Returns code at a given address. This method can be used to distinguish between contract addresses and wallet addresses.

PARAMETERS

Address - (required) A 20-byte address to check the code of.

Block Number - (optional) An integer block number, or the string "latest", "earliest", or "pending" as described in the default block parameter.

REQUEST

{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "method": "eth_getCode",
  "params": [
    "0x5300000000000000000000000000000000000002",
    "latest"
  ],
  "id": 1
}

RESPONSE

Result - The code from the given address.

{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "result": "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