estimateMaxPriorityFeePerGas

Returns an estimate for the max priority fee per gas for a transaction to be likely included in the next block

Import

Import the public actions package so you can call this action.

import "github.com/ChefBingbong/viem-go/actions/public"

Usage

An example showing how to construct a public client and estimate the max priority fee per gas.

import (
  "context"
  "log"

  "github.com/ChefBingbong/viem-go/actions/public"
  "github.com/ChefBingbong/viem-go/client"
  "github.com/ChefBingbong/viem-go/client/transport"
  "github.com/ChefBingbong/viem-go/chain/definitions"
)

ctx := context.Background()

publicClient, err := client.CreatePublicClient(client.PublicClientConfig{
  Chain:     definitions.Mainnet,
  Transport: transport.HTTP("https://eth.llamarpc.com"),
})
if err != nil {
  log.Fatal(err)
}
defer func() { _ = publicClient.Close() }()

maxPriorityFeePerGas, err := public.EstimateMaxPriorityFeePerGas(ctx, publicClient, public.EstimateMaxPriorityFeePerGasParameters{})
if err != nil {
  log.Fatal(err)
}
log.Printf("Max priority fee per gas: %s", maxPriorityFeePerGas.String())

Returns

*big.Int

The max priority fee per gas in wei.

Parameters

Configuration options accepted by this action.

Block

Type: *types.Block
Optional

An optional pre-fetched block to use for fallback calculations. If nil, the latest block will be fetched when needed.

block, err := public.GetBlock(ctx, publicClient, public.GetBlockParameters{})
if err != nil {
  log.Fatal(err)
}

maxPriorityFeePerGas, err := public.EstimateMaxPriorityFeePerGas(ctx, publicClient, public.EstimateMaxPriorityFeePerGasParameters{
  Block: block,
})

JSON-RPC Method

Underlying JSON-RPC methods used by this action.

eth_maxPriorityFeePerGas (preferred)
eth_getBlockByNumber + eth_gasPrice (fallback)