---
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

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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": "GetSmartContractInit",
    "params": ["fe001824823b12b58708bf24edd94d8b5e1cfcf7"]
}' -H "Content-Type: application/json" -X POST "https://api.zilliqa.com/"
```

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

```js
const smartContractInit = await zilliqa.blockchain.getSmartContractInit(
  "fe001824823b12b58708bf24edd94d8b5e1cfcf7"
);
console.log(smartContractInit.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<List<Contract.State>> smartContractInit = client.getSmartContractInit("fe001824823b12b58708bf24edd94d8b5e1cfcf7");
        System.out.println(new Gson().toJson(smartContractInit));
    }
}
```

</TabItem>

<TabItem value="python">

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

</TabItem>

<TabItem value="go">

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

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### 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/                     |
| **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 | `"GetSmartContractInit"`                                                                                                                                                                                |
| `params`  | string | Required | A smart contract address of 20 bytes. <br/> Example: `"fe001824823b12b58708bf24edd94d8b5e1cfcf7"` <br/><br/> Also supports Bech32 address <br/> Example: `"zil1lcqpsfyz8vfttpcghujwmk2d3d0pel8h3qptyu"` |