> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.validationcloud.io/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# eth_gasPrice

Returns the current price per gas in wei.

This method will use `40` [Compute Units](/nodeapi/about/billing).

***

## Reference: [Here](https://ethereum.org/en/developers/docs/apis/json-rpc/#eth_gasprice)

## **Parameters**

`None`

## Returns

`String` - hex string value representing an integer of the current price per gas in WEI.

```json theme={"theme":{"light":"github-light","dark":"github-dark-default"}}
// Result
{
    "jsonrpc":"2.0",
    "id":73,
    "result":"0xffc1dc"//16761308 wei
} 
```

<CodeGroup>
  ```bash title="mainnet" theme={"theme":{"light":"github-light","dark":"github-dark-default"}}
  curl https://mainnet.base.validationcloud.io/v1/<YOUR_API_KEY_HERE> \
      -X POST \
      -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
      -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"eth_gasPrice","params":[],"id":73}'
  ```

  ```bash title="testnet" theme={"theme":{"light":"github-light","dark":"github-dark-default"}}
  curl https://sepolia.base.validationcloud.io/v1/<YOUR_API_KEY_HERE> \
      -X POST \
      -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
      -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"eth_gasPrice","params":[],"id":73}'
  ```
</CodeGroup>


This documentation is built and hosted on [Mintlify](https://mintlify.com), a developer documentation platform.