gas_price
Current gas market for a chain
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Bid-ready EIP-1559 fees (slow/standard/fast maxFeePerGas + maxPriorityFeePerGas, tx-ready wei) for one chain, read live from public RPCs. Pass tx_type to get the USD cost of that specific transaction instead, including the OP-stack L1 data fee naive estimators miss. Paid: call without x_payment to receive this call's exact terms (amount, asset, network), sign them, then call again with x_payment. The free pricing tool lists every price at once.
Input schema
| Property | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| chain | string | no | Which chain's gas market to read. |
| tx_type | string | no | Optional: cost a specific transaction shape rather than returning raw fees. |
| gas | integer | no | Optional gas limit override when tx_type is set. |
| speed | string | no | Which fee tier to price the estimate at. |
| x_payment | string | no | Optional signed x402 payment payload (base64, what the X-PAYMENT header carries). Omit to receive the exact payment terms; sign them (e.g. @x402/fetch) and call again with this argument to settle and get the data. |
Raw JSON schema
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"chain": {
"type": "string",
"enum": [
"ethereum",
"base",
"arbitrum",
"optimism",
"polygon",
"bsc"
],
"default": "base",
"description": "Which chain's gas market to read.",
"examples": [
"base"
]
},
"tx_type": {
"type": "string",
"enum": [
"transfer",
"erc20",
"swap",
"nftMint",
"deploy"
],
"description": "Optional: cost a specific transaction shape rather than returning raw fees.",
"examples": [
"erc20"
]
},
"gas": {
"type": "integer",
"description": "Optional gas limit override when tx_type is set.",
"examples": [
21000
]
},
"speed": {
"type": "string",
"enum": [
"slow",
"standard",
"fast"
],
"default": "standard",
"description": "Which fee tier to price the estimate at.",
"examples": [
"fast"
]
},
"x_payment": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Optional signed x402 payment payload (base64, what the X-PAYMENT header carries). Omit to receive the exact payment terms; sign them (e.g. @x402/fetch) and call again with this argument to settle and get the data."
}
}
}