---
id: api-contract-get-smartcontract-state
title: GetSmartContractState
---

---

Returns the state (mutable) variables of a smart contract address, represented in a JSON format.

### Example Request

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

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

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

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

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<TabItem value="java">

```java
public class App {
    public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException {
        HttpProvider client = new HttpProvider("https://api.zilliqa.com");
        String smartContractState = client.getSmartContractState("fe001824823b12b58708bf24edd94d8b5e1cfcf7");
        System.out.println(smartContractState);
    }
}
```

</TabItem>

<TabItem value="python">

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

</TabItem>

<TabItem value="go">

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

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### Example Response

_Note: The format of response has been changed_

```json
{
  "_balance": "0",
  "admins": {
    "0xdfa89866ae86632b36361d53b76c1373448c28fa": {
      "argtypes": [],
      "arguments": [],
      "constructor": "True"
    }
  }
}
```

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