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# eth\_estimateGas

eth\_estimateGas RPC Method

**Parameters:**

*transaction* - object - The transaction call object:

     *from* - string - (optional) The address from which the transaction is sent

     *to* - string - The address to which the transaction is addressed

     *gas* - integer - (optional) The integer of gas provided for the transaction execution

     *gasPrice* - integer - (optional) The integer of gasPrice used for each paid gas encoded as hexadecimal

     *value* - integer - (optional) The integer of value sent with this transaction encoded as hexadecimal

     *data* - string - (optional) 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).

**Returns:**

*quantity* - The estimated amount of gas used

**Code Examples:**

```
var myHeaders = new Headers();
myHeaders.append("Content-Type", "application/json");

var raw = JSON.stringify({
  "method": "eth_estimateGas",
  "params": [
    {
      "from": "0x8D97689C9818892B700e27F316cc3E41e17fBeb9",
      "to": "0xd3CdA913deB6f67967B99D67aCDFa1712C293601",
      "value": "0x186a0"
    }
  ],
  "id": 1,
  "jsonrpc": "2.0"
});

var requestOptions = {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: myHeaders,
  body: raw,
  redirect: 'follow'
};

fetch("https://api.ebs.ezat.io/core/api/v1.0/rpc/ethererum/mainnet?x-api-key-id=API-KEY-ID&x-api-key=API-KEY", requestOptions)
  .then(response => response.text())
  .then(result => console.log(result))
  .catch(error => console.log('error', error));
```