estimates ethereum gas price based on recent blocks and provides a simple api
- https://gasprice.poa.network (kindly deployed by poa network)
requires python 3.6 and an ethereum full node. infura.io won't work as it doesn't allow setting up filter
.
pip install gasprice
there is an example of systemd service if you want to run it as a service.
gasprice
Options:
-h, --host 127.0.0.1
-p, --port 8000
-s, --skip-warmup
ethereum rpc url can be set with ETH_RPC_URL
environment variable (default http://localhost:8545
).
{
"block_number": 4813900,
"block_time": 14.9,
"health": true,
"slow": 1,
"standard": 4,
"fast": 20,
"instant": 40
}
slow
, standard
, fast
and instant
values represent minimal gas price of the latest 200 blocks. by default slow represents 30% probability, standard is 60%, fast is 90% and instant is 100%.