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# eth_call

Executes a new message call immediately without creating a transaction on the block chain

### Body

<ParamField body="id" type="number" placeholder="1">
  Serves as a unique identifier for the request
</ParamField>

<ParamField body="jsonrpc" type="string" placeholder="2.0">
  Indicates the version of JSON-RPC being used
</ParamField>

<ParamField body="method" type="string" placeholder="eth_call">
  Represents the name of the remote procedure or method to be called
</ParamField>

<ParamField body="params" type="array">
  Contains the list of parameters passed to the remote method

  <Expandable title="TRANSACTION CALL ARGS">
    <ParamField body="from" type="string">
      (optional) 20 Bytes - The address the transaction is sent from
    </ParamField>

    <ParamField body="to" type="string">
      20 Bytes - The address the transaction is directed to
    </ParamField>

    <ParamField body="gas" type="string">
      (optional) Hexadecimal value of the gas provided for the transaction execution
    </ParamField>

    <ParamField body="gasPrice" type="string">
      (optional) Hexadecimal value of the gasPrice used for each paid gas
    </ParamField>

    <ParamField body="value" type="string">
      (optional) Hexadecimal value of the value sent with this transaction
    </ParamField>

    <ParamField body="data" type="string">
      (optional) Hash of the method signature and encoded parameters
    </ParamField>
  </Expandable>

  <Expandable title="Block">
    <ParamField body="block" type="string">
      A hexadecimal block number, or the string "latest", "earliest" or "pending" or the hash (32 bytes) of a block
    </ParamField>
  </Expandable>
</ParamField>

### Response

<ResponseField name="id" type="number">
  Returns unique identifier for the request
</ResponseField>

<ResponseField name="jsonrpc" type="string">
  Returns the version of JSON-RPC being used
</ResponseField>

<ResponseField name="value" type="string">
  value of the executed contract method
</ResponseField>

<RequestExample>
  ```bash Example Request theme={null}
  curl  'https://rpc1.aries.axiomesh.io' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '{
      "jsonrpc": "2.0",
      "method": "eth_call",
      "params": [{"from": "0x2299E9B1a4e08b5d67017E19d75d3a24bb1074Df","to": "0xc7f999b83af6df9e67d0a37ee7e900bf38b3d013","value": "0x5f5e100"}, "latest"],
      "id": 1
  }'
  ```
</RequestExample>

<ResponseExample>
  ```json Response theme={null}
  {
      "jsonrpc": "2.0",
      "id": 1,
      "result": "0x"
  }
  ```
</ResponseExample>