"Invalid params" response to eth_call

[ligi]

I am always getting "Invalid params" as response to eth_call - even for the example stated in the besu documentation (https://besu.hyperledger.org/en/stable/Reference/API-Methods/#eth_call)

$ curl -X POST --data '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"eth_call","params":[{"to":"0x69498dd54bd25aa0c886cf1f8b8ae0856d55ff13","value":"0x1"}, "latest"],"id":53}' http://3.12.166.199:8545
{
  "jsonrpc" : "2.0",
  "id" : 53,
  "error" : {
    "code" : -32602,
    "message" : "Invalid params"
  }
}


$ curl -X POST H "Content-Type: application/json" --data '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"web3_clientVersion","params":[],"id":1}' http://3.12.166.199:8545
{
  "jsonrpc" : "2.0",
  "id" : 1,
  "result" : "besu/970c594/v21.1.6-dev-3ddd1290/linux-x86_64/oracle_openjdk-java-11"
}

the same call to a geth node works:

$ curl -X POST -H "Content-Type: application/json" --data '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"eth_call","params":[{"to":"0x69498dd54bd25aa0c886cf1f8b8ae0856d55ff13","value":"0x1"}, "latest"],"id":53}' http://10.10.42.123:8545
{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":53,"result":"0x"}
$ curl -X POST -H "Content-Type: application/json" --data '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"web3_clientVersion","params":[],"id":1}' http://10.10.42.123:8545
{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"result":"Geth/v1.10.2-stable-97d11b01/linux-amd64/go1.16"}

[macfarla]

This should definitely work. Here is what I get:

$ curl -X POST --data '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"eth_call","params":[{"to":"0x69498dd54bd25aa0c886cf1f8b8ae0856d55ff13","value":"0x1"}, "latest"],"id":53}' http://localhost:8545

{
  "jsonrpc" : "2.0",
  "id" : 53,
  "result" : "0x"
}

My besu version:

$ curl -X POST -H "Content-Type: application/json" --data '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"web3_clientVersion","params":[],"id":1}' http://localhost:8545

{
  "jsonrpc" : "2.0",
  "id" : 1,
  "result" : "besu/v21.1.6-dev-2862ec7e/osx-x86_64/oracle_openjdk-java-11"
}

Do other methods work? Can you call this method to get enabled RPCs:

$ curl -X POST --data '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"rpc_modules","params":[],"id":1}' http://127.0.0.1:8545
{
  "jsonrpc" : "2.0",
  "id" : 1,
  "result" : {
    "eea" : "1.0",
    "txpool" : "1.0",
    "debug" : "1.0",
    "perm" : "1.0",
    "eth" : "1.0",
    "web3" : "1.0",
    "admin" : "1.0",
    "priv" : "1.0",
    "net" : "1.0",
    "miner" : "1.0"
  }
}

[sajz]

@ligi - did @macfarla rec fixed the issue?
closing for now, reopen if still an issue.

[samsondav]

This is not fixed. We still get this intermittently when trying to send transactions.

[macfarla]

@samsondav can you be more specific - that would help us a lot!
What are you sending exactly when you get the error? What is the exact error message? What besu version are you using?

[jflo]

I got the same results @macfarla did, and am unable to reproduce the issue without more information.

[macfarla]

closing this one - let us know more information (as requested above) if you're still having a problem @samsondav