eth_getCode

Returns the compiled byte code of a smart contract, if any, at a given address.

Parameters

• address: [Required] A string representing the address (20 bytes) of the smart contract, from which the compiled byte code will be obtained.
• block number:[Required] A hexadecimal block number, or one of the string tags latest, earliest, pending, safe, or finalized. See the default block parameter.

Returns

The compiled byte code of the smart contract at the given address.

Example

Replace <YOUR-API-KEY> with an API key from your MetaMask Developer dashboard.

Request

• curl
• WSS

curl https://base-mainnet.infura.io/v3/<YOUR-API-KEY> \
  -X POST \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"jsonrpc": "2.0", "method": "eth_getCode", "params": ["0x06012c8cf97bead5deae237070f9587f8e7a266d", "0x65a8db"], "id": 1}'

wscat -c wss://base-mainnet.infura.io/ws/v3/<YOUR-API-KEY> -x '{"jsonrpc": "2.0", "method": "eth_getCode", "params": ["0x06012c8cf97bead5deae237070f9587f8e7a266d", "0x65a8db"], "id": 1}'

Response

• JSON

{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "result": "0x60606040..."
}