get_gas_price scalar function

Example

Needs RPC · RPC required

WITH observed AS MATERIALIZED (

SELECT get_gas_price($client) AS gas_price_wei

)

SELECT

gas_price_wei,

format_units(gas_price_wei, 9) AS gas_price_gwei,

gas_price_wei > 0::UINT256 AS is_positive

FROM observed;

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get_gas_price(CLIENT) # RPC required

Reads one current gas-price observation through the supplied client.

Name	Type	Use
`client`	CLIENT Attached live CLIENT used for the current gas-price observation.	required positional

Name	Type
`gas_price_wei`	UINT256

Current gas price in Wei. Exact UINT256 quantity returned by eth_gasPrice. Use format_units(gas_price_wei, 9) to display Gwei.

The result reflects the provider's current estimate and can change between calls.

Persist one result when downstream calculations must share the same observation.

This is a legacy gas-price estimate; EIP-1559 fee selection also depends on base fee and priority fee.