eth_estimateGas | Conduit Documentation

Estimates the gas needed to execute a transaction without creating it on the blockchain. Returns the amount of gas used which can be used as a gas estimate.

⚡ Compute Units: 75 CU

Estimates the gas needed to execute a transaction without creating it on the blockchain. Returns the amount of gas used which can be used as a gas estimate. ⚡ Compute Units: [75 CU](https://docs.conduit.xyz/rpc-nodes/information/compute-units)

Request

This endpoint expects an object.

transactionobjectRequired

Transaction call object

blockIdentifierenum or stringOptional

Block number, tag, or hash (EIP-1898 object form also accepted). Defaults to "latest".

stateOverridesobjectOptional

Optional per-address state overrides applied before estimation.

blockOverridesobjectOptional

Optional block-header field overrides (number, timestamp, baseFee, prevRandao, etc.).

Response

The estimated gas required to execute the transaction, hex-encoded. Note this is an over-estimate: clients typically add a safety margin, so the actual gas consumed at execution time is often less.

$	curl -X POST https://rpc.plume.org/YOUR_API_KEY/{apiKey} \
>	-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
>	-d '{
>	"jsonrpc": "2.0",
>	"method": "eth_estimateGas",
>	"params": [
>	{
>	"data": "0x70a08231000000000000000000000000407d73d8a49eeb85d32cf465507dd71d507100c1",
>	"from": "0x407d73d8a49eeb85d32cf465507dd71d507100c1",
>	"to": "0xC02aaA39b223FE8D0A0e5C4F27eAD9083C756Cc2",
>	"value": "0x0"
>	},
>	"latest"
>	],
>	"id": 1
>	}'

1	{
2	"id": "1",
3	"jsonrpc": "2.0",
4	"result": "0x6d6c"
5	}