd","0x886b6ae365fec996be8a9a2c31cf4cda97ff8352908be2c83f17abd66ef1591e","0xfd90df68706ef95a62b317de93d6899a9bd6c80416e42d007f5c30fcdedfce24","0x7af8491fbb0373886d9032bb74e0ef52ed9e100f260b79bd15f46126b38cbede","0x91d1e2cd55533cf7dd5de86c9aa73295e811b1279be193d429bbd6ba83810e16","0x6b65b3128c2104005a04923288fe2aa33a2477a4962bef70532f94cab582f2a7"]}

eth_getFilterLogs #

Returns an array of all logs matching filter with given id.

Parameters #

  • QUANTITY - The filter id

// Request
curl -X POST --data '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"eth_getFilterLogs","params":["0x127e9eca4f7751fb4e5cb5291ad8b455"],"id":1}' -H "Content-Type: application/json" http://localhost:8545

// Result
{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"error":{"code":-32000,"message":"filter 0x35b64c227ce30e84fc5c7bd347be380e doesn't have a LogsSubscription type: got 5"}}

eth_getLogs #

Returns an array of all logs matching a given filter object.

Parameters #

  • Object containing:

    fromBlock: QUANTITY|TAG - (optional, default: "latest") Integer block number, or "latest" for the last mined block or "pending", "earliest" for not yet mined transactions.

    toBlock: QUANTITY|TAG - (optional, default: "latest") Integer block number, or "latest" for the last mined block or "pending", "earliest" for not yet mined transactions.

    address: DATA|Array, 20 Bytes - (optional) Contract address or a list of addresses from which logs should originate.

    topics: Array of DATA, - (optional) Array of 32 Bytes DATA topics. Topics are order-dependent. Each topic can also be an array of DATA with “or” options.

    blockhash: (optional, future) With the addition of EIP-234, blockHash will be a new filter option which restricts the logs returned to the single block with the 32-byte hash blockHash. Using blockHash is equivalent to fromBlock = toBlock = the block number with hash blockHash. If blockHash is present in in the filter criteria, then neither fromBlock nor toBlock are allowed.

// Request
curl -X POST --data '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"eth_getLogs","params":[{"topics":["0x775a94827b8fd9b519d36cd827093c664f93347070a554f65e4a6f56cd738898","0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000011"], "fromBlock":`"latest"`}],"id":1}' -H "Content-Type: application/json" http://localhost:8545

// Result
{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"result":[]}

eth_coinbase #

Returns the account the mining rewards will be send to.

// Request
curl -X POST --data '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"eth_coinbase","params":[],"id":1}' -H "Content-Type: application/json" http://localhost:8545

// Result
{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"result":"0x7cB61D4117AE31a12E393a1Cfa3BaC666481D02E"}

eth_getProof #

Returns the account- and storage-values of the specified account including the Merkle-proof.

Parameters #

  • Address of account or contract

  • Integer of the position in the storage

  • Block Number or Block Hash (EIP-1898)

// Request
curl -X POST --data '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"eth_getProof","params":["0x1234567890123456789012345678901234567890",["0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000","0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000001"],`"latest"`],"id":1}' -H "Content-type:application/json" http://localhost:8545

// Result
{"jsonrpc": "2.0", "id": 1, "result": {"address": "0x1234567890123456789012345678901234567890", "accountProof": ["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", "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", "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", "0xf851808080a009833150c367df138f1538689984b8a84fc55692d3d41fe4d1e5720ff5483a6980808080808080808080a0a319c1c415b271afc0adcb664e67738d103ac168e0bc0b7bd2da7966165cb9518080"], "balance": "0x0", "codeHash": "0xc5d2460186f7233c927e7db2dcc703c0e500b653ca82273b7bfad8045d85a470", "nonce": "0x0", "storageHash": "0x56e81f171bcc55a6ff8345e692c0f86e5b48e01b996cadc001622fb5e363b421", "storageProof": [{"key": "0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000", "value": "0x0", "proof": []}, {"key": "0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000001", "value": "0x0", "proof": []}]}}

WebSocket Methods #

Read about websockets in events

eth_subscribe #

subscribe using JSON-RPC notifications. This allows clients to wait for events instead of polling for them.

It works by subscribing to particular events. The node will return a subscription id. For each event that matches the subscription a notification with relevant data is send together with the subscription id.

Parameters #

  • Subscription Name

  • Optional Arguments

// Request
{"id": 1, "method": "eth_subscribe", "params": ["newHeads", {"includeTransactions": true}]}

// Result
< {"jsonrpc":"2.0","result":"0x34da6f29e3e953af4d0c7c58658fd525","id":1}

eth_unsubscribe #

Unsubscribe from an event using the subscription id

Parameters #

  • Subscription ID

// Request
{"id": 1, "method": "eth_unsubscribe", "params": ["0x34da6f29e3e953af4d0c7c58658fd525"]}

// Result
{"jsonrpc":"2.0","result":true,"id":1}

Personal Methods #

personal_importRawKey #

::: tip Private: Requires authentication. :::

Imports the given unencrypted private key (hex encoded string) into the key store, encrypting it with the passphrase.

Returns the address of the new account.

Parameters (2) #

1: privkey string

  • Required: ✓ Yes

2: password string

  • Required: ✓ Yes

// Request
curl -X POST --data '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"personal_importRawKey","params":["c5bd76cd0cd948de17a31261567d219576e992d9066fe1a6bca97496dec634e2c8e06f8949773b300b9f73fabbbc7710d5d6691e96bcf3c9145e15daf6fe07b9", "the key is this"],"id":1}' -H "Content-Type: application/json" http://localhost:8545

personal_listAccounts #

::: tip Private: Requires authentication. :::

Returns a list of addresses for accounts this node manages.

// Request
curl -X POST --data '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"personal_listAccounts","params":[],"id":1}' -H "Content-Type: application/json" http://localhost:8545

// Result
{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"result":["0x3b7252d007059ffc82d16d022da3cbf9992d2f70","0xddd64b4712f7c8f1ace3c145c950339eddaf221d","0x0f54f47bf9b8e317b214ccd6a7c3e38b893cd7f0"]}

personal_lockAccount #

::: tip Private: Requires authentication. :::

Removes the private key with given address from memory. The account can no longer be used to send transactions.

Parameters #

  • Account Address

// Request
curl -X POST --data '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"personal_lockAccount","params":["0x0f54f47bf9b8e317b214ccd6a7c3e38b893cd7f0"],"id":1}' -H "Content-Type: application/json" http://localhost:8545

// Result
{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"result":true}

personal_newAccount #

::: tip Private: Requires authentication. :::

Generates a new private key and stores it in the key store directory. The key file is encrypted with the given passphrase. Returns the address of the new account.

Parameters #

  • Passphrase

// Request
curl -X POST --data '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"personal_newAccount","params":["This is the passphrase"],"id":1}' -H "Content-Type: application/json" http://localhost:8545

// Result
{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"result":"0xf0e4086ad1c6aab5d42161d5baaae2f9ad0571c0"}

personal_unlockAccount #

::: tip Private: Requires authentication. :::

Decrypts the key with the given address from the key store.

Both passphrase and unlock duration are optional when using the JavaScript console. The unencrypted key will be held in memory until the unlock duration expires. If the unlock duration defaults to 300 seconds. An explicit duration of zero seconds unlocks the key until geth exits.

The account can be used with [eth_sign] and [eth_sendTransaction] while it is unlocked.

Parameters #

  • Account Address

  • Passphrase

  • Duration

// Request
curl -X POST --data '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"personal_unlockAccount","params":["0x0f54f47bf9b8e317b214ccd6a7c3e38b893cd7f0", "secret passphrase", 30],"id":1}' -H "Content-Type: application/json" http://localhost:8545

// Result
{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"result":true}

personal_sendTransaction #

::: tip Private: Requires authentication. :::

Validate the given passphrase and submit transaction.

The transaction is the same argument as for [eth_sendTransaction] and contains the from address. If the passphrase can be used to decrypt the private key belonging to tx.from the transaction is verified, signed and send onto the network.

:::warning The account is not unlocked globally in the node and cannot be used in other RPC calls. :::

Parameters #

  • Object containing:

    from: DATA, 20 Bytes - The address the transaction is send from.

    to: DATA, 20 Bytes - (optional when creating new contract) The address the transaction is directed to.

    value: QUANTITY - value sent with this transaction

  • Passphrase

// Request
curl -X POST --data '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"personal_sendTransaction","params":[{"from":"0x3b7252d007059ffc82d16d022da3cbf9992d2f70","to":"0xddd64b4712f7c8f1ace3c145c950339eddaf221d", "value":"0x16345785d8a0000"}, "passphrase"],"id":1}' -H "Content-Type: application/json" http://localhost:8545

// Result
{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"result":"0xd2a31ec1b89615c8d1f4d08fe4e4182efa4a9c0d5758ace6676f485ea60e154c"}

personal_sign #

::: tip Private: Requires authentication. :::

The sign method calculates an Ethereum specific signature with: sign(keccack256("\x19Ethereum Signed Message:\n" + len(message) + message))),

Parameters #

  • Message

  • Account Address

  • Password

// Request
curl -X POST --data '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"personal_sign","params":["0xdeadbeaf", "0x3b7252d007059ffc82d16d022da3cbf9992d2f70", "password"],"id":1}' -H "Content-Type: application/json" http://localhost:8545

// Result
{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"result":"0xf9ff74c86aefeb5f6019d77280bbb44fb695b4d45cfe97e6eed7acd62905f4a85034d5c68ed25a2e7a8eeb9baf1b8401e4f865d92ec48c1763bf649e354d900b1c"}

personal_ecRecover #

::: tip Private: Requires authentication. :::

ecRecover returns the address associated with the private key that was used to calculate the signature in [personal_sign].

Parameters #

  • Message

  • Signature returned from [personal_sign]

// Request
curl -X POST --data '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"personal_ecRecover","params":["0xdeadbeaf", "0xf9ff74c86aefeb5f6019d77280bbb44fb695b4d45cfe97e6eed7acd62905f4a85034d5c68ed25a2e7a8eeb9baf1b8401e4f865d92ec48c1763bf649e354d900b1c"],"id":1}' -H "Content-Type: application/json" http://localhost:8545

// Result
{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"result":"0x3b7252d007059ffc82d16d022da3cbf9992d2f70"}

personal_initializeWallet #

::: tip Private: Requires authentication. :::

Initializes a new wallet at the provided URL, by generating and returning a new private key.

Parameters (1) #

Parameters must be given by position.

1: url string

  • Required: ✓ Yes

Client Examples #

:::: tabs ::: tab Shell HTTP

curl -X POST -H "Content-Type: application/json" http://localhost:8545 --data '{"jsonrpc": "2.0", "id": 42, "method": "personal_initializeWallet", "params": [<url>]}'

::: ::: tab Shell WebSocket

wscat -c ws://localhost:8546 -x '{"jsonrpc": "2.0", "id": 1, "method": "personal_initializeWallet", "params": [<url>]}'

::: ::: tab Javascript Console

personal.initializeWallet(url);

::: ::::

personal_unpair #

::: tip Private: Requires authentication. :::

Unpair deletes a pairing between wallet and the node.

Parameters (2) #

  • URL

  • Pairing password

Client Examples #

:::: tabs ::: tab Shell HTTP

curl -X POST -H "Content-Type: application/json" http://localhost:8545 --data '{"jsonrpc": "2.0", "id": 42, "method": "personal_unpair", "params": [<url>, <pin>]}'

::: ::: tab Shell WebSocket

wscat -c ws://localhost:8546 -x '{"jsonrpc": "2.0", "id": 1, "method": "personal_unpair", "params": [<url>, <pin>]}'

::: ::: tab Javascript Console

personal.unpair(url,pin);

::: ::::

Debug Methods #

debug_traceTransaction #

The traceTransaction debugging method will attempt to run the transaction in the exact same manner as it was executed on the network. It will replay any transaction that may have been executed prior to this one before it will finally attempt to execute the transaction that corresponds to the given hash.

Parameters #

  • Trace Config

// Request
curl -X POST --data '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"debug_traceTransaction","params":["0xddecdb13226339681372b44e01df0fbc0f446fca6f834b2de5ecb1e569022ec8", {"tracer": "{data: [], fault: function(log) {}, step: function(log) { if(log.op.toString() == \"CALL\") this.data.push(log.stack.peek(0)); }, result: function() { return this.data; }}"}],"id":1}' -H "Content-Type: application/json" http://localhost:8545

//Result
["68410", "51470"]

debug_traceBlockByNumber #

The traceBlockByNumber endpoint accepts a block number and will replay the block that is already present in the database.

Parameters #

  • Trace Config

// Request
curl -X POST --data '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"debug_traceBlockByNumber","params":["0xe", {"tracer": "{data: [], fault: function(log) {}, step: function(log) { if(log.op.toString() == \"CALL\") this.data.push(log.stack.peek(0)); }, result: function() { return this.data; }}"}],"id":1}' -H "Content-Type: application/json" http://localhost:8545

//Result
{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"result":[{"result":["68410", "51470"]}]}

Miner Methods #

miner_getHashrate #

::: tip Private: Requires authentication. :::

Get the hashrate in H/s (Hash operations per second).

::: warning Proof-of-Work specific. This endpoint always returns 0. :::

// Request
curl -X POST --data '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"miner_setGasPrice","params":[],"id":1}' -H "Content-Type: application/json" http://localhost:8545

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

miner_setExtra #

::: tip Private: Requires authentication. :::

Sets the extra data a validator can include when proposing blocks. This is capped at 32 bytes.

::: warning Unsupported. This endpoint always returns an error :::

Parameters #

  • Data

// Request
curl -X POST --data '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"miner_setExtra","params":["data"],"id":1}' -H "Content-Type: application/json" http://localhost:8545

// Result
{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"result":false}

miner_setGasPrice #

::: tip Private: Requires authentication. :::

Sets the minimal gas price used to accept transactions. Any transaction below this limit is excluded from the validator block proposal process.

This method requires a node restart after being called because it changes the configuration file.

Make sure your ICPlazad start call is not using the flag minimum-gas-prices because this value will be used instead of the one set on the configuration file.

Parameters #

  • Hex Gas Price

// Request
curl -X POST --data '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"miner_setGasPrice","params":["0x0"],"id":1}' -H "Content-Type: application/json" http://localhost:8545

// Result
{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"result":true}

miner_start #

::: tip Private: Requires authentication. :::

Start the CPU validation process with the given number of threads.

::: warning Unsupported. This endpoint always returns an error :::

Parameters #

  • Hex Number of threads

// Request
curl -X POST --data '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"miner_start","params":["0x1"],"id":1}' -H "Content-Type: application/json" http://localhost:8545

// Result
{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"result":false}

miner_stop #

::: tip Private: Requires authentication. :::

Stop the validation operation.

::: warning Unsupported. This endpoint always performs a no-op. :::

// Request
curl -X POST --data '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"miner_stop","params":[],"id":1}' -H "Content-Type: application/json" http://localhost:8545

miner_setGasLimit #

::: tip Private: Requires authentication. :::

Sets the gas limit the miner will target when mining. Note: on networks where EIP-1559 is activated, this should be set to twice what you want the gas target (i.e. the effective gas used on average per block) to be.

::: warning Unsupported. This endpoint always returns false :::

Parameters #

  • Hex gas limit

// Request
curl -X POST --data '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"miner_setGasLimit","params":["0x10000"],"id":1}' -H "Content-Type: application/json" http://localhost:8545

// Result
{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"result":false}

miner_setEtherbase #

::: tip Private: Requires authentication. :::

Sets the etherbase. It changes the wallet where the validator rewards will be deposited.

Parameters #

  • Account Address

// Request
curl -X POST --data '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"miner_setEtherbase","params":["0x3b7252d007059ffc82d16d022da3cbf9992d2f70"],"id":1}' -H "Content-Type: application/json" http://localhost:8545

// Result
{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"result":true}

TxPool Methods #

txpool_content #

Returns a list of the exact details of all the transactions currently pending for inclusion in the next block(s), as well as the ones that are being scheduled for future execution only.

Parame (0) #

Client Examples #

:::: tabs ::: tab Shell HTTP

curl -X POST --data '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"txpool_content","params":[],"id":1}' -H "Content-Type: application/json" http://localhost:8545

::: ::: tab Shell WebSocket

wscat -c ws://localhost:8546 -x '{"jsonrpc": "2.0", "id": 1, "method": "txpool_content", "params": []}'

::: ::: tab Javascript Console

txpool.content();

::: ::::

Result #

{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"result":{"pending":{},"queued":{}}

txpool_inspect #

Returns a list on text format to summarize all the transactions currently pending for inclusion in the next block(s), as well as the ones that are being scheduled for future execution only. This is a method specifically tailored to developers to quickly see the transactions in the pool and find any potential issues.

Parameters (0) #

Client Examples #

:::: tabs ::: tab Shell HTTP

curl -X POST --data '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"txpool_inspect","params":[],"id":1}' -H "Content-Type: application/json" http://localhost:8545

::: ::: tab Shell WebSocket

wscat -c ws://localhost:8546 -x '{"jsonrpc": "2.0", "id": 1, "method": "txpool_inspect", "params": []}'

::: ::: tab Javascript Console

txpool.inspect();

::: ::::

Result #

{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"result":{"pending":{},"queued":{}}

txpool_status #

Returns the number of transactions currently pending for inclusion in the next block(s), as well as the ones that are being scheduled for future execution only.

Parameters (0) #

Client Examples #

:::: tabs ::: tab Shell HTTP

curl -X POST --data '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"txpool_status","params":[],"id":1}' -H "Content-Type: application/json" http://localhost:8545

::: ::: tab Shell WebSocket

wscat -c ws://localhost:8546 -x '{"jsonrpc": "2.0", "id": 1, "method": "txpool_status", "params": []}'

::: ::: tab Javascript Console

txpool.status();

::: ::::

Result #

{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"result":{"pending":"0x0","queued":"0x0"}}

Events #

Events are objects that contain information about the execution of the application. They are mainly used by service providers like block explorers and wallet to track the execution of various messages and index transactions. {synopsis}

Pre-requisite Readings #

Subscribing to Events #

ICTech and Tendermint Events #

::: tip Check the Tendermint Websocket in the Clients documentation for reference. :::

It is possible to subscribe to Events via Tendermint’s Websocket. This is done by calling the subscribe RPC method via Websocket:

{
    "jsonrpc": "2.0",
    "method": "subscribe",
    "id": "0",
    "params": {
        "query": "tm.event='<event_value>' AND eventType.eventAttribute='<attribute_value>'"
    }
}

These events are triggered after a block is committed. You can get the full list of event categories and values here.

The type and attribute value of the query allow you to filter the specific event you are looking for. For example, a an Ethereum transaction on ICTech (MsgEthereumTx) triggers an event of type ethermint and has sender and recipient as attributes. Subscribing to this event would be done like so:

{
    "jsonrpc": "2.0",
    "method": "subscribe",
    "id": "0",
    "params": {
        "query": "tm.event='Tx' AND ethereum.recipient='hexAddress'"
    }
}

where hexAddress is an Ethereum hex address (eg: 0x1122334455667788990011223344556677889900).

Ethereum Events #

ICTech also supports the Ethereum JSON-RPC filters calls to subscribe to state logs, blocks or pending transactions changes.

Under the hood, it uses the Tendermint RPC client’s event system to process subscriptions that are then formatted to Ethereum-compatible events.

curl -X POST --data '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"eth_newBlockFilter","params":[],"id":1}' -H "Content-Type: application/json" http://localhost:8545

{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"result":"0x3503de5f0c766c68f78a03a3b05036a5"}

Then you can check if the state changes with the eth_getFilterChanges call:

curl -X POST --data '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"eth_getFilterChanges","params":["0x3503de5f0c766c68f78a03a3b05036a5"],"id":1}' -H "Content-Type: application/json" http://localhost:8545

{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"result":["0x7d44dceff05d5963b5bc81df7e9f79b27e777b0a03a6feca09f3447b99c6fa71","0x3961e4050c27ce0145d375255b3cb829a5b4e795ac475c05a219b3733723d376","0xd7a497f95167d63e6feca70f344d9f6e843d097b62729b8f43bdcd5febf142ab","0x55d80a4ba6ef54f2a8c0b99589d017b810ed13a1fda6a111e1b87725bc8ceb0e","0x9e8b92c17280dd05f2562af6eea3285181c562ebf41fc758527d4c30364bcbc4","0x7353a4b9d6b35c9eafeccaf9722dd293c46ae2ffd4093b2367165c3620a0c7c9","0x026d91bda61c8789c59632c349b38fd7e7557e6b598b94879654a644cfa75f30","0x73e3245d4ddc3bba48fa67633f9993c6e11728a36401fa1206437f8be94ef1d3"]}

Websocket Connection #

Tendermint Websocket #

To start a connection with the Tendermint websocket you need to define the address with the --rpc.laddr flag when starting the node (default tcp://127.0.0.1:26657):

ICPlazad start --rpc.laddr="tcp://127.0.0.1:26657"

Then, start a websocket subscription with ws

# connect to tendermint websocket at port 8080 as defined above
ws ws://localhost:8080/websocket

# subscribe to new Tendermint block headers
> { "jsonrpc": "2.0", "method": "subscribe", "params": ["tm.event='NewBlockHeader'"], "id": 1 }

Ethereum Websocket #

Since ICPlaza runs uses Tendermint Core as it’s consensus Engine and it’s built with the ICPlaza SDK framework, it inherits the event format from them. However, in order to support the native Web3 compatibility for websockets of the Ethereum’s PubSubAPI, ICPlaza needs to cast the Tendermint responses retrieved into the Ethereum types.

You can start a connection with the Ethereum websocket using the --json-rpc.ws-address flag when starting the node (default "0.0.0.0:8546"):

ICPlazad start  --json-rpc.address"0.0.0.0:8545" --json-rpc.ws-address="0.0.0.0:8546" --evm.rpc.api="eth,web3,net,txpool,debug" --json-rpc.enable

Then, start a websocket subscription with ws

# connect to tendermint websocet at port 8546 as defined above
ws ws://localhost:8546/

# subscribe to new Ethereum-formatted block Headers
> {"id": 1, "method": "eth_subscribe", "params": ["newHeads", {}]}
< {"jsonrpc":"2.0","result":"0x44e010cb2c3161e9c02207ff172166ef","id":1}

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