call
Executes a new message call immediately without submitting a transaction to the network.
Usage
ts
import { getAccount } from 'viem'
import { publicClient } from './client'
const account = getAccount('0xf39fd6e51aad88f6f4ce6ab8827279cfffb92266')
const data = await publicClient.call({
account,
data: '0xc02aaa39b223fe8d0a0e5c4f27ead9083c756cc2',
to: '0x70997970c51812dc3a010c7d01b50e0d17dc79c8',
})
ts
import { createPublicClient, http } from 'viem'
import { mainnet } from 'viem/chains'
export const publicClient = createPublicClient({
chain: mainnet,
transport: http()
})
Returns
0x${string}
The call data.
Parameters
account
- Type:
Account
The Account sender. Read more.
ts
import { getAccount } from 'viem'
const data = await publicClient.call({
account: getAccount('0xf39fd6e51aad88f6f4ce6ab8827279cfffb92266'), // [!code focus)]
data: '0xc02aaa39b223fe8d0a0e5c4f27ead9083c756cc2',
to: '0x70997970c51812dc3a010c7d01b50e0d17dc79c8',
})
data
- Type:
0x${string}
A contract hashed method call with encoded args.
ts
const data = await publicClient.call({
account,
data: '0xc02aaa39b223fe8d0a0e5c4f27ead9083c756cc2',
to: '0x70997970c51812dc3a010c7d01b50e0d17dc79c8',
})
to
- Type:
Address
The contract address or recipient.
ts
const data = await publicClient.call({
account,
data: '0xc02aaa39b223fe8d0a0e5c4f27ead9083c756cc2',
to: '0x70997970c51812dc3a010c7d01b50e0d17dc79c8',
})
accessList (optional)
- Type:
AccessList
The access list.
ts
const data = await publicClient.call({
account,
accessList: [
{
address: '0x1',
import { getAccount } from 'viem'
storageKeys: ['0x1'],
},
],
data: '0xc02aaa39b223fe8d0a0e5c4f27ead9083c756cc2',
to: '0x70997970c51812dc3a010c7d01b50e0d17dc79c8',
})
gas (optional)
- Type:
bigint
The gas provided for transaction execution.
ts
const data = await publicClient.call({
account,
data: '0xc02aaa39b223fe8d0a0e5c4f27ead9083c756cc2',
gas: 1_000_000n,
to: '0x70997970c51812dc3a010c7d01b50e0d17dc79c8',
})
gasPrice (optional)
- Type:
bigint
The price (in wei) to pay per gas. Only applies to Legacy Transactions.
ts
const data = await publicClient.call({
account,
data: '0xc02aaa39b223fe8d0a0e5c4f27ead9083c756cc2',
gasPrice: parseGwei('20'),
to: '0x70997970c51812dc3a010c7d01b50e0d17dc79c8',
})
maxFeePerGas (optional)
- Type:
bigint
Total fee per gas (in wei), inclusive of maxPriorityFeePerGas
. Only applies to EIP-1559 Transactions.
ts
const data = await publicClient.call({
account,
data: '0xc02aaa39b223fe8d0a0e5c4f27ead9083c756cc2',
maxFeePerGas: parseGwei('20'),
to: '0x70997970c51812dc3a010c7d01b50e0d17dc79c8',
})
maxPriorityFeePerGas (optional)
- Type:
bigint
Max priority fee per gas (in wei). Only applies to EIP-1559 Transactions.
ts
const data = await publicClient.call({
account,
data: '0xc02aaa39b223fe8d0a0e5c4f27ead9083c756cc2',
maxFeePerGas: parseGwei('20'),
maxPriorityFeePerGas: parseGwei('2'),
to: '0x70997970c51812dc3a010c7d01b50e0d17dc79c8',
})
nonce (optional)
- Type:
bigint
Unique number identifying this transaction.
ts
const data = await publicClient.call({
account,
data: '0xc02aaa39b223fe8d0a0e5c4f27ead9083c756cc2',
nonce: 420n,
to: '0x70997970c51812dc3a010c7d01b50e0d17dc79c8',
})
value (optional)
- Type:
bigint
Value (in wei) sent with this transaction.
ts
const data = await publicClient.call({
account,
data: '0xc02aaa39b223fe8d0a0e5c4f27ead9083c756cc2',
to: '0x70997970c51812dc3a010c7d01b50e0d17dc79c8',
value: parseEther('1'),
})
blockNumber (optional)
- Type:
number
The block number to perform the call against.
ts
const data = await publicClient.call({
blockNumber: 15121123n,
account,
data: '0xc02aaa39b223fe8d0a0e5c4f27ead9083c756cc2',
to: '0x70997970c51812dc3a010c7d01b50e0d17dc79c8',
})
blockTag (optional)
- Type:
'latest' | 'earliest' | 'pending' | 'safe' | 'finalized'
- Default:
'latest'
The block tag to perform the call against.
ts
const data = await publicClient.call({
blockTag: 'safe',
account,
data: '0xc02aaa39b223fe8d0a0e5c4f27ead9083c756cc2',
to: '0x70997970c51812dc3a010c7d01b50e0d17dc79c8',
})