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getGasPrice

Callable

getGasPrice<ReturnFormat>(web3Context: Web3Context<EthExecutionAPI, any>, returnFormat: ReturnFormat): Promise<NumberTypes[ReturnFormat[number]]>

Type parameters
- ReturnFormat: DataFormat
Parameters
- web3Context: Web3Context<EthExecutionAPI, any>
  (Web3Context) Web3 configuration object that contains things such as the provider, request manager, wallet, etc.
- returnFormat: ReturnFormat
  (DataFormat defaults to DEFAULT_RETURN_FORMAT) Specifies how the return data should be formatted.
Returns Promise<NumberTypes[ReturnFormat[number]]>
The gas price determined by the last few blocks median gas price.
```
web3.eth.getGasPrice().then(console.log);
> 20000000000n

web3.eth.getGasPrice({ number: FMT_NUMBER.HEX , bytes: FMT_BYTES.HEX }).then(console.log);
> "0x4a817c800"
```