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trace_call

Executes the given call and returns a number of possible traces for it. Use this API to retrieve detailed information about the transaction execution, including state changes and logs generated during the process.

Parameters​

  • transaction call object [Required] with the following keys and their values:
    • from: 20 bytes. The address the transaction is sent from.
    • to: 20 bytes. The address the transaction is directed to.
    • gas: [optional] The hexadecimal value of the gas provided for the transaction execution.
    • gasPrice: [optional] The hexadecimal value of the gasPrice used for each paid gas.
    • maxPriorityFeePerGas: [optional] Maximum fee, in Wei, the sender is willing to pay per gas above the base fee. See EIP-1559 transactions.
    • maxFeePerGas: [optional] Maximum total fee (base fee + priority fee), in Wei, the sender is willing to pay per gas. See EIP-1559 transactions.
    • value: [optional] The hexadecimal equivalent of the value sent with this transaction.
    • data: [optional] The hash of the method signature and encoded parameters. See the Ethereum contract ABI specification.
  • block parameter : [Required] The hexadecimal block number, or the string latest, earliest, or pending. See the default block parameter.
  • options: A list of tracing options. Tracing options are trace and stateDiff.

Returns​

Example​

Replace YOUR-API-KEY with an API key from your Infura dashboard.

Request​

curl https://mainnet.infura.io/v3/YOUR-API-KEY \
  -X POST \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"trace_call","params":[{"from":"0xfe3b557e8fb62b89f4916b721be55ceb828dbd73","to":"0x0010000000000000000000000000000000000000","gas":"0xfffff2","gasPrice":"0xef","value":"0x0","data":"0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000001000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000100000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000020000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000002","nonce":"0x0"},["trace"],"latest"],"id":1}'

Response​

{
    "jsonrpc": "2.0",
    "result": {
      "output" : "0x",
      "stateDiff" : null,
      "trace" : [ {
        "action" : {
          "callType" : "call",
          "from" : "0xfe3b557e8fb62b89f4916b721be55ceb828dbd73",
          "gas" : "0xffabba",
          "input" : "0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000001000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000100000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000020000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000002",
          "to" : "0x0010000000000000000000000000000000000000",
          "value" : "0x0"
      },
      "result" : {
        "gasUsed" : "0x9c58",
        "output" : "0x"
      },
      "subtraces" : 0,
      "traceAddress" : [ ],
      "type" : "call"
    } ],
    "vmTrace" : null
    },
"id" : 2
}
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