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Traces a signed transaction that has not yet been included in a block, without broadcasting it. This method will use 80 Compute Units.
The transaction must be signed by an account whose nonce has not yet been used. Passing an already-mined transaction returns nonce too low.

Parameters

data - String - Required - The signed transaction data, as a hexadecimal string array - Array - Required - The type of trace, which can be one of the following:
  • trace - string - To get the basic trace of the given transaction
  • stateDiff - string - To get information on altered Ethereum state due to execution of the given transaction
  • vmTrace - string - To get a full trace of the virtual machine’s state during the execution of the given transaction, including for any subcalls

Returns

object - object - The transaction trace result object
  • output - string - The data returned as output encoded in hexadecimal format
  • stateDiff - object - The altered Ethereum state due to execution of the given transaction, or null if not requested
  • trace - array - An array of basic trace objects for the given transaction containing:
    • action - object - The ParityTrace action object containing call details
      • from - string - The address of the sender
      • callType - string - The type of method such as call, staticcall, delegatecall
      • gas - string - The gas provided by the sender, encoded as hexadecimal
      • input - string - The input data sent along with the transaction
      • to - string - The address of the receiver
      • value - string - The integer of the value sent with this transaction, encoded as hexadecimal
    • result - object - The execution result of the trace
      • gasUsed - string - The amount of gas used by this trace
      • output - string - The return value of the contract call, empty if no RETURN executed
    • subtraces - integer - The number of subtraces (internal calls) within this trace
    • traceAddress - array - The list of addresses where the call executed, including parent calls and order
    • type - string - The type of the trace, such as call or create
  • vmTrace - object - The full trace of the virtual machine’s state during execution, or null if not requested