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eth_getStorageAt

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`eth_getStorageAt` reads a single 32-byte word directly out of a contract's storage trie. Every smart contract has a flat key→value storage space indexed by 256-bit slot numbers; this method returns the raw value at one slot, exactly as the EVM sees it, as a `0x`-prefixed 32-byte hex string.

Use it to inspect contract state that is not exposed by a public getter — for example, reading a proxy's implementation slot, a token's packed balance/total state, or any internal variable when you have computed its slot. By varying the third parameter (the block tag) you can read the slot as of the latest block, a pending block, or any historical block height.

You are responsible for knowing the layout of the contract you are querying. Solidity assigns simple state variables to sequential slots starting at `0`, while mapping and dynamic-array entries live at slots derived with `keccak256`. The method does no decoding: a slot that has never been written returns all-zeroes (`0x0000…0000`).

Parameters

This method takes no parameters.

Returns

eth_getStorageAt return value
FieldType
resultobject

Examples

curl https://<your-endpoint>/ \
  -X POST -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"eth_getStorageAt","params":[]}'
const res = await fetch("https://<your-endpoint>/", {
  method: "POST",
  headers: { "Content-Type": "application/json" },
  body: JSON.stringify({
  "id": 1,
  "method": "eth_getStorageAt",
  "params": [],
  "jsonrpc": "2.0"
}),
});
const data = await res.json();
import requests
resp = requests.post("https://<your-endpoint>/", json={"id":1,"method":"eth_getStorageAt","params":[],"jsonrpc":"2.0"})
print(resp.json())

Usage

  1. Transport: HTTP (JSON-RPC).
  2. Networks: mainnet.
  3. Credit cost: 1 per call.

FAQ

What does eth_getStorageAt do?
Returns the 32-byte value stored at a given storage slot of a contract, at a specific block.
How many credits does eth_getStorageAt cost?
eth_getStorageAt costs 1 credit(s) per call on Triport by default.
Is eth_getStorageAt available over WebSocket?
eth_getStorageAt is an HTTP JSON-RPC method.