eth_gasPrice | Monad

POST

eth_gasPrice

cURL

curl --request POST \
  --url https://monad-testnet.core.chainstack.com/9c5b265f20b3ea5df4f54f70eb74b800/ \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '
{
  "id": 1,
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "method": "eth_gasPrice",
  "params": []
}
'

200

{
  "jsonrpc": "<string>",
  "id": 123,
  "result": "<string>"
}

Monad API method that returns the current gas price in wei. This value is determined by the network and represents the median gas price of recent blocks.

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Parameters

• none

Response

• result — the current gas price in wei, encoded as hexadecimal.

eth_gasPrice code examples

ethers.js

const { ethers } = require("ethers");

const provider = new ethers.JsonRpcProvider("CHAINSTACK_NODE_URL");

async function getGasPrice() {
  const feeData = await provider.getFeeData();
  console.log(`Gas price: ${ethers.formatUnits(feeData.gasPrice, "gwei")} gwei`);
}

getGasPrice();

Use case

A practical use case for eth_gasPrice is calculating transaction costs before sending transactions, allowing users to see estimated fees in their wallet or DApp interface.

Body

application/json

id · integer · default: 1

jsonrpc · string · default: 2.0

method · string · default: eth_gasPrice

params · array

Response

200 - application/json

The current gas price in wei.

jsonrpc · string

id · integer

result · string