PolygonScan · Example Payload

Get Contract Abi

Example request and response for retrieving the ABI of a verified smart contract on Polygon PoS.

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Get Contract Abi is an example object payload from PolygonScan, with 5 top-level fields. It illustrates the shape of data this provider's APIs accept or return.

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Example Payload

{
  "title": "Get Contract ABI",
  "description": "Example request and response for retrieving the ABI of a verified smart contract on Polygon PoS.",
  "request": {
    "method": "GET",
    "url": "https://api.etherscan.io/v2/api",
    "parameters": {
      "chainid": "137",
      "module": "contract",
      "action": "getabi",
      "address": "0x0000000000000000000000000000000000001010",
      "apikey": "YourApiKeyToken"
    },
    "curl": "curl 'https://api.etherscan.io/v2/api?chainid=137&module=contract&action=getabi&address=0x0000000000000000000000000000000000001010&apikey=YourApiKeyToken'"
  },
  "response": {
    "status": "200 OK",
    "headers": {
      "Content-Type": "application/json; charset=utf-8"
    },
    "body": {
      "status": "1",
      "message": "OK",
      "result": "[{\"constant\":true,\"inputs\":[{\"name\":\"_owner\",\"type\":\"address\"}],\"name\":\"balanceOf\",\"outputs\":[{\"name\":\"balance\",\"type\":\"uint256\"}],\"type\":\"function\"},{\"constant\":false,\"inputs\":[{\"name\":\"_to\",\"type\":\"address\"},{\"name\":\"_value\",\"type\":\"uint256\"}],\"name\":\"transfer\",\"outputs\":[{\"name\":\"\",\"type\":\"bool\"}],\"type\":\"function\"}]"
    }
  },
  "notes": "The result is a JSON-encoded string of the contract ABI. Parse it with JSON.parse() to get a usable ABI array. Only verified contracts return an ABI - unverified contracts return NOTOK with an error message."
}