eth_chainId

Get ChainId

POSThttps://site1.moralis-nodes.com/:chain/:apiKey

Returns the current chain ID, identifying the current blockchain. The chain ID is a unique identifier for each blockchain and is used for transaction signing to prevent replay attacks across chains.

Note

Please refer to RPC schema page for more details on the RPC params and RPC response definitions of the RPC method.

PATH PARAMS

chainstringrequired

The blockchain to interact with.

ethholeskypolygonamoybscbsc testnetarbitrumarbitrum sepoliaoptimismoptimism testnetbasebase sepolia

apiKeystringrequired

Your API key for authentication.

BODY PARAM

jsonrpcstringrequired

JSON-RPC version (typically 2.0).

idnumberrequired

The request identifier.

methodstringrequired

The JSON-RPC method being invoked.

paramsrpcArrayrequired

Parameters for the method (empty for eth_chainId).

[]

Responses

Node.js

// Dependencies to install:
// $ npm install node-fetch --save
// add "type": "module" to package.json

import fetch from 'node-fetch';

const options = {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {
    accept: 'application/json',
    'content-type': 'application/json'
  },
  body: JSON.stringify({
    "jsonrpc": "2.0",
    "id": 1,
    "method": "eth_chainId"
  })
};

fetch('https://site1.moralis-nodes.com/eth/YOUR_API_KEY', options)
  .then(response => response.json())
  .then(response => console.log(response))
  .catch(err => console.error(err));

Python

# Dependencies to install:

# $ python -m pip install requests

import requests

url = "https://site1.moralis-nodes.com/eth/YOUR_API_KEY"

payload = {
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "eth_chainId"
}
headers = {
  "Accept": "application/json",
  "Content-Type": "application/json"
}

response = requests.request("POST", url, json=payload, headers=headers)

print(response.text)

cURL

curl --request POST \
     --url 'https://site1.moralis-nodes.com/eth/YOUR_API_KEY' \
     --header 'accept: application/json' \
     --header 'content-type: application/json' \
     --data '
{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "eth_chainId"
}
'

Go

package main

import (
  "fmt"
  "strings"
  "net/http"
  "io/ioutil"
)

func main() {

  url := "https://site1.moralis-nodes.com/eth/YOUR_API_KEY"

  payload := strings.NewReader("{\"jsonrpc\":\"2.0\",\"id\":1,\"method\":\"eth_chainId\"}")

  req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)

  req.Header.Add("Accept", "application/json")
  req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")

  res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

  defer res.Body.Close()
  body, _ := ioutil.ReadAll(res.Body)

  fmt.Println(res)
  fmt.Println(string(body))

}

PHP

<?php
// Dependencies to install:
// $ composer require guzzlehttp/guzzle

require_once('vendor/autoload.php');

$client = new \GuzzleHttp\Client();

$response = $client->request('POST', 'https://site1.moralis-nodes.com/eth/YOUR_API_KEY', [
  'body' => '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"eth_chainId"}',
  'headers' => [
    'Accept' => 'application/json',
    'Content-Type' => 'application/json',
  ],
]);

echo $response->getBody();

Response Example

200 Returns the chain ID of the current blockchain.

{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "result": "0x1"
}