---
id: api-contract-get-smartcontract-init
title: GetSmartContractInit
---

---

Returns the initialization (immutable) parameters of a given smart contract, represented in a JSON format.

### Example Request

=== "cURL"

    ```shell
    curl -d '{
        "id": "1",
        "jsonrpc": "2.0",
        "method": "GetSmartContractInit",
        "params": ["fe001824823b12b58708bf24edd94d8b5e1cfcf7"]
    }' -H "Content-Type: application/json" -X POST "https://api.zilliqa.com/"
    ```

=== "Node.js"

    ```js
    const smartContractInit = await zilliqa.blockchain.getSmartContractInit(
      "fe001824823b12b58708bf24edd94d8b5e1cfcf7"
    );
    console.log(smartContractInit.result);
    ```

=== "Java"

    ```java
    public class App {
        public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException {
            HttpProvider client = new HttpProvider("https://api.zilliqa.com");
            Rep<List<Contract.State>> smartContractInit = client.getSmartContractInit("fe001824823b12b58708bf24edd94d8b5e1cfcf7");
            System.out.println(new Gson().toJson(smartContractInit));
        }
    }
    ```

=== "Python"

    ```python
    from pyzil.zilliqa import chain
    chain.set_active_chain(chain.MainNet)
    print(chain.active_chain.api.GetSmartContractInit("fe001824823b12b58708bf24edd94d8b5e1cfcf7"))
    ```

=== "Go"

    ```go
    func GetSmartContractInit() {
        provider := NewProvider("https://api.zilliqa.com/")
        response := provider.GetSmartContractInit("fe001824823b12b58708bf24edd94d8b5e1cfcf7")
        result, _ := json.Marshal(response)
        fmt.Println(string(result))
    }
    ```

### Example Response

```json
{
  "id": "1",
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "result": [
    {
      "type": "Uint32",
      "value": "0",
      "vname": "_scilla_version"
    },
    {
      "type": "ByStr20",
      "value": "0x67a08f4aefbe1798970be37dc3d0c7954be349de",
      "vname": "owner"
    },
    {
      "type": "BNum",
      "value": "140",
      "vname": "_creation_block"
    },
    {
      "type": "ByStr20",
      "value": "0x65fc5463805e3d7c753392e8a1e721aebda8d27f",
      "vname": "_this_address"
    }
  ]
}
```

### HTTP Request

| Chain(s)              | URL(s)                                                                                       |
| --------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Zilliqa mainnet**   | [https://api.zilliqa.com/](https://api.zilliqa.com/)                                         |
| **Developer testnet** | [https://dev-api.zilliqa.com/](https://dev-api.zilliqa.com/)                                 |
| **Local testnet**     | [http://localhost:4201/](http://localhost:4201/)                                             |
| **Isolated server**   | [https://zilliqa-isolated-server.zilliqa.com/](https://zilliqa-isolated-server.zilliqa.com/) |

### Arguments

| Parameter | Type   | Required | Description                                                                                                                                                                                             |
| --------- | ------ | -------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `id`      | string | Required | `"1"`                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
| `jsonrpc` | string | Required | `"2.0"`                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
| `method`  | string | Required | `"GetSmartContractInit"`                                                                                                                                                                                |
| `params`  | string | Required | A smart contract address of 20 bytes. <br/> Example: `"fe001824823b12b58708bf24edd94d8b5e1cfcf7"` <br/><br/> Also supports Bech32 address <br/> Example: `"zil1lcqpsfyz8vfttpcghujwmk2d3d0pel8h3qptyu"` |