---
id: api-contract-get-smartcontract-code
title: GetSmartContractCode
---

---

Returns the Scilla code associated with a smart contract address. This is represented as a `String`.

### Example Request

import Tabs from "@theme/Tabs";
import TabItem from "@theme/TabItem";

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    { label: 'cURL', value: 'cURL', },
    { label: 'node.js', value: 'node.js', },
    { label: 'java', value: 'java', },
    { label: 'python', value: 'python', },
    { label: 'go', value: 'go', },
  ]
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<TabItem value="cURL">

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

</TabItem>
<TabItem value="node.js">

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

</TabItem>
<TabItem value="java">

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

</TabItem>

<TabItem value="python">

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

</TabItem>

<TabItem value="go">

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

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</Tabs>

### Example Response

```json
{
  "id": "1",
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "result": {
    "code": "scilla_version 0\n\n    (* HelloWorld contract *)\n    \n    import ListUtils\n    \n    (***************************************************)\n    (*               Associated library                *)\n    (***************************************************)\n    library HelloWorld\n    \n    let one_msg = \n      fun (msg : Message) => \n      let nil_msg = Nil {Message} in\n      Cons {Message} msg nil_msg\n    \n    let not_owner_code = Int32 1\n    let set_hello_code = Int32 2\n    \n    (***************************************************)\n    (*             The contract definition             *)\n    (***************************************************)\n    \n    contract HelloWorld\n    (owner: ByStr20)\n    \n    field welcome_msg : `String` = \"\"\n    \n    transition setHello (msg : `String`)\n      is_owner = builtin eq owner _sender;\n      match is_owner with\n      | False =>\n        msg = {_tag : \"Main\"; _recipient : _sender; _amount : Uint128 0; code : not_owner_code};\n        msgs = one_msg msg;\n        send msgs\n      | True =>\n        welcome_msg := msg;\n        msg = {_tag : \"Main\"; _recipient : _sender; _amount : Uint128 0; code : set_hello_code};\n        msgs = one_msg msg;\n        send msgs\n      end\n    end\n    \n    \n    transition getHello ()\n        r <- welcome_msg;\n        e = {_eventname: \"getHello()\"; msg: r};\n        event e\n    end"
  }
}
```

### HTTP Request

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

### Arguments

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