# eth\_getCode

Returns code at a given address.

This method will use `20` [Compute Units](https://docs.validationcloud.io/v1/about/billing).

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

## **Parameters**

1. `DATA`, 20 Bytes - address.
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)

```bash
params: [
  "0xa94f5374fce5edbc8e2a8697c15331677e6ebf0b",
  "0x2", // 2
]
```

## Returns

`DATA` - the code from the given address.

```bash
// Result
{
  "id":1,
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "result": "0x600160008035811a818181146012578301005b601b6001356025565b8060005260206000f25b600060078202905091905056"
}
```

{% tabs %}
{% tab title="mainnet" %}

```bash
curl https://mainnet.bsc.validationcloud.io/v1/<YOUR_API_KEY_HERE> \
    -X POST \
    -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
    -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"eth_getCode","params":["0xa94f5374fce5edbc8e2a8697c15331677e6ebf0b", "0x2"],"id":1}'

```

{% endtab %}

{% tab title="testnet" %}

```bash
curl https://testnet.bsc.validationcloud.io/v1/<YOUR_API_KEY_HERE> \
    -X POST \
    -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
    -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"eth_getCode","params":["0xa94f5374fce5edbc8e2a8697c15331677e6ebf0b", "0x2"],"id":1}'

```

{% endtab %}
{% endtabs %}