API Reference

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.

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 execute the call/transaction when the amount of gas is higher than the pending block gas limit.

Returns

QUANTITY(hex string) - the amount of gas used.

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