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call

Executes a new message call immediately without submitting a transaction to the network.

Usage

ts
import { publicClient } from '.'
 
const data = await publicClient.call({ 
  data: '0xc02aaa39b223fe8d0a0e5c4f27ead9083c756cc2',
  from: '0xf39fd6e51aad88f6f4ce6ab8827279cfffb92266',
  to: '0x70997970c51812dc3a010c7d01b50e0d17dc79c8',
})

Returns

0x${string}

The call data.

Parameters

data

  • Type: 0x${string}

A contract hashed method call with encoded args.

ts
const data = await publicClient.call({
  data: '0xc02aaa39b223fe8d0a0e5c4f27ead9083c756cc2', 
  from: '0xf39fd6e51aad88f6f4ce6ab8827279cfffb92266',
  to: '0x70997970c51812dc3a010c7d01b50e0d17dc79c8',
})

from

  • Type: Address

The sender.

ts
const data = await publicClient.call({
  data: '0xc02aaa39b223fe8d0a0e5c4f27ead9083c756cc2',
  from: '0xf39fd6e51aad88f6f4ce6ab8827279cfffb92266', 
  to: '0x70997970c51812dc3a010c7d01b50e0d17dc79c8',
})

to

  • Type: Address

The contract address or recipient.

ts
const data = await publicClient.call({
  data: '0xc02aaa39b223fe8d0a0e5c4f27ead9083c756cc2',
  from: '0xf39fd6e51aad88f6f4ce6ab8827279cfffb92266',
  to: '0x70997970c51812dc3a010c7d01b50e0d17dc79c8', 
})

accessList (optional)

  • Type: AccessList

The access list.

ts
const data = await publicClient.call({
  accessList: [ 
    {
      address: '0x1',
      storageKeys: ['0x1'],
    },
  ],
  data: '0xc02aaa39b223fe8d0a0e5c4f27ead9083c756cc2',
  from: '0xf39fd6e51aad88f6f4ce6ab8827279cfffb92266',
  to: '0x70997970c51812dc3a010c7d01b50e0d17dc79c8',
})

gas (optional)

  • Type: bigint

The gas provided for transaction execution.

ts
const data = await publicClient.call({
  data: '0xc02aaa39b223fe8d0a0e5c4f27ead9083c756cc2',
  from: '0xf39fd6e51aad88f6f4ce6ab8827279cfffb92266',
  gas: 1_000_000n, 
  to: '0x70997970c51812dc3a010c7d01b50e0d17dc79c8',
})

gasPrice (optional)

  • Type: bigint

The price (in wei) to pay per gas. Only applies to Legacy Transactions.

ts
const data = await publicClient.call({
  data: '0xc02aaa39b223fe8d0a0e5c4f27ead9083c756cc2',
  from: '0xf39fd6e51aad88f6f4ce6ab8827279cfffb92266',
  gasPrice: parseGwei('20'), 
  to: '0x70997970c51812dc3a010c7d01b50e0d17dc79c8',
})

maxFeePerGas (optional)

  • Type: bigint

Total fee per gas (in wei), inclusive of maxPriorityFeePerGas. Only applies to EIP-1559 Transactions.

ts
const data = await publicClient.call({
  data: '0xc02aaa39b223fe8d0a0e5c4f27ead9083c756cc2',
  from: '0xf39fd6e51aad88f6f4ce6ab8827279cfffb92266',
  maxFeePerGas: parseGwei('20'), 
  to: '0x70997970c51812dc3a010c7d01b50e0d17dc79c8',
})

maxPriorityFeePerGas (optional)

  • Type: bigint

Max priority fee per gas (in wei). Only applies to EIP-1559 Transactions.

ts
const data = await publicClient.call({
  data: '0xc02aaa39b223fe8d0a0e5c4f27ead9083c756cc2',
  from: '0xf39fd6e51aad88f6f4ce6ab8827279cfffb92266',
  maxFeePerGas: parseGwei('20'),
  maxPriorityFeePerGas: parseGwei('2'), 
  to: '0x70997970c51812dc3a010c7d01b50e0d17dc79c8',
})

nonce (optional)

  • Type: bigint

Unique number identifying this transaction.

ts
const data = await publicClient.call({
  data: '0xc02aaa39b223fe8d0a0e5c4f27ead9083c756cc2',
  from: '0xf39fd6e51aad88f6f4ce6ab8827279cfffb92266',
  nonce: 420n, 
  to: '0x70997970c51812dc3a010c7d01b50e0d17dc79c8',
})

value (optional)

  • Type: bigint

Value (in wei) sent with this transaction.

ts
const data = await publicClient.call({
  data: '0xc02aaa39b223fe8d0a0e5c4f27ead9083c756cc2',
  from: '0xf39fd6e51aad88f6f4ce6ab8827279cfffb92266',
  to: '0x70997970c51812dc3a010c7d01b50e0d17dc79c8',
  value: parseEther('1'), 
})

blockNumber (optional)

  • Type: number

The block number to perform the call against.

ts
const data = await publicClient.call({
  blockNumber: 15121123n, 
  data: '0xc02aaa39b223fe8d0a0e5c4f27ead9083c756cc2',
  from: '0xf39fd6e51aad88f6f4ce6ab8827279cfffb92266',
  to: '0x70997970c51812dc3a010c7d01b50e0d17dc79c8',
})

blockTag (optional)

  • Type: 'latest' | 'earliest' | 'pending' | 'safe' | 'finalized'
  • Default: 'latest'

The block tag to perform the call against.

ts
const data = await publicClient.call({
  blockTag: 'safe', 
  data: '0xc02aaa39b223fe8d0a0e5c4f27ead9083c756cc2',
  from: '0xf39fd6e51aad88f6f4ce6ab8827279cfffb92266',
  to: '0x70997970c51812dc3a010c7d01b50e0d17dc79c8',
})

Released under the MIT License.