POST
/
6df1a1b3061097e66349993a96b8e535
eth_chainId
curl --request POST \
  --url https://aurora-mainnet.core.chainstack.com/6df1a1b3061097e66349993a96b8e535 \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '{
  "id": 1,
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "method": "eth_chainId",
  "params": []
}'
{
  "jsonrpc": "<string>",
  "id": 123,
  "result": "<string>"
}
Aurora API method that returns the current chain ID. Chain ID is used to sign replay-protected transactions and verify whether a network is the desired one. It was introduced in EIP-155.
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Parameters

  • none

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Response

  • quantity — EIP-155 Chain ID
Use the Chainstack EVM Knife to convert the Chain ID from Hexadecimal to Decimal.

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eth_chainId code examples

const { Web3 } = require("web3");
const NODE_URL = "CHAINSTACK_NODE_URL";
const web3 = new Web3(NODE_URL);

async function getChainId() {
  const chain = await web3.eth.getChainId();
  console.log(chain);
}

getChainId();

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Use case

One possible use case for the eth_chainId method is to determine which chain a user is connected to when using a DApp with the MetaMask browser extension. This can be useful to provide a customized user experience based on the specific chain that the user is interacting with.

Body

application/json

Response

200 - application/json

The network Chain ID

The response is of type object.