eth_getCode

Returns the compiled bytecode of a smart contract at the given address. Returns "0x" for externally owned accounts (EOAs) that have no contract code.

Parameters

Returns

string -- The bytecode at the given address as a hexadecimal string, or "0x" if no code is present.

Example

curl -s -X POST https://rpc.pulsechain.box \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "jsonrpc": "2.0",
    "method": "eth_getCode",
    "params": ["0xA1077a294dDE1B09bB078844df40758a5D0f9a27", "latest"],
    "id": 1
  }'

{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "result": "0x6060604052600436106100af576000357c..."
}

Notes

• The example address 0xA1077a294dDE1B09bB078844df40758a5D0f9a27 is the Wrapped PLS (WPLS) contract on PulseChain.
• A result of "0x" means the address is an EOA (externally owned account) with no deployed contract code.
• As a full archive node, you can query the bytecode at any historical block to inspect contracts before and after upgrades or self-destructs.
• The returned bytecode is the runtime bytecode (deployed code), not the creation bytecode used during deployment.
• The response is truncated in the example above; the actual WPLS contract bytecode is significantly longer.