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gen_call

Executes a new message call immediately without creating a transaction on the blockchain. This method supports read operations, write operations, and contract deployments.

Method: gen_call

Parameters:

request (object, required): The contract call request parameters
- from (string, required): The address making the call
- to (string, required): The contract address to call
- Data (string, required): The encoded function call data
- Type (string, required): The type of call ("read", "write", or "deploy")
- transaction_hash_variant (string, required): "latest-nonfinal"
- value (string, optional): The value to send with the call (hex-encoded) Returns: Hex-encoded result data

Example - Read Call:

{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "method": "gen_call",
  "params": [
    {
      "Type": "read",
      "Data": "0xd8960e066d6574686f646c6765745f686176655f636f696e00",
      "from": "0xf6A60752C24Cd3BFcAf8d387a5EB62d3746F44EE",
      "to": "0xCe5712E63fd5475288aB1B7c0a368B9417357b81",
      "transaction_hash_variant": "latest-nonfinal",
      "gas": "0x5208",
      "value": "0x0"
    }
  ],
  "id": 1
}

Example - Write Call:

{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "method": "gen_call",
  "params": [
    {
      "from": "0x742d35Cc6634C0532925a3b8D4C9db96c4b4d8b6",
      "to":   "0x742d35Cc6634C0532925a3b8D4C9db96c4b4d8b6",
      "data": "0xa9059cbb000000000000000000000000742d35cc6634c0532925a3b8d4c9db96c4b4d8b6",
      "type": "write",
      "transaction_hash_variant": "latest-nonfinal",
      "gas":  "0x5208",
      "value":"0x0"
    }
  ],
  "id": 1
}

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