cast estimate

NAME

cast-estimate - Estimate the gas cost of a transaction.

SYNOPSIS

cast estimate [options] to sig [args...]

DESCRIPTION

Estimate the gas cost of a transaction.

The destination (to) can be an ENS name or an address.

The signature (sig) can be:

  • A fragment: someFunction(uint256,bytes32)
  • A selector and encoded calldata: 0xcdba2fd40000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000007a69
  • Only the function name: in this case Cast will try to fetch the function signature from Etherscan

OPTIONS

Transaction Options

--value value
    Ether to send in the transaction.

    Either specified as an integer (wei), or as a string with a unit, for example:
    - 1ether
    - 10gwei
    - 0.01ether

RPC Options

--rpc-url url
    The RPC endpoint.
    Environment: ETH_RPC_URL

--flashbots
    Use the Flashbots RPC URL (https://rpc.flashbots.net).

Etherscan Options

-c chain_name
--chain chain_name
    The Etherscan chain.

--etherscan-api-key key
    Etherscan API key.
    Environment: ETHERSCAN_API_KEY

Common Options

-h
--help
    Prints help information.

EXAMPLES

  1. Estimate the gas cost of calling deposit() on the WETH contract: 
    cast estimate 0xC02aaA39b223FE8D0A0e5C4F27eAD9083C756Cc2 \
  --value 0.1ether "deposit()"

SEE ALSO

cast, cast send, cast publish, cast receipt