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eth_getCode

Summary: Get smart contract code

This request returns the compiled byte code of a smart contract, if any, at a given address and block.

Parameters

address

string

required

Hex-encoded address.

Pattern: ^0x[0-9a-fA-F]{40}$

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block

anyOf

required

Block number, block hash, or string tag.

Block number

string

Block number in hexadecimal.

Pattern: ^0x([1-9a-f]+[0-9a-f]*|0)$

Block tag

enum

See the default block parameter.

• earliest: The lowest numbered block the client has available.
• finalized: The most recent crypto-economically secure block, cannot be re-orged outside of manual intervention driven by community coordination.
• latest: The most recent block in the canonical chain observed by the client, this block may be re-orged out of the canonical chain even under healthy/normal conditions.
• pending: A sample next block built by the client on top of latest and containing the set of transactions usually taken from local mempool.

Enum:

"earliest"

"finalized"

"latest"

"pending"

Block hash

string

32 byte hex value.

Pattern: ^0x[0-9a-f]{64}$

Returns

eth_getCodeResponse

string

The compiled byte code of the smart contract at the given address. Linea stores compiled smart contract code as a hexadecimal value.

Pattern: ^0x[0-9a-f]*$

Customize request

Request

CURL

curl https://linea-mainnet.infura.io/v3/<YOUR-API-KEY> \
  -X POST \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "jsonrpc": "2.0",
    "method": "eth_getCode",
    "params": [],
    "id": 1
  }'