eth_gasPrice

Returns the current price per gas in wei.

Parameters

None.

Returns

QUANTITY - integer of the current gas price in wei.

Example

NOTE: In this example we are using public Ethereum endpoint. Ideally, for your own projects, you should use your own endpoint, which you can generate for free by connecting to your wallet here.

ethers

Query

NOTE: ethers used below is a well-known web3 library, check it out here.

import { ethers } from 'ethers';

const provider =
  new ethers
    .providers
    .JsonRpcProvider("https://www.noderpc.xyz/rpc-mainnet/public")

const info = async ()=> {
  const result = await provider.getGasPrice()
  console.log(result);
}
info();

Result

{
    "type": "BigNumber",
    "hex": "0x064a5db1bf"
}