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