eth_gasPrice

Returns the current price per gas in wei.

Parameters

None.

Returns

QUANTITY — Integer of the current gas price in wei.

Request

curl -X POST https://eth-mainnet.blockreq.com/v1/rpc/public \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"eth_gasPrice","params":[],"id":1}'

Response

{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "result": "0x3b9aca00"
}

0x3b9aca00 = 1,000,000,000 wei = 1 Gwei

Code Examples

JavaScript (ethers.js v6)

import { JsonRpcProvider, formatUnits } from "ethers";
const provider = new JsonRpcProvider("https://eth-mainnet.blockreq.com/v1/rpc/YOUR_API_KEY");
const feeData = await provider.getFeeData();
console.log("Gas price:", formatUnits(feeData.gasPrice, "gwei"), "Gwei");

Python (web3.py)

from web3 import Web3
w3 = Web3(Web3.HTTPProvider("https://eth-mainnet.blockreq.com/v1/rpc/YOUR_API_KEY"))
gas_price = w3.eth.gas_price
print(f"Gas price: {w3.from_wei(gas_price, 'gwei')} Gwei")

RU Cost

Method	Cost
eth_gasPrice	5 RU