eth_getCode

Get Code

POSThttps://site1.moralis-nodes.com/:chain/:apiKey

Returns the code stored at a given address. This method is commonly used to inspect the bytecode of smart contracts. The block number can be specified to retrieve the code at the time of that block.

Note

Please refer to RPC schema page for more details on the RPC params and RPC response definitions of the RPC method.

PATH PARAMS

chainstringrequired

The blockchain to interact with.

ethsepoliaholeskybasebase-sepoliapolygonamoybscbsc-testnetarbitrumarbitrum-sepoliaoptimismoptimism-sepoliagnosisgnosis-testnetlinealinea-sepoliaavalanchemoonbeammoonrivermoonbaseblastblast-sepoliamantlemantle-sepoliapolygon-zkevmpolygon-zkevm-cardonazksynczksync-sepoliazetachainzetachain-testnetfantomopbnb

apiKeystringrequired

Your API key for authentication.

BODY PARAM

jsonrpcstringrequired

JSON-RPC version (typically 2.0).

idnumberrequired

The request identifier.

methodstringrequired

The JSON-RPC method being invoked.

paramsrpcArrayrequired

Parameters for the code retrieval request, including the address of the account and the block number.

[ "0xd5677cf67b5aa051bb40496e68ad359eb97cfbf8", "latest" ]

Responses

Node.js

// Dependencies to install:
// $ npm install node-fetch --save
// add "type": "module" to package.json

import fetch from 'node-fetch';

const options = {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {
    accept: 'application/json',
    'content-type': 'application/json'
  },
  body: JSON.stringify({
    "jsonrpc": "2.0",
    "id": 1,
    "method": "eth_getCode"
  })
};

fetch('https://site1.moralis-nodes.com/eth/YOUR_API_KEY', options)
  .then(response => response.json())
  .then(response => console.log(response))
  .catch(err => console.error(err));

Python

# Dependencies to install:

# $ python -m pip install requests

import requests

url = "https://site1.moralis-nodes.com/eth/YOUR_API_KEY"

payload = {
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "eth_getCode"
}
headers = {
  "Accept": "application/json",
  "Content-Type": "application/json"
}

response = requests.request("POST", url, json=payload, headers=headers)

print(response.text)

cURL

curl --request POST \
     --url 'https://site1.moralis-nodes.com/eth/YOUR_API_KEY' \
     --header 'accept: application/json' \
     --header 'content-type: application/json' \
     --data '
{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "eth_getCode"
}
'

Go

package main

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

func main() {

  url := "https://site1.moralis-nodes.com/eth/YOUR_API_KEY"

  payload := strings.NewReader("{\"jsonrpc\":\"2.0\",\"id\":1,\"method\":\"eth_getCode\"}")

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

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

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

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

  fmt.Println(res)
  fmt.Println(string(body))

}

PHP

<?php
// Dependencies to install:
// $ composer require guzzlehttp/guzzle

require_once('vendor/autoload.php');

$client = new \GuzzleHttp\Client();

$response = $client->request('POST', 'https://site1.moralis-nodes.com/eth/YOUR_API_KEY', [
  'body' => '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"eth_getCode"}',
  'headers' => [
    'Accept' => 'application/json',
    'Content-Type' => 'application/json',
  ],
]);

echo $response->getBody();

Response Example

200 Returns the bytecode of the contract at the specified address.

{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "result": "0x608060405234801561001057600080fd5b506040516101..."
}