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# eth_call

Executes a new message call immediately without creating a transaction on the block chain.

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

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

## **Parameters**

1. `Object` - The transaction call object

`from` - \[optional] String of the address the transaction is sent from.

`to` - String of the address the transaction is directed to.

`gas` - \[optional] Integer of the gas provided for the transaction execution.

`gasprice` - \[optional] Integer of the gasPrice used for each paid gas encoded as a hexadecimal.

`value` - \[optional] Integer of the value sent with this transaction encoded as a hexadecimal.

`data` - \[optional] String of the hash of the method signature and encoded parameters. For more information, see the [Contract ABI description in the Solidity documentation](https://docs.soliditylang.org/en/latest/abi-spec.html).

2. `QUANTITY | TAG` - integer block number, or the string `"latest"`, `"earliest"` or `"pending"`, see the [default block parameter](https://ethereum.org/en/developers/docs/apis/json-rpc/#default-block-parameter)

## Returns

`data` - hex value of the executed call or contract

```json theme={"theme":{"light":"github-light","dark":"github-dark-default"}}
// Result
{
  "id":1,
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "result": "0x"
}
```

<CodeGroup>
  ```bash title="mainnet" theme={"theme":{"light":"github-light","dark":"github-dark-default"}}
  curl https://mainnet.robinhood.validationcloud.io/v1/<YOUR_API_KEY_HERE> \
      -X POST \
      -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
      -d '{"method":"eth_call","params":[{"from":null,"to":"0x6b175474e89094c44da98b954eedeac495271d0f","data":"0x70a082310000000000000000000000006E0d01A76C3Cf4288372a29124A26D4353EE51BE"}, "latest"],"id":1,"jsonrpc":"2.0"}'
  ```

  ```bash title="testnet" theme={"theme":{"light":"github-light","dark":"github-dark-default"}}
  curl https://testnet.robinhood.validationcloud.io/v1/<YOUR_API_KEY_HERE> \
      -X POST \
      -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
      -d '{"method":"eth_call","params":[{"from":null,"to":"0x6b175474e89094c44da98b954eedeac495271d0f","data":"0x70a082310000000000000000000000006E0d01A76C3Cf4288372a29124A26D4353EE51BE"}, "latest"],"id":1,"jsonrpc":"2.0"}'
  ```
</CodeGroup>


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