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JSON-RPC

Rootstock (RSK) currently supports the following:

See the JSON-RPC configuration limits and usage:

Transport protocols

HTTP transport protocol

HTTP requests should be made:

  • to the port number specified in the config for rpc.providers.web.http.port
    • this is 4444 by default
    • for public nodes, omit the port number
  • to the "root" route (/)
  • using the HTTP verb POST
  • specifying a Content-Type header of application/json
  • with a request body specified as stringified JSON

For example, a curl command to a localhost RSK node would look similar to this:

curl http://localhost:4444/ \ \
  -X POST \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  --data '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"RPC_METHOD_NAME","params":[RPC_REQUEST_PARAMETERS],"id":1}'

WebSockets transport protocol

WebSockets connections should be established:

  • to the port number specified in the config for rpc.providers.web.ws.port
    • this is 4445 by default
    • public nodes do not have the WebSockets transport protocol enabled
  • to the WebSockets route (/websocket)

Once connected:

  • Send a request body specified as stringified JSON
  • No "verb" or "headers" are necessary, as these are specific to the HTTP transport protocol

For example, a wscat command to connect to a localhost RSK node would look similar to this:

wscat -c ws://localhost:4445/websocket

After the connection has been established using wscat, you may send multiple RPC requests within the same session. (Note that > marks requests to be input, and that < marks responses that will be printed.)

> {"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"RPC_METHOD_NAME","params":[RPC_REQUEST_PARAMETERS],"id":1}
< {"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"result":"RPC_RESPONSE"}

> {"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"RPC_METHOD_NAME","params":[RPC_REQUEST_PARAMETERS],"id":2}
< {"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":2,"result":"RPC_RESPONSE"}

JSON RPC methods

JSON RPC supported

Module Method Supported Comments
web3 web3_clientVersion YES
web3 web3_sha3 YES
eth net_version YES Mainnet Chain Id = 30, Testnet Chain Id = 31
eth net_peerCount YES
eth net_peerList YES
eth net_listening YES
eth eth_chainId YES Same response as eth_protocolVersion
eth eth_protocolVersion YES
eth eth_syncing YES
eth eth_coinbase YES
eth eth_mining YES
eth eth_hashrate YES
eth eth_gasPrice YES
eth eth_accounts YES
eth eth_blockNumber YES
eth eth_getBalance YES
eth eth_getStorageAt YES
eth eth_getTransactionCount YES
eth eth_getBlockTransactionCountByHash YES
eth eth_getBlockTransactionCountByNumber YES
eth eth_getUncleCountByBlockHash YES
eth eth_getUncleCountByBlockNumber PARTIALLY Option "pending" not yet supported.
eth eth_getCode PARTIALLY Option "pending" not yet supported.
eth eth_sign YES
eth eth_sendTransaction YES
eth eth_sendRawTransaction YES
eth eth_call YES
eth eth_estimateGas YES
eth eth_getBlockByHash YES
eth eth_getBlockByNumber PARTIALLY Option "pending" not yet supported.
eth eth_getTransactionByHash YES
eth eth_getTransactionByBlockHashAndIndex YES
eth eth_getTransactionByBlockNumberAndIndex PARTIALLY Option "pending" not yet supported.
eth eth_getTransactionReceipt YES
eth eth_getUncleByBlockHashAndIndex YES
eth eth_getUncleByBlockNumberAndIndex PARTIALLY Option "pending" not yet supported.
eth eth_getCompilers - For security reasons, we've decided not to include compilers in node.
eth eth_compileLLL - For security reasons, we've decided not to include compilers in node.
eth eth_compileSolidity - For security reasons, we've decided not to include compilers in node.
eth eth_compileSerpent - For security reasons, we've decided not to include compilers in node.
eth eth_newFilter YES
eth eth_newBlockFilter YES
eth eth_newPendingTransactionFilter YES
eth eth_uninstallFilter YES
eth eth_getFilterChanges YES
eth eth_getFilterLogs YES
eth eth_getLogs YES
eth eth_bridgeState YES
eth eth_netHashrate YES
db db_putString - Deprecated
db db_getString - Deprecated
db db_putHex - Deprecated
db db_getHex - Deprecated
debug debug_traceTransaction YES
debug debug_traceBlockByHash YES
debug debug_wireProtocolQueueSize YES
evm evm_increaseTime YES
evm evm_mine YES
evm evm_reset YES
evm evm_revert YES
evm evm_snapshot YES
evm evm_startMining YES
evm evm_stopMining YES
mnr mnr_submitBitcoinBlock YES
mnr mnr_submitBitcoinBlockTransactions YES
mnr mnr_submitBitcoinBlockPartialMerkle YES
mnr mnr_getWork YES
personal personal_dumpRawKey YES
personal personal_importRawKey YES
personal personal_listAccounts YES
personal personal_lockAccount YES
personal personal_newAccountWithSeed YES
personal personal_newAccount YES
personal personal_sendTransaction YES
personal personal_unlockAccount YES
rsk rsk_getRawTransactionReceiptByHash YES
rsk rsk_getTransactionReceiptNodesByHash YES
rsk rsk_getRawBlockHeaderByHash YES
rsk rsk_getRawBlockHeaderByNumber YES
rsk rsk_protocolVersion YES
trace trace_transaction YES
trace trace_block YES
trace trace_filter YES
txpool txpool_content YES
txpool txpool_inspect YES
txpool txpool_status YES
sco sco_banAddress YES
sco sco_unbanAddress YES
sco sco_peerList YES
sco sco_bannedAddresses YES
sco sco_reputationSummary YES
shh shh_post - Whisper protocol not supported.
shh shh_version - Whisper protocol not supported.
shh shh_newIdentity - Whisper protocol not supported.
shh shh_hasIdentity - Whisper protocol not supported.
shh shh_newGroup - Whisper protocol not supported.
shh shh_addToGroup - Whisper protocol not supported.
shh shh_newFilter - Whisper protocol not supported.
shh shh_uninstallFilter - Whisper protocol not supported.
shh shh_getFilterChanges - Whisper protocol not supported.
shh shh_getMessages - Whisper protocol not supported.

JSON RPC method details

These descriptions are taken from Ethereum's JSON RPC documentation.

web3_clientVersion

Returns the current client version.

Parameters

none

Returns

String - The current client version.

Example
// Request
curl -X POST --data '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"web3_clientVersion","params":[],"id":67}'

// Result
{
  "id":67,
  "jsonrpc":"2.0",
  "result": "Mist/v0.9.3/darwin/go1.4.1"
}

web3_sha3

Returns Keccak-256 (not the standardized SHA3-256) of the given data.

Parameters
  1. DATA - the data to convert into a SHA3 hash.
Example Parameters
params: [
  "0x68656c6c6f20776f726c64"
]
Returns

DATA - The SHA3 result of the given string.

Example
// Request
curl -X POST --data '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"web3_sha3","params":["0x68656c6c6f20776f726c64"],"id":64}'

// Result
{
  "id":64,
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "result": "0x47173285a8d7341e5e972fc677286384f802f8ef42a5ec5f03bbfa254cb01fad"
}

net_version

Returns the current network id.

Parameters

none

Returns

String - The current network id.

  • "30": RSK Mainnet
  • "31": Ethercamp test network
  • "32": Developer network
  • "33": RSK created local network

Example

// Request
curl -X POST --data '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"net_version","params":[],"id":67}'

// Result
{
  "id":67,
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "result": "3"
}

net_listening

Returns true if client is actively listening for network connections.

Parameters

none

Returns

Boolean - true when listening, otherwise false.

Example
// Request
curl -X POST --data '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"net_listening","params":[],"id":67}'

// Result
{
  "id":67,
  "jsonrpc":"2.0",
  "result":true
}

net_peerCount

Returns number of peers currently connected to the client.

Parameters

none

Returns

QUANTITY - integer of the number of connected peers.

Example
// Request
curl -X POST --data '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"net_peerCount","params":[],"id":74}'

// Result
{
  "id":74,
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "result": "0x2" // 2
}

net_peerList

Returns list of peers known to the client.

Parameters

none

Returns

Array - The list of peers.

Example
// Request
curl -X POST --data '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"net_peerList","params":[],"id":1}'


// Result
{
  "jsonrpc":"2.0",
  "id":1,
  "result": [
    "3fd44f66 | ec2-52-15-37-171.us-east-2.compute.amazonaws.com/52.15.37.171:5050",
    "50517861 | bootstrap14.rsk.co/54.169.136.187:5050",
    "434f8932 | bootstrap07.rsk.co/54.169.12.15:5050"]
}

eth_chainId

Returns the currently configured chain id, a value used in replay-protected transaction signing as introduced by EIP-155.

Parameters

none

Returns

String - The current chainId.

Example
// Request
curl -X POST --data '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"eth_chainId","params":[],"id":67}'

// Result
{
  "id":67,
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "result": "0x1e"
}

eth_protocolVersion

Returns the current ethereum protocol version.

Parameters

none

Returns

String - The current ethereum protocol version.

Example
// Request
curl -X POST --data '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"eth_protocolVersion","params":[],"id":67}'

// Result
{
  "id":67,
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "result": "0x54"
}

eth_syncing

Returns an object with data about the sync status or false.

Parameters

none

Returns

Object|Boolean, An object with sync status data or FALSE, when not syncing:

  • startingBlock: QUANTITY - The block at which the import started (will only be reset, after the sync reached his head)
  • currentBlock: QUANTITY - The current block, same as eth_blockNumber
  • highestBlock: QUANTITY - The estimated highest block
Example
// Request
curl -X POST --data '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"eth_syncing","params":[],"id":1}'

// Result
{
  "id":1,
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "result": {
    startingBlock: '0x384',
    currentBlock: '0x386',
    highestBlock: '0x454'
  }
}
// Or when not syncing
{
  "id":1,
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "result": false
}

eth_coinbase

Returns the client coinbase address.

Parameters

none

Returns

DATA, 20 bytes - the current coinbase address.

Example
// Request
curl -X POST --data '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"eth_coinbase","params":[],"id":64}'

// Result
{
  "id":64,
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "result": "0xc94770007dda54cF92009BFF0dE90c06F603a09f"
}

eth_mining

Returns true if client is actively mining new blocks.

Parameters

none

Returns

Boolean - returns true of the client is mining, otherwise false.

Example
// Request
curl -X POST --data '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"eth_mining","params":[],"id":71}'

// Result
{
  "id":71,
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "result": true
}

eth_hashrate

Returns the number of hashes per second that the node is mining with.

Parameters

none

Returns

QUANTITY - number of hashes per second.

Example
// Request
curl -X POST --data '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"eth_hashrate","params":[],"id":71}'

// Result
{
  "id":71,
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "result": "0x38a"
}

eth_gasPrice

Returns the current price per gas in wei.

Parameters

none

Returns

QUANTITY - integer of the current gas price in wei.

Example
// Request
curl -X POST --data '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"eth_gasPrice","params":[],"id":73}'

// Result
{
  "id":73,
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "result": "0x09184e72a000" // 10000000000000
}

eth_accounts

Returns a list of addresses owned by client.

Parameters

none

Returns

Array of DATA, 20 Bytes - addresses owned by the client.

Example
// Request
curl -X POST --data '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"eth_accounts","params":[],"id":1}'

// Result
{
  "id":1,
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "result": ["0xc94770007dda54cF92009BFF0dE90c06F603a09f"]
}

eth_blockNumber

Returns the number of most recent block.

Parameters

none

Returns

QUANTITY - integer of the current block number the client is on.

Example
// Request
curl -X POST --data '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"eth_blockNumber","params":[],"id":1}'

// Result
{
  "id":83,
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "result": "0xc94" // 1207
}

eth_getBalance

Returns the balance of the account of given address.

Parameters
  1. DATA, 20 Bytes - address to check for balance.
  2. QUANTITY|TAG|MAP - integer block number, or the string "latest", "earliest" or "pending", see the default block parameter, or a map containing a block hash string, under the key "blockHash" or a string hexadecimal number, under the key "blockNumber".
Example Parameters
params: [
   '0xc94770007dda54cF92009BFF0dE90c06F603a09f',
   'latest'
]
Returns

QUANTITY - integer of the current balance in wei.

Example
// Request
curl -X POST --data '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"eth_getBalance","params":["0xc94770007dda54cF92009BFF0dE90c06F603a09f", "latest"],"id":1}'

// Result
{
  "id":1,
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "result": "0x0234c8a3397aab58" // 158972490234375000
}

eth_getStorageAt

Returns the value from a storage position at a given address.

Parameters
  1. DATA, 20 Bytes - address of the storage.
  2. QUANTITY - integer of the position in the storage.
  3. QUANTITY|TAG|MAP - integer block number, or the string "latest", "earliest" or "pending", see the default block parameter, or a map containing a block hash string, under the key "blockHash" or a string hexadecimal number, under the key "blockNumber".
Returns

DATA - the value at this storage position.

Example

Calculating the correct position depends on the storage to retrieve. Consider the following contract deployed at 0x295a70b2de5e3953354a6a8344e616ed314d7251 by address 0x391694e7e0b0cce554cb130d723a9d27458f9298.

contract Storage {
    uint pos0;
    mapping(address => uint) pos1;

    function Storage() {
        pos0 = 1234;
        pos1[msg.sender] = 5678;
    }
}

Retrieving the value of pos0 is straight forward:

curl -X POST --data '{"jsonrpc":"2.0", "method": "eth_getStorageAt", "params": ["0x295a70b2de5e3953354a6a8344e616ed314d7251", "0x0", "latest"], "id": 1}' localhost:8545

{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"result":"0x00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000004d2"}

Retrieving an element of the map is harder. The position of an element in the map is calculated with:

keccack(LeftPad32(key, 0), LeftPad32(map position, 0))

This means to retrieve the storage on pos1["0x391694e7e0b0cce554cb130d723a9d27458f9298"] we need to calculate the position with:

keccak(decodeHex("000000000000000000000000391694e7e0b0cce554cb130d723a9d27458f9298" + "0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000001"))

The geth console which comes with the web3 library can be used to make the calculation:

> var key = "000000000000000000000000391694e7e0b0cce554cb130d723a9d27458f9298" + "0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000001"
undefined
> web3.sha3(key, {"encoding": "hex"})
"0x6661e9d6d8b923d5bbaab1b96e1dd51ff6ea2a93520fdc9eb75d059238b8c5e9"

Now to fetch the storage:

curl -X POST --data '{"jsonrpc":"2.0", "method": "eth_getStorageAt", "params": ["0x295a70b2de5e3953354a6a8344e616ed314d7251", "0x6661e9d6d8b923d5bbaab1b96e1dd51ff6ea2a93520fdc9eb75d059238b8c5e9", "latest"], "id": 1}' localhost:8545

{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"result":"0x000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000162e"}

eth_getTransactionCount

Returns the number of transactions sent from an address.

Parameters
  1. DATA, 20 Bytes - address.
  2. QUANTITY|TAG|MAP - integer block number, or the string "latest", "earliest" or "pending", see the default block parameter, or a map containing a block hash string, under the key "blockHash" or a string hexadecimal number, under the key "blockNumber".
Example Parameters
params: [
   '0xc94770007dda54cF92009BFF0dE90c06F603a09f',
   'latest' // state at the latest block
]
Returns

QUANTITY - integer of the number of transactions send from this address.

Example
// Request
curl -X POST --data '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"eth_getTransactionCount","params":["0xc94770007dda54cF92009BFF0dE90c06F603a09f","latest"],"id":1}'

// Result
{
  "id":1,
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "result": "0x1" // 1
}

eth_getBlockTransactionCountByHash

Returns the number of transactions in a block from a block matching the given block hash.

Parameters
  1. DATA, 32 Bytes - hash of a block.
Example Parameters
params: [
   '0xb903239f8543d04b5dc1ba6579132b143087c68db1b2168786408fcbce568238'
]
Returns

QUANTITY - integer of the number of transactions in this block, or null when no block was found.

Example
// Request
curl -X POST --data '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"eth_getBlockTransactionCountByHash","params":["0xc94770007dda54cF92009BFF0dE90c06F603a09f"],"id":1}'

// Result
{
  "id":1,
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "result": "0xc" // 11
}

eth_getBlockTransactionCountByNumber

Returns the number of transactions in a block matching the given block number.

Parameters
  1. QUANTITY|TAG - integer of a block number, or the string "earliest", "latest" or "pending", as in the default block parameter.
Example Parameters
params: [
   '0xe8', // 232
]
Returns

QUANTITY - integer of the number of transactions in this block.

Example
// Request
curl -X POST --data '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"eth_getBlockTransactionCountByNumber","params":["0xe8"],"id":1}'

// Result
{
  "id":1,
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "result": "0xa" // 10
}

eth_getUncleCountByBlockHash

Returns the number of uncles in a block from a block matching the given block hash.

Parameters
  1. DATA, 32 Bytes - hash of a block.
Example Parameters
params: [
   '0xc94770007dda54cF92009BFF0dE90c06F603a09f'
]
Returns

QUANTITY - integer of the number of uncles in this block.

Example
// Request
curl -X POST --data '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"eth_getUncleCountByBlockHash","params":["0xc94770007dda54cF92009BFF0dE90c06F603a09f"],"id":1}'

// Result
{
  "id":1,
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "result": "0xc" // 1
}

eth_getUncleCountByBlockNumber

Returns the number of uncles in a block from a block matching the given block number.

Parameters
  1. QUANTITY|TAG - integer of a block number, or the string "latest", "earliest" or "pending", see the default block parameter.
params: [
   '0xe8', // 232
]
Returns

QUANTITY - integer of the number of uncles in this block.

Example
// Request
curl -X POST --data '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"eth_getUncleCountByBlockNumber","params":["0xe8"],"id":1}'

// Result
{
  "id":1,
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "result": "0x1" // 1
}

eth_getCode

Returns code at a given address.

Parameters
  1. DATA, 20 Bytes - address.
  2. QUANTITY|TAG|MAP - integer block number, or the string "latest", "earliest" or "pending", see the default block parameter, or a map containing a block hash string, under the key "blockHash" or a string hexadecimal number, under the key "blockNumber".
Example Parameters
params: [
   '0xa94f5374fce5edbc8e2a8697c15331677e6ebf0b',
   '0x2'  // 2
]
Returns

DATA - the code from the given address.

Example
// Request
curl -X POST --data '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"eth_getCode","params":["0xa94f5374fce5edbc8e2a8697c15331677e6ebf0b", "0x2"],"id":1}'

// Result
{
  "id":1,
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "result": "0x600160008035811a818181146012578301005b601b6001356025565b8060005260206000f25b600060078202905091905056"
}

eth_sign

The sign method calculates an Ethereum specific signature with: sign(keccak256("\x19Ethereum Signed Message:\n" + len(message) + message))).

By adding a prefix to the message makes the calculated signature recognisable as an Ethereum specific signature. This prevents misuse where a malicious DApp can sign arbitrary data (e.g. transaction) and use the signature to impersonate the victim.

Note the address to sign with must be unlocked.

Parameters

account, message

  1. DATA, 20 Bytes - address.
  2. DATA, N Bytes - message to sign.
Returns

DATA: Signature

Example
// Request
curl -X POST --data '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"eth_sign","params":["0x9b2055d370f73ec7d8a03e965129118dc8f5bf83", "0xdeadbeaf"],"id":1}'

// Result
{
  "id":1,
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "result": "0xa3f20717a250c2b0b729b7e5becbff67fdaef7e0699da4de7ca5895b02a170a12d887fd3b17bfdce3481f10bea41f45ba9f709d39ce8325427b57afcfc994cee1b"
}

eth_sendTransaction

Creates new message call transaction or a contract creation, if the data field contains code.

Parameters
  1. Object - The transaction object
  • from: DATA, 20 Bytes - The address the transaction is sent from.
  • to: DATA, 20 Bytes - (optional when creating new contract) The address the transaction is sent to.
  • gas: QUANTITY - (optional, default: 90000) Integer of the gas provided for the transaction execution. It will return unused gas.
  • gasPrice: QUANTITY - (optional, default: 0) Integer of the gasPrice used for each paid gas
  • value: QUANTITY - (optional) Integer of the value sent with this transaction
  • data: DATA - The compiled code of a contract OR the hash of the invoked method signature and encoded parameters. For details see Ethereum Contract ABI
  • nonce: QUANTITY - (optional) Integer of a nonce. This allows to overwrite your own pending transactions that use the same nonce.
Example Parameters
params: [{
  "from": "0xb60e8dd61c5d32be8058bb8eb970870f07233155",
  "to": "0xd46e8dd67c5d32be8058bb8eb970870f07244567",
  "gas": "0x76c0", // 30400
  "gasPrice": "0x9184e72a000", // 10000000000000
  "value": "0x9184e72a", // 2441406250
  "data": "0xd46e8dd67c5d32be8d46e8dd67c5d32be8058bb8eb970870f072445675058bb8eb970870f072445675"
}]
Returns

DATA, 32 Bytes - the transaction hash, or the zero hash if the transaction is not yet available.

Use eth_getTransactionReceipt to get the contract address, after the transaction was mined, when you created a contract.

Example
// Request
curl -X POST --data '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"eth_sendTransaction","params":[{see above}],"id":1}'

// Result
{
  "id":1,
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "result": "0xe670ec64341771606e55d6b4ca35a1a6b75ee3d5145a99d05921026d1527331"
}

eth_sendRawTransaction

Creates new message call transaction or a contract creation for signed transactions.

Parameters
  1. DATA, The signed transaction data.
Example Parameters
params: ["0xd46e8dd67c5d32be8d46e8dd67c5d32be8058bb8eb970870f072445675058bb8eb970870f072445675"]
Returns

DATA, 32 Bytes - the transaction hash, or the zero hash if the transaction is not yet available.

Use eth_getTransactionReceipt to get the contract address, after the transaction was mined, when you created a contract.

Example
// Request
curl -X POST --data '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"eth_sendRawTransaction","params":[{see above}],"id":1}'

// Result
{
  "id":1,
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "result": "0xe670ec64341771606e55d6b4ca35a1a6b75ee3d5145a99d05921026d1527331"
}

eth_call

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

Parameters
  1. Object - The transaction call object
  • from: DATA, 20 Bytes - (optional) The address the transaction is sent from.
  • to: DATA, 20 Bytes - The address the transaction is directed to.
  • gas: QUANTITY - (optional) Integer of the gas provided for the transaction execution. eth_call consumes zero gas, but this parameter may be needed by some executions.
  • gasPrice: QUANTITY - (optional) Integer of the gasPrice used for each paid gas
  • value: QUANTITY - (optional) Integer of the value sent with this transaction
  • data: DATA - (optional) Hash of the method signature and encoded parameters. For details see Ethereum Contract ABI in the Solidity documentation
  1. QUANTITY|TAG - integer block number, or the string "latest", "earliest" or "pending", see the default block parameter
Example Parameters
params: [{
  "from": "0xb60e8dd61c5d32be8058bb8eb970870f07233155",
  "to": "0xd46e8dd67c5d32be8058bb8eb970870f07244567"
}, "latest"]
Returns

DATA - the return value of executed contract.

Example
// Request
curl -X POST --data '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"eth_call","params":[{see above}],"id":1}'

// Result
{
  "id":1,
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "result": "0x"
}

eth_estimateGas

Generates and returns an estimate of how much gas is necessary to allow the transaction to complete. The transaction will not be added to the blockchain. Note that the estimate may be significantly more than the amount of gas actually used by the transaction, for a variety of reasons including EVM mechanics and node performance.

Parameters

See eth_call parameters, expect that all properties are optional. If no gas limit is specified geth uses the block gas limit from the pending block as an upper bound. As a result the returned estimate might not be enough to executed the call/transaction when the amount of gas is higher than the pending block gas limit.

Returns

QUANTITY - the amount of gas used.

Example
// Request
curl -X POST --data '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"eth_estimateGas","params":[{see above}],"id":1}'

// Result
{
  "id":1,
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "result": "0x5208" // 21000
}

eth_getBlockByHash

Returns information about a block by hash.

Parameters
  1. DATA, 32 Bytes - Hash of a block.
  2. Boolean - If true it returns the full transaction objects, if false only the hashes of the transactions.
Example Parameters
params: [
   '0xe670ec64341771606e55d6b4ca35a1a6b75ee3d5145a99d05921026d1527331',
   true
]
Returns

Object - A block object, or null when no block was found:

  • number: QUANTITY - the block number. null when its pending block.
  • hash: DATA, 32 Bytes - hash of the block. null when its pending block.
  • parentHash: DATA, 32 Bytes - hash of the parent block.
  • nonce: DATA, 8 Bytes - hash of the generated proof-of-work. null when its pending block.
  • sha3Uncles: DATA, 32 Bytes - SHA3 of the uncles data in the block.
  • logsBloom: DATA, 256 Bytes - the bloom filter for the logs of the block. null when its pending block.
  • transactionsRoot: DATA, 32 Bytes - the root of the transaction trie of the block.
  • stateRoot: DATA, 32 Bytes - the root of the final state trie of the block.
  • receiptsRoot: DATA, 32 Bytes - the root of the receipts trie of the block.
  • miner: DATA, 20 Bytes - the address of the beneficiary to whom the mining rewards were given.
  • difficulty: QUANTITY - integer of the difficulty for this block.
  • cumulativeDifficulty: QUANTITY - integer of the difficulty for this block plus its uncles' difficulties.
  • totalDifficulty: QUANTITY - integer of the total difficulty of the chain until this block.
  • extraData: DATA - the "extra data" field of this block.
  • size: QUANTITY - integer the size of this block in bytes.
  • gasLimit: QUANTITY - the maximum gas allowed in this block.
  • gasUsed: QUANTITY - the total used gas by all transactions in this block.
  • timestamp: QUANTITY - the unix timestamp for when the block was collated.
  • transactions: Array - Array of transaction objects, or 32 Bytes transaction hashes depending on the last given parameter.
  • uncles: Array - Array of uncle hashes.
Example
// Request
curl -X POST --data '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"eth_getBlockByHash","params":["0xe670ec64341771606e55d6b4ca35a1a6b75ee3d5145a99d05921026d1527331", true],"id":1}'

// Result
{
"id":1,
"jsonrpc":"2.0",
"result": {
    "number": "0x1b4", // 436
    "hash": "0xe670ec64341771606e55d6b4ca35a1a6b75ee3d5145a99d05921026d1527331",
    "parentHash": "0x9646252be9520f6e71339a8df9c55e4d7619deeb018d2a3f2d21fc165dde5eb5",
    "nonce": "0xe04d296d2460cfb8472af2c5fd05b5a214109c25688d3704aed5484f9a7792f2",
    "sha3Uncles": "0x1dcc4de8dec75d7aab85b567b6ccd41ad312451b948a7413f0a142fd40d49347",
    "logsBloom": "0xe670ec64341771606e55d6b4ca35a1a6b75ee3d5145a99d05921026d1527331",
    "transactionsRoot": "0x56e81f171bcc55a6ff8345e692c0f86e5b48e01b996cadc001622fb5e363b421",
    "stateRoot": "0xd5855eb08b3387c0af375e9cdb6acfc05eb8f519e419b874b6ff2ffda7ed1dff",
    "miner": "0x4e65fda2159562a496f9f3522f89122a3088497a",
    "difficulty": "0x027f07", // 163591
    "cumulativeDifficulty": "0x027f07", // 163591
    "totalDifficulty":  "0x027f07", // 163591
    "extraData": "0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000",
    "size":  "0x027f07", // 163591
    "gasLimit": "0x9f759", // 653145
    "gasUsed": "0x9f759", // 653145
    "timestamp": "0x54e34e8e" // 1424182926
    "transactions": [{...},{ ... }]
    "uncles": ["0x1606e5...", "0xd5145a9..."]
  }
}

eth_getBlockByNumber

Returns information about a block by block number.

Parameters
  1. QUANTITY|TAG - integer of a block number, or the string "earliest", "latest" or "pending", as in the default block parameter.
  2. Boolean - If true it returns the full transaction objects, if false only the hashes of the transactions.
Example Parameters
params: [
   '0x1b4', // 436
   true
]
Returns

See eth_getBlockByHash

Example
// Request
curl -X POST --data '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"eth_getBlockByNumber","params":["0x1b4", true],"id":1}'

Result see eth_getBlockByHash


eth_getTransactionByHash

Returns the information about a transaction requested by transaction hash.

Parameters
  1. DATA, 32 Bytes - hash of a transaction
Example Parameters
params: [
   "0x88df016429689c079f3b2f6ad39fa052532c56795b733da78a91ebe6a713944b"
]
Returns

Object - A transaction object, or null when no transaction was found:

  • blockHash: DATA, 32 Bytes - hash of the block where this transaction was in. null when its pending.
  • blockNumber: QUANTITY - block number where this transaction was in. null when its pending.
  • from: DATA, 20 Bytes - address of the sender.
  • gas: QUANTITY - gas provided by the sender.
  • gasPrice: QUANTITY - gas price provided by the sender in Wei.
  • hash: DATA, 32 Bytes - hash of the transaction.
  • input: DATA - the data send along with the transaction.
  • nonce: QUANTITY - the number of transactions made by the sender prior to this one.
  • to: DATA, 20 Bytes - address of the receiver. null when its a contract creation transaction.
  • transactionIndex: QUANTITY - integer of the transaction's index position in the block. null when its pending.
  • value: QUANTITY - value transferred in Wei.
  • v: QUANTITY - ECDSA recovery id
  • r: QUANTITY - ECDSA signature r
  • s: QUANTITY - ECDSA signature s
Example
// Request
curl -X POST --data '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"eth_getTransactionByHash","params":["0x88df016429689c079f3b2f6ad39fa052532c56795b733da78a91ebe6a713944b"],"id":1}'

// Result
{
  "jsonrpc":"2.0",
  "id":1,
  "result":{
    "blockHash":"0x1d59ff54b1eb26b013ce3cb5fc9dab3705b415a67127a003c3e61eb445bb8df2",
    "blockNumber":"0x5daf3b", // 6139707
    "from":"0xa7d9ddbe1f17865597fbd27ec712455208b6b76d",
    "gas":"0xc350", // 50000
    "gasPrice":"0x4a817c800", // 20000000000
    "hash":"0x88df016429689c079f3b2f6ad39fa052532c56795b733da78a91ebe6a713944b",
    "input":"0x68656c6c6f21",
    "nonce":"0x15", // 21
    "to":"0xf02c1c8e6114b1dbe8937a39260b5b0a374432bb",
    "transactionIndex":"0x41", // 65
    "value":"0xf3dbb76162000", // 4290000000000000
    "v":"0x25", // 37
    "r":"0x1b5e176d927f8e9ab405058b2d2457392da3e20f328b16ddabcebc33eaac5fea",
    "s":"0x4ba69724e8f69de52f0125ad8b3c5c2cef33019bac3249e2c0a2192766d1721c"
  }
}

eth_getTransactionByBlockHashAndIndex

Returns information about a transaction by block hash and transaction index position.

Parameters
  1. DATA, 32 Bytes - hash of a block.
  2. QUANTITY - integer of the transaction index position.
Example Parameters
params: [
   '0xe670ec64341771606e55d6b4ca35a1a6b75ee3d5145a99d05921026d1527331',
   '0x0' // 0
]
Returns

See eth_getTransactionByHash

Example
// Request
curl -X POST --data '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"eth_getTransactionByBlockHashAndIndex","params":["0xc6ef2fc5426d6ad6fd9e2a26abeab0aa2411b7ab17f30a99d3cb96aed1d1055b", "0x0"],"id":1}'

Result see eth_getTransactionByHash


eth_getTransactionByBlockNumberAndIndex

Returns information about a transaction by block number and transaction index position.

Parameters
  1. QUANTITY|TAG - a block number, or the string "earliest", "latest" or "pending", as in the default block parameter.
  2. QUANTITY - the transaction index position.
Example Parameters
params: [
   '0x29c', // 668
   '0x0' // 0
]
Returns

See eth_getTransactionByHash

Example
// Request
curl -X POST --data '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"eth_getTransactionByBlockNumberAndIndex","params":["0x29c", "0x0"],"id":1}'

Result see eth_getTransactionByHash


eth_getTransactionReceipt

Returns the receipt of a transaction by transaction hash.

Note That the receipt is not available for pending transactions.

Parameters
  1. DATA, 32 Bytes - hash of a transaction
Example Parameters
params: [
   '0xb903239f8543d04b5dc1ba6579132b143087c68db1b2168786408fcbce568238'
]
Returns

Object - A transaction receipt object, or null when no receipt was found:

  • transactionHash : DATA, 32 Bytes - hash of the transaction.
  • transactionIndex: QUANTITY - integer of the transaction's index position in the block.
  • blockHash: DATA, 32 Bytes - hash of the block where this transaction was in.
  • blockNumber: QUANTITY - block number where this transaction was in.
  • from: DATA, 20 Bytes - address of the sender.
  • to: DATA, 20 Bytes - address of the receiver. null when it's a contract creation transaction.
  • cumulativeGasUsed : QUANTITY - The total amount of gas used when this transaction was executed in the block.
  • gasUsed : QUANTITY - The amount of gas used by this specific transaction alone.
  • contractAddress : DATA, 20 Bytes - The contract address created, if the transaction was a contract creation, otherwise null.
  • logs: Array - Array of log objects, which this transaction generated.
  • logsBloom: DATA, 256 Bytes - Bloom filter for light clients to quickly retrieve related logs.

It also returns either :

  • root : DATA 32 bytes of post-transaction stateroot (pre Byzantium)
  • status: QUANTITY either 1 (success) or 0 (failure)
Example
// Request
curl -X POST --data '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"eth_getTransactionReceipt","params":["0xb903239f8543d04b5dc1ba6579132b143087c68db1b2168786408fcbce568238"],"id":1}'

// Result
{
"id":1,
"jsonrpc":"2.0",
"result": {
     transactionHash: '0xb903239f8543d04b5dc1ba6579132b143087c68db1b2168786408fcbce568238',
     transactionIndex:  '0x1', // 1
     blockNumber: '0xb', // 11
     blockHash: '0xc6ef2fc5426d6ad6fd9e2a26abeab0aa2411b7ab17f30a99d3cb96aed1d1055b',
     cumulativeGasUsed: '0x33bc', // 13244
     gasUsed: '0x4dc', // 1244
     contractAddress: '0xb60e8dd61c5d32be8058bb8eb970870f07233155', // or null, if none was created
     logs: [{
         // logs as returned by getFilterLogs, etc.
     }, ...],
     logsBloom: "0x00...0", // 256 byte bloom filter
     status: '0x1'
  }
}

eth_getUncleByBlockHashAndIndex

Returns information about an uncle of a block by hash and the uncle index position.

Parameters
  1. DATA, 32 Bytes - hash a block.
  2. QUANTITY - the uncle's index position.
params: [
   '0xc6ef2fc5426d6ad6fd9e2a26abeab0aa2411b7ab17f30a99d3cb96aed1d1055b',
   '0x0' // 0
]
Returns

See eth_getBlockByHash

Example
// Request
curl -X POST --data '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"eth_getUncleByBlockHashAndIndex","params":["0xc6ef2fc5426d6ad6fd9e2a26abeab0aa2411b7ab17f30a99d3cb96aed1d1055b", "0x0"],"id":1}'

Result see eth_getBlockByHash

Note: An uncle doesn't contain individual transactions.


eth_getUncleByBlockNumberAndIndex

Returns information about a uncle of a block by number and uncle index position.

Parameters
  1. QUANTITY|TAG - a block number, or the string "earliest", "latest" or "pending", as in the default block parameter.
  2. QUANTITY - the uncle's index position.
Example Parameters
params: [
   '0x29c', // 668
   '0x0' // 0
]
Returns

See eth_getBlockByHash

Note: An uncle doesn't contain individual transactions.

Example
// Request
curl -X POST --data '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"eth_getUncleByBlockNumberAndIndex","params":["0x29c", "0x0"],"id":1}'

Result see eth_getBlockByHash


eth_newFilter

Creates a filter object, based on filter options, to notify when the state changes (logs). To check if the state has changed, call eth_getFilterChanges.

A note on specifying topic filters:

Topics are order-dependent. A transaction with a log with topics [A, B] will be matched by the following topic filters:

  • [] "anything"
  • [A] "A in first position (and anything after)"
  • [null, B] "anything in first position AND B in second position (and anything after)"
  • [A, B] "A in first position AND B in second position (and anything after)"
  • [[A, B], [A, B]] "(A OR B) in first position AND (A OR B) in second position (and anything after)"
Parameters
  1. Object - The filter options:
  • fromBlock: QUANTITY|TAG - (optional, default: "latest") Integer block number, or "latest" for the last mined block or "pending", "earliest" for not yet mined transactions.
  • toBlock: QUANTITY|TAG - (optional, default: "latest") Integer block number, or "latest" for the last mined block or "pending", "earliest" for not yet mined transactions.
  • address: DATA|Array, 20 Bytes - (optional) Contract address or a list of addresses from which logs should originate.
  • topics: Array of DATA, - (optional) Array of 32 Bytes DATA topics. Topics are order-dependent. Each topic can also be an array of DATA with "or" options.
Example Parameters
params: [{
  "fromBlock": "0x1",
  "toBlock": "0x2",
  "address": "0x8888f1f195afa192cfee860698584c030f4c9db1",
  "topics": ["0x000000000000000000000000a94f5374fce5edbc8e2a8697c15331677e6ebf0b", null, ["0x000000000000000000000000a94f5374fce5edbc8e2a8697c15331677e6ebf0b", "0x0000000000000000000000000aff3454fce5edbc8cca8697c15331677e6ebccc"]]
}]
Returns

QUANTITY - A filter id.

Example
// Request
curl -X POST --data '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"eth_newFilter","params":[{"topics":["0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000012341234"]}],"id":73}'

// Result
{
  "id":1,
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "result": "0x1" // 1
}

eth_newBlockFilter

Creates a filter in the node, to notify when a new block arrives. To check if the state has changed, call eth_getFilterChanges.

Parameters

None

Returns

QUANTITY - A filter id.

Example
// Request
curl -X POST --data '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"eth_newBlockFilter","params":[],"id":73}'

// Result
{
  "id":1,
  "jsonrpc":  "2.0",
  "result": "0x1" // 1
}

eth_newPendingTransactionFilter

Creates a filter in the node, to notify when new pending transactions arrive. To check if the state has changed, call eth_getFilterChanges.

Parameters

None

Returns

QUANTITY - A filter id.

Example
// Request
curl -X POST --data '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"eth_newPendingTransactionFilter","params":[],"id":73}'

// Result
{
  "id":1,
  "jsonrpc":  "2.0",
  "result": "0x1" // 1
}

eth_uninstallFilter

Uninstalls a filter with given id. Should always be called when watch is no longer needed. Additonally Filters timeout when they aren't requested with eth_getFilterChanges for a period of time.

Parameters
  1. QUANTITY - The filter id.
Example Parameters
params: [
  "0xb" // 11
]
Returns

Boolean - true if the filter was successfully uninstalled, otherwise false.

Example
// Request
curl -X POST --data '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"eth_uninstallFilter","params":["0xb"],"id":73}'

// Result
{
  "id":1,
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "result": true
}

eth_getFilterChanges

Polling method for a filter, which returns an array of logs which occurred since last poll.

Parameters
  1. QUANTITY - the filter id.
Example Parameters
params: [
  "0x16" // 22
]
Returns

Array - Array of log objects, or an empty array if nothing has changed since last poll.

  • For filters created with eth_newBlockFilter the return are block hashes (DATA, 32 Bytes), e.g. ["0x3454645634534..."].

  • For filters created with eth_newPendingTransactionFilter the return are transaction hashes (DATA, 32 Bytes), e.g. ["0x6345343454645..."].

  • For filters created with eth_newFilter logs are objects with following params:

    • removed: TAG - true when the log was removed, due to a chain reorganization. false if its a valid log.
    • logIndex: QUANTITY - integer of the log index position in the block. null when its pending log.
    • transactionIndex: QUANTITY - integer of the transactions index position log was created from. null when its pending log.
    • transactionHash: DATA, 32 Bytes - hash of the transactions this log was created from. null when its pending log.
    • blockHash: DATA, 32 Bytes - hash of the block where this log was in. null when its pending. null when its pending log.
    • blockNumber: QUANTITY - the block number where this log was in. null when its pending. null when its pending log.
    • address: DATA, 20 Bytes - address from which this log originated.
    • data: DATA - contains the non-indexed arguments of the log.
    • topics: Array of DATA - Array of 0 to 4 32 Bytes DATA of indexed log arguments. (In solidity: The first topic is the hash of the signature of the event (e.g. Deposit(address,bytes32,uint256)), except you declared the event with the anonymous specifier.)
Example
// Request
curl -X POST --data '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"eth_getFilterChanges","params":["0x16"],"id":73}'

// Result
{
  "id":1,
  "jsonrpc":"2.0",
  "result": [{
    "logIndex": "0x1", // 1
    "blockNumber":"0x1b4", // 436
    "blockHash": "0x8216c5785ac562ff41e2dcfdf5785ac562ff41e2dcfdf829c5a142f1fccd7d",
    "transactionHash":  "0xdf829c5a142f1fccd7d8216c5785ac562ff41e2dcfdf5785ac562ff41e2dcf",
    "transactionIndex": "0x0", // 0
    "address": "0x16c5785ac562ff41e2dcfdf829c5a142f1fccd7d",
    "data":"0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000",
    "topics": ["0x59ebeb90bc63057b6515673c3ecf9438e5058bca0f92585014eced636878c9a5"]
    },{
      ...
    }]
}

eth_getFilterLogs

Returns an array of all logs matching filter with given id.

Parameters
  1. QUANTITY - The filter id.
Example Parameters
params: [
  "0x16" // 22
]
Returns

See eth_getFilterChanges

Example
// Request
curl -X POST --data '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"eth_getFilterLogs","params":["0x16"],"id":74}'

Result see eth_getFilterChanges


eth_getLogs

Returns an array of all logs matching a given filter object.

Parameters
  1. Object - The filter options:
  • fromBlock: QUANTITY|TAG - (optional, default: "latest") Integer block number, or "latest" for the last mined block or "pending", "earliest" for not yet mined transactions.
  • toBlock: QUANTITY|TAG - (optional, default: "latest") Integer block number, or "latest" for the last mined block or "pending", "earliest" for not yet mined transactions.
  • address: DATA|Array, 20 Bytes - (optional) Contract address or a list of addresses from which logs should originate.
  • topics: Array of DATA, - (optional) Array of 32 Bytes DATA topics. Topics are order-dependent. Each topic can also be an array of DATA with "or" options.
  • blockhash: DATA, 32 Bytes - (optional) With the addition of EIP-234 (Geth >= v1.8.13 or Parity >= v2.1.0), blockHash is a new filter option which restricts the logs returned to the single block with the 32-byte hash blockHash. Using blockHash is equivalent to fromBlock = toBlock = the block number with hash blockHash. If blockHash is present in the filter criteria, then neither fromBlock nor toBlock are allowed.
Example Parameters
params: [{
  "topics": ["0x000000000000000000000000a94f5374fce5edbc8e2a8697c15331677e6ebf0b"]
}]
Returns

See eth_getFilterChanges

Example
// Request
curl -X POST --data '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"eth_getLogs","params":[{"topics":["0x000000000000000000000000a94f5374fce5edbc8e2a8697c15331677e6ebf0b"]}],"id":74}'

Result see eth_getFilterChanges


eth_getWork

Returns the hash of the current block, the seedHash, and the boundary condition to be met ("target").

Parameters

none

Returns

Array - Array with the following properties:

  1. DATA, 32 Bytes - current block header pow-hash
  2. DATA, 32 Bytes - the seed hash used for the DAG.
  3. DATA, 32 Bytes - the boundary condition ("target"), 2^256 / difficulty.
Example
// Request
curl -X POST --data '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"eth_getWork","params":[],"id":73}'

// Result
{
  "id":1,
  "jsonrpc":"2.0",
  "result": [
      "0x1234567890abcdef1234567890abcdef1234567890abcdef1234567890abcdef",
      "0x5EED00000000000000000000000000005EED0000000000000000000000000000",
      "0xd1ff1c01710000000000000000000000d1ff1c01710000000000000000000000"
    ]
}

eth_submitWork

Used for submitting a proof-of-work solution.

Parameters
  1. DATA, 8 Bytes - The nonce found (64 bits)
  2. DATA, 32 Bytes - The header's pow-hash (256 bits)
  3. DATA, 32 Bytes - The mix digest (256 bits)
Example Parameters
params: [
  "0x0000000000000001",
  "0x1234567890abcdef1234567890abcdef1234567890abcdef1234567890abcdef",
  "0xD1FE5700000000000000000000000000D1FE5700000000000000000000000000"
]
Returns

Boolean - returns true if the provided solution is valid, otherwise false.

Example
// Request
curl -X POST --data '{"jsonrpc":"2.0", "method":"eth_submitWork", "params":["0x0000000000000001", "0x1234567890abcdef1234567890abcdef1234567890abcdef1234567890abcdef", "0xD1GE5700000000000000000000000000D1GE5700000000000000000000000000"],"id":73}'

// Result
{
  "id":73,
  "jsonrpc":"2.0",
  "result": true
}

eth_submitHashrate

Used for submitting mining hashrate.

Parameters
  1. Hashrate, a hexadecimal string representation (32 bytes) of the hash rate
  2. ID, String - A random hexadecimal(32 bytes) ID identifying the client
Example Parameters
params: [
  "0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000500000",
  "0x59daa26581d0acd1fce254fb7e85952f4c09d0915afd33d3886cd914bc7d283c"
]
Returns

Boolean - returns true if submitting went through succesfully and false otherwise.

Example
// Request
curl -X POST --data '{"jsonrpc":"2.0", "method":"eth_submitHashrate", "params":["0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000500000", "0x59daa26581d0acd1fce254fb7e85952f4c09d0915afd33d3886cd914bc7d283c"],"id":73}'

// Result
{
  "id":73,
  "jsonrpc":"2.0",
  "result": true
}

eth_getProof

Returns the account- and storage-values of the specified account including the Merkle-proof.

Parameters
  1. DATA, 20 bytes - address of the account or contract
  2. ARRAY, 32 Bytes - array of storage-keys which should be proofed and included. See eth_getStorageAt
  3. QUANTITY|TAG - integer block number, or the string "latest" or "earliest", see the default block parameter
Example Parameters
params: ["0x1234567890123456789012345678901234567890",["0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000","0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000001"],"latest"]
Returns

Returns Object - A account object:

balance: QUANTITY - the balance of the account. See eth_getBalance

codeHash: DATA, 32 Bytes - hash of the code of the account. For a simple Account without code it will return "0xc5d2460186f7233c927e7db2dcc703c0e500b653ca82273b7bfad8045d85a470"

nonce: QUANTITY, - nonce of the account. See eth_getTransactionCount

storageHash: DATA, 32 Bytes - SHA3 of the StorageRoot. All storage will deliver a MerkleProof starting with this rootHash.

accountProof: ARRAY - Array of rlp-serialized MerkleTree-Nodes, starting with the stateRoot-Node, following the path of the SHA3 (address) as key.

storageProof: ARRAY - Array of storage-entries as requested. Each entry is a object with these properties:

key: QUANTITY - the requested storage key value: QUANTITY - the storage value proof: ARRAY - Array of rlp-serialized MerkleTree-Nodes, starting with the storageHash-Node, following the path of the SHA3 (key) as path.

Example
// Request
curl -X POST --data '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"eth_getProof","params":["0x1234567890123456789012345678901234567890",["0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000","0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000001"],"latest"],"id":1}' -H "Content-type:application/json" http://localhost:8545

// Result
{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "result": {
    "address": "0x1234567890123456789012345678901234567890",
    "accountProof": [
      "0xf90211a090dcaf88c40c7bbc95a912cbdde67c175767b31173df9ee4b0d733bfdd511c43a0babe369f6b12092f49181ae04ca173fb68d1a5456f18d20fa32cba73954052bda0473ecf8a7e36a829e75039a3b055e51b8332cbf03324ab4af2066bbd6fbf0021a0bbda34753d7aa6c38e603f360244e8f59611921d9e1f128372fec0d586d4f9e0a04e44caecff45c9891f74f6a2156735886eedf6f1a733628ebc802ec79d844648a0a5f3f2f7542148c973977c8a1e154c4300fec92f755f7846f1b734d3ab1d90e7a0e823850f50bf72baae9d1733a36a444ab65d0a6faaba404f0583ce0ca4dad92da0f7a00cbe7d4b30b11faea3ae61b7f1f2b315b61d9f6bd68bfe587ad0eeceb721a07117ef9fc932f1a88e908eaead8565c19b5645dc9e5b1b6e841c5edbdfd71681a069eb2de283f32c11f859d7bcf93da23990d3e662935ed4d6b39ce3673ec84472a0203d26456312bbc4da5cd293b75b840fc5045e493d6f904d180823ec22bfed8ea09287b5c21f2254af4e64fca76acc5cd87399c7f1ede818db4326c98ce2dc2208a06fc2d754e304c48ce6a517753c62b1a9c1d5925b89707486d7fc08919e0a94eca07b1c54f15e299bd58bdfef9741538c7828b5d7d11a489f9c20d052b3471df475a051f9dd3739a927c89e357580a4c97b40234aa01ed3d5e0390dc982a7975880a0a089d613f26159af43616fd9455bb461f4869bfede26f2130835ed067a8b967bfb80",
      "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",
      "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",
      "0xf851808080a009833150c367df138f1538689984b8a84fc55692d3d41fe4d1e5720ff5483a6980808080808080808080a0a319c1c415b271afc0adcb664e67738d103ac168e0bc0b7bd2da7966165cb9518080"
    ],
    "balance": "0x0",
    "codeHash": "0xc5d2460186f7233c927e7db2dcc703c0e500b653ca82273b7bfad8045d85a470",
    "nonce": "0x0",
    "storageHash": "0x56e81f171bcc55a6ff8345e692c0f86e5b48e01b996cadc001622fb5e363b421",
    "storageProof": [
      {
        "key": "0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000",
        "value": "0x0",
        "proof": []
      },
      {
        "key": "0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000001",
        "value": "0x0",
        "proof": []
      }
    ]
  }
}

Personal module methods

personal_lockAccount

Locks the given account.

Parameters
  1. DATA, 20 Bytes - address.
Example Parameters
params: ['0xa94f5374fce5edbc8e2a8697c15331677e6ebf0b']
Returns

Boolean - true if the account was successfully locked, otherwise false.

Example

// Request
curl -X POST --data '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"personal_lockAccount","params":["0xa94f5374fce5edbc8e2a8697c15331677e6ebf0b"],"id":73}'

// Result
{
  "id":1,
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "result": true
}

personal_unlockAccount

Unlocks the given account for a given amount of time.

Parameters
  1. DATA, 20 Bytes - address.
  2. String - The passphrase of the account.
  3. QUANTITY - (optional, default: 1800000 milliseconds) The duration for the account to remain unlocked.
Example Parameters
params: [
  "0x11f4d0A3c12e86B4b5F39B213F7E19D048276DAe",
  "test passphrase!",
  "927C0" // 600000 milliseconds (10 min)
]
Returns

Boolean - true if the account was successfully unlocked, otherwise false.

Example
// Request
curl -X POST --data '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"personal_unlockAccount","params":["0x11f4d0A3c12e86B4b5F39B213F7E19D048276DAe", "test passphrase!",
  "927C0"],"id":73}'

// Result
{
  "id":1,
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "result": true
}

personal_sendTransaction

Sends a transaction over the management API.

Parameters
  1. Object - The transaction call object
  • from: DATA, 20 Bytes - (optional) The address the transaction is sent from.
  • to: DATA, 20 Bytes - The address the transaction is directed to.
  • gas: QUANTITY - (optional) Integer of the gas provided for the transaction execution. eth_call consumes zero gas, but this parameter may be needed by some executions.
  • gasPrice: QUANTITY - (optional) Integer of the gasPrice used for each paid gas.
  • value: QUANTITY - (optional) Integer of the value sent with this transaction.
  • data: DATA - (optional) Hash of the method signature and encoded parameters. For details see Ethereum Contract ABI in the Solidity documentation.
  1. String - The passphrase of the current account.
Example Parameters
params: [{
  "from": "0xb60e8dd61c5d32be8058bb8eb970870f07233155",
  "to": "0xd46e8dd67c5d32be8058bb8eb970870f07244567",
  "gas": "0x76c0", // 30400
  "gasPrice": "0x9184e72a000", // 10000000000000
  "value": "0x9184e72a", // 2441406250
  "data": "0xd46e8dd67c5d32be8d46e8dd67c5d32be8058bb8eb970870f072445675058bb8eb970870f072445675"
}, "test passphrase!"]
Returns

DATA - The transaction hash.

** Example**

// Request
curl -X POST --data '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"personal_sendTransaction","params":[{see above}],"id":1}'

// Result
{
  "id":1,
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "result": "0xe670ec64341771606e55d6b4ca35a1a6b75ee3d5145a99d05921026d1527331"
}

personal_importRawKey

Imports the given private key into the key store, encrypting it with the passphrase.

Parameters
  1. DATA - An unencrypted private key (hex string).
  2. String - The passphrase of the current account.
Example Parameters
params: [
  "0xcd3376bb711cb332ee3fb2ca04c6a8b9f70c316fcdf7a1f44ef4c7999483295e",
  "test passphrase!"
]
Returns

DATA - The address of the new account.

** Example**

// Request
curl -X POST --data '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"personal_importRawKey","params":["0xcd3376bb711cb332ee3fb2ca04c6a8b9f70c316fcdf7a1f44ef4c7999483295e",
  "test passphrase!"],"id":1}'

// Result
{
  "id":1,
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "result": "0x8f337bf484b2fc75e4b0436645dcc226ee2ac531"
}

personal_dumpRawKey

Returns an hexadecimal representation of the private key of the given address.

Parameters
  1. DATA, 20 Bytes - The address of the account, said account must be unlocked.
Example Parameters
params: ["0xcd3376bb711cb332ee3fb2ca04c6a8b9f70c316fcdf7a1f44ef4c7999483295e"]
Returns

DATA - A hexadecimal representation of the account's key.

Example
// Request
curl -X POST --data '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"personal_dumpRawKey","params":["0xcd3376bb711cb332ee3fb2ca04c6a8b9f70c316fcdf7a1f44ef4c7999483295e"],"id":1}'

// Result
{
  "id":1,
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "result": "777ebfc1e2b6930b09647e7a2273b3e53f759c751c0056695af466783db3642f"
}

personal_newAccount

Creates a new account.

Parameters
  1. String - The passphrase to encrypt this account with.
Example Parameters
params: ["test passphrase!"]
Returns

DATA - The address of the newly created account.

Example
// Request
curl -X POST --data '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"personal_newAccount","params":["test passphrase!"],"id":1}'

// Result
{
  "id":1,
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "result": "0x8f337bf484b2fc75e4b0436645dcc226ee2ac531"
}

personal_newAccountWithSeed

Creates a new account using a seed phrase.

Parameters
  1. String - The seed phrase to encrypt this account with.
Example Parameters
params: ["seed"]
Returns

DATA - The address of the newly created account.

** Example**

// Request
curl -X POST --data '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"personal_newAccountWithSeed","params":["seed"],"id":1}'

// Result
{
  "id":1,
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "result": "0x8f337bf484b2fc75e4b0436645dcc226ee2ac531"
}

Configuration of Limits for JSON-RPC Interface

Below are the configuration limits for the following JSON-RPC methods:

Note: These limits are available from Fingerroot v5.1.0.

JSON-RPC method eth_getLogs limits

The added configuration in the RSKj client's configuration files allows the control of two limits related to the eth_getLogs JSON-RPC call, which is used to retrieve event logs from smart contracts on the Rootstock blockchain.

Maximum blocks to query

The maxBlocksToQuery refers to the maximum number of blocks to query.

This parameter determines the maximum number of blocks the RSKj client will query on the blockchain when executing an eth_getLogs call. By default, this value is disabled, meaning that if no value is specified, the RSKj client will query event logs from all blocks specified in the parameters of the eth_getLogs call. If a limit is defined and the eth_getLogs call exceeds this limit, the query execution will be terminated, and an error code will be returned.

Maximum Logs to Return

The maxLogsToReturn refers to the maximum number of logs to return.

This parameter determines the maximum number of event logs that the RSKj client will return in response to an eth_getLogs call. By default, this value is disabled (i.e, set to 0), indicating that the RSKj client will return all event logs that match the search criteria. If the limit is defined and the call exceeds this limit, the query execution will be terminated returning an error code.

Note: Disabling the limit (maxLogsToReturn = 0) could lead to the inclusion of a large number of logs in the response. However, enabling the limit helps protect the node's resources and prevents malicious usages.

JSON-RPC Interface Limit

The RSKj client now introduces a new configuration option to limit the maximum size of responses returned by the JSON-RPC interface.

Maximum JSON-RPC response size

The maxResponseSize refers to the maximum JSON-RPC response size.

This parameter allows you to set a limit on the maximum size of responses returned by the JSON-RPC interface. The response size is measured in bytes. By default, this value is disabled with maxResponseSize = 0, meaning that there is no limit imposed on the size of JSON-RPC responses.

Note: When maxResponseSize is enabled and set to a specific value, the JSON-RPC interface will truncate or reject responses that exceed the specified size limit.

Configuration Usage

By adding these configurations to the RSKj client's configuration files, you can manage the limits according to your specific needs and requirements. With the added functionality of limiting the JSON-RPC response size, you can control the amount of data returned by the interface to avoid excessive resource consumption.

It is recommended to set reasonable values for these limits, considering the network's load and the available resources for the RSKj client.

Note: The configuration may vary based on the version of the RSKj client you are using and how it integrates with other components of your system. Always refer to the official RSKj documentation and relevant specifications for more precise details about the configuration.

Management API methods

Method Supported Comments
admin_addPeer NO
admin_datadir NO
admin_nodeInfo NO
admin_peers NO
admin_setSolc NO
admin_startRPC NO
admin_startWS NO
admin_stopRPC NO
admin_stopWS NO
debug_backtraceAt NO
debug_blockProfile NO
debug_cpuProfile NO
debug_dumpBlock NO
debug_getBlockRlp NO
debug_goTrace NO
debug_memStats NO
debug_seedHash NO
debug_setHead NO
debug_setBlockProfileRate NO
debug_stacks NO
debug_startCPUProfile NO
debug_startGoTrace NO
debug_stopGoTrace NO
debug_traceBlock NO
debug_traceBlockByNumber NO
debug_traceBlockByHash NO
debug_traceBlockFromFile NO
debug_traceTransaction YES
debug_vmodule NO
debug_writeBlockProfile NO
debug_writeMemProfile NO
miner_setExtra NO
miner_setGasPrice NO
miner_start NO
miner_stop NO
miner_setEtherBase NO
personal_importRawKey YES
personal_listAccounts YES
personal_lockAccount YES
personal_newAccount YES
personal_unlockAccount YES
personal_sendTransaction YES
personal_sign NO
personal_ecRecover NO
trace_block PARTIALLY Option "pending" not supported. It also supports block hash as parameter.
trace_transaction YES
txpool_content YES
txpool_inspect YES
txpool_status YES

RPC PUB SUB methods

Method Supported Comments
eth_subscribe PARTIALLY Only options "newHeads" and "logs" are supported.
eth_unsubscribe YES

RPC SPV methods

Method Supported Comments
rsk_getRawBlockHeaderByNumber YES Obtains the RLP encoded block header used for SPV, if this is hashed using Keccak256 it gives the block hash. This function takes the block number (in hexa) or the string "latest", "pending", "genesis".
rsk_getRawBlockHeaderByHash YES Obtains the RLP encoded block header used for SPV, if this is hashed using Keccak256 it gives the block hash. This function takes the block hash as parameter.
rsk_getRawTransactionReceiptByHash YES Obtains the RLP encoded Transaction Receipt, if this is hashed using Keccak256 it gives the transaction receipt hash. This function takes the transaction hash as parameter.
rsk_getTransactionReceiptNodesByHash YES Obtains an array of nodes of the transactions receipt Trie. This is used to hash up to the transaction receipt root. This function takes the block hash and transaction hash as parameters.

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