---
title: "Decode an EVM smart contract."
method: GET
path: "/api/crypto/contract"
tags: ["crypto"]
---

# Decode an EVM smart contract.

`GET /api/crypto/contract`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://2s.io`
- URL: `https://2s.io/api/crypto/contract`
- Auth: API key in header `PAYMENT-SIGNATURE`

Decode an EVM smart contract. Pass chain (ethereum, base, polygon, arbitrum, optimism, bsc, avalanche) + address; returns whether the contract is source-verified (Sourcify), its name/compiler/language, whether it is a proxy and its implementation address, and human-readable function and event signatures from the ABI. Optionally pass selector (a 0x 4-byte function selector) to decode what it calls — resolved from the contract's own ABI when verified, otherwise from the public 4byte directory. Pairs with crypto.tx (which gives a `to` address + calldata): turn an opaque contract + selector into "what is this and what does it do." Free, keyless.

## Query parameters

- `chain` 'ethereum' | 'base' | 'polygon' | 'arbitrum' | 'optimism' | 'bsc' | 'avalanche', required
- `address` string, required
- `selector` string
- `trial` 1

## Other responses

- `200` (unresolved $ref)
- `400`: Invalid request — not charged. error.code: BAD_REQUEST or INVALID_PARAM (parameter validation; error.details.issues lists each problem), MALFORMED_JSON, or a request-specific code. Other client errors: 405 METHOD_NOT_ALLOWED (wrong verb; see the Allow header), 413 PAYLOAD_TOO_LARGE.
- `402`: Payment required. Body is the x402 PaymentRequirements envelope with a multi-network accepts array; the per-call price is in accepts[].amount (and on the operation as x-2s-price). Sign for whichever rail you hold USDC on (EIP-3009 for Base, partial SPL transfer for Solana) and retry with the PAYMENT-SIGNATURE header (X-PAYMENT also accepted for v1 clients). Also PAYMENT_SETTLE_FAILED (error envelope) when a verified payment failed to settle: error.details.chargeStatus is "not_charged" (retry with a fresh payment) or "unknown" (the authorization may still settle before its deadline — check it before retrying).
- `429`: Too many requests — RATE_LIMITED: our per-IP / per-payer limiter. Not charged; retry after Retry-After.
- `5XX`: Server-side failure. 500 INTERNAL: unexpected error; quote error.errorId (also the X-2s-Error-Id header). 502 UPSTREAM_UNAVAILABLE (or another UPSTREAM_* code): the data provider failed — composite endpoints refuse unbilled when every source fails. 503 SERVICE_PAUSED: endpoint paused by the operator kill switch, retry after Retry-After; 503 SPEND_CAP: daily upstream budget exhausted. 504 UPSTREAM_TIMEOUT. Not charged.

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