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eth_estimateGas
curl --request POST \
  --url https://tempo-mainnet.core.chainstack.com/c3ce2925b51f1ed18719fe8a23bbdccf/ \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '
{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "method": "eth_estimateGas",
  "params": [
    {
      "from": "0x9729187D9E8Bbefa8295F39f5634cA454dd9d294",
      "to": "0x20c0000000000000000000000000000000000000",
      "data": "0x70a082310000000000000000000000009729187d9e8bbefa8295f39f5634ca454dd9d294"
    }
  ],
  "id": 1
}
'
import requests

url = "https://tempo-mainnet.core.chainstack.com/c3ce2925b51f1ed18719fe8a23bbdccf/"

payload = {
    "jsonrpc": "2.0",
    "method": "eth_estimateGas",
    "params": [
        {
            "from": "0x9729187D9E8Bbefa8295F39f5634cA454dd9d294",
            "to": "0x20c0000000000000000000000000000000000000",
            "data": "0x70a082310000000000000000000000009729187d9e8bbefa8295f39f5634ca454dd9d294"
        }
    ],
    "id": 1
}
headers = {"Content-Type": "application/json"}

response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)

print(response.text)
const options = {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
  body: JSON.stringify({
    jsonrpc: '2.0',
    method: 'eth_estimateGas',
    params: [
      {
        from: '0x9729187D9E8Bbefa8295F39f5634cA454dd9d294',
        to: '0x20c0000000000000000000000000000000000000',
        data: '0x70a082310000000000000000000000009729187d9e8bbefa8295f39f5634ca454dd9d294'
      }
    ],
    id: 1
  })
};

fetch('https://tempo-mainnet.core.chainstack.com/c3ce2925b51f1ed18719fe8a23bbdccf/', options)
  .then(res => res.json())
  .then(res => console.log(res))
  .catch(err => console.error(err));
<?php

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, [
  CURLOPT_URL => "https://tempo-mainnet.core.chainstack.com/c3ce2925b51f1ed18719fe8a23bbdccf/",
  CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
  CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
  CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
  CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
  CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
  CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
  CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([
    'jsonrpc' => '2.0',
    'method' => 'eth_estimateGas',
    'params' => [
        [
                'from' => '0x9729187D9E8Bbefa8295F39f5634cA454dd9d294',
                'to' => '0x20c0000000000000000000000000000000000000',
                'data' => '0x70a082310000000000000000000000009729187d9e8bbefa8295f39f5634ca454dd9d294'
        ]
    ],
    'id' => 1
  ]),
  CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
    "Content-Type: application/json"
  ],
]);

$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);

curl_close($curl);

if ($err) {
  echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
  echo $response;
}
package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"strings"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://tempo-mainnet.core.chainstack.com/c3ce2925b51f1ed18719fe8a23bbdccf/"

	payload := strings.NewReader("{\n  \"jsonrpc\": \"2.0\",\n  \"method\": \"eth_estimateGas\",\n  \"params\": [\n    {\n      \"from\": \"0x9729187D9E8Bbefa8295F39f5634cA454dd9d294\",\n      \"to\": \"0x20c0000000000000000000000000000000000000\",\n      \"data\": \"0x70a082310000000000000000000000009729187d9e8bbefa8295f39f5634ca454dd9d294\"\n    }\n  ],\n  \"id\": 1\n}")

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)

	req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(string(body))

}
HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://tempo-mainnet.core.chainstack.com/c3ce2925b51f1ed18719fe8a23bbdccf/")
  .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
  .body("{\n  \"jsonrpc\": \"2.0\",\n  \"method\": \"eth_estimateGas\",\n  \"params\": [\n    {\n      \"from\": \"0x9729187D9E8Bbefa8295F39f5634cA454dd9d294\",\n      \"to\": \"0x20c0000000000000000000000000000000000000\",\n      \"data\": \"0x70a082310000000000000000000000009729187d9e8bbefa8295f39f5634ca454dd9d294\"\n    }\n  ],\n  \"id\": 1\n}")
  .asString();
require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://tempo-mainnet.core.chainstack.com/c3ce2925b51f1ed18719fe8a23bbdccf/")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n  \"jsonrpc\": \"2.0\",\n  \"method\": \"eth_estimateGas\",\n  \"params\": [\n    {\n      \"from\": \"0x9729187D9E8Bbefa8295F39f5634cA454dd9d294\",\n      \"to\": \"0x20c0000000000000000000000000000000000000\",\n      \"data\": \"0x70a082310000000000000000000000009729187d9e8bbefa8295f39f5634ca454dd9d294\"\n    }\n  ],\n  \"id\": 1\n}"

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body
{
  "jsonrpc": "<string>",
  "id": 123,
  "result": "<string>"
}
Tempo API method that estimates the gas needed to execute a transaction. On Tempo, gas fees are paid in TIP-20 stablecoins, not a native token.
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​
Parameters

  • callObject — the call object:
    • from — (optional) address the transaction is sent from
    • to — (optional) address the transaction is directed to
    • gas — (optional) gas provided for the transaction
    • gasPrice — (optional) gas price
    • value — (optional) value sent with the transaction
    • data — (optional) hash of the method signature and encoded parameters

​
Response

  • result — the estimated gas amount encoded as hexadecimal

​
eth_estimateGas code examples

const ethers = require('ethers');
const NODE_URL = "CHAINSTACK_NODE_URL";
const provider = new ethers.JsonRpcProvider(NODE_URL);

const estimateGas = async () => {
    const gas = await provider.estimateGas({
      from: "0x9729187D9E8Bbefa8295F39f5634cA454dd9d294",
      to: "0x20c0000000000000000000000000000000000000",
      data: "0x70a082310000000000000000000000009729187d9e8bbefa8295f39f5634ca454dd9d294"
    });
    console.log(`Estimated gas: ${gas}`);
  };

estimateGas();

from web3 import Web3

node_url = "CHAINSTACK_NODE_URL"
web3 = Web3(Web3.HTTPProvider(node_url))

gas = web3.eth.estimate_gas({
    'from': "0x9729187D9E8Bbefa8295F39f5634cA454dd9d294",
    'to': "0x20c0000000000000000000000000000000000000",
    'data': "0x70a082310000000000000000000000009729187d9e8bbefa8295f39f5634ca454dd9d294"
})
print(f"Estimated gas: {gas}")

curl -X POST "CHAINSTACK_NODE_URL" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "jsonrpc": "2.0",
    "method": "eth_estimateGas",
    "params": [{"from": "0x9729187D9E8Bbefa8295F39f5634cA454dd9d294", "to": "0x20c0000000000000000000000000000000000000", "data": "0x70a082310000000000000000000000009729187d9e8bbefa8295f39f5634ca454dd9d294"}],
    "id": 1
  }'

Body

application/json
​
jsonrpc
string
default:2.0
​
method
string
default:eth_estimateGas
​
params
any[]

Transaction call object

​
id
integer
default:1

Response

200 - application/json

The estimated gas

​
jsonrpc
string
​
id
integer
​
result
string

The estimated gas amount encoded as hexadecimal

Last modified on June 25, 2026