eth_newFilter

Creates a filter object, based on filter options, to notify when the state changes (logs). To check if the state has changed, call eth_getFilterChanges.

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  • Filters expire after 5 minutes of inactivity (no queries).
  • To ensure reliability, eth_newFilter limits the block range 10,000 blocks.

Parameters

  • Object - The filter options:
    • fromBlock: QUANTITY|TAG - (optional, default: "latest") Integer block number, or "latest" for the last mined block or "pending", "earliest" for not yet mined transactions.
    • toBlock: QUANTITY|TAG - (optional, default: "latest") Integer block number, or "latest" for the last mined block or "pending", "earliest" for not yet mined transactions.
    • address: DATA|Array, 20 Bytes - (optional) Contract address or a list of addresses from which logs should originate.
    • topics: Array of DATA, - (optional) Array of 32 Bytes DATA topics. Topics are order-dependent. Each topic can also be an array of DATA with "or" options.

A note on specifying topic filters

Topics are order-dependent. A transaction with a log with topics [A, B] will be matched by the following topic filters:

  • [] "anything"
  • [A] "A in first position (and anything after)"
  • [null, B] "anything in first position AND B in second position (and anything after)"
  • [A, B] "A in first position AND B in second position (and anything after)"
  • [[A, B], [A, B]] "(A OR B) in first position AND (A OR B) in second position (and anything after)"
curl https://ethereum-mainnet-archive.allthatnode.com/8U3JLUhzIDg3GShvy9hkCCSYkLGc11kj \
--request POST \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data '{
    "jsonrpc":"2.0",
    "id":1,
    "method":"eth_newFilter",
    "params":[
      {
    "fromBlock": "0x1",
    "toBlock": "0x2",
    "address": "0xdAC17F958D2ee523a2206206994597C13D831ec7",
    "topics": [
      "0x000000000000000000000000a94f5374fce5edbc8e2a8697c15331677e6ebf0b",
      null,
      [
        "0x000000000000000000000000a94f5374fce5edbc8e2a8697c15331677e6ebf0b",
        "0x0000000000000000000000000aff3454fce5edbc8cca8697c15331677e6ebccc"
      ]
    ]
  }
    ]
}'

Returns

  • QUANTITY - A filter id.
{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"result":"0x42858d323a545d69b54ef41bd9a97ed5"}

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