this works but i dont like it

web3-proxy/src/connections.rs

@@ -131,6 +131,7 @@ impl Web3Connections {
         params: Option<Box<RawValue>>,
         response_sender: flume::Sender<anyhow::Result<Box<RawValue>>>,
     ) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
+        // TODO: if only 1 active_request_handles, do self.try_send_request
         let mut unordered_futures = FuturesUnordered::new();
 
         for connection in active_request_handles {

web3-proxy/src/jsonrpc.rs

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ pub struct JsonRpcRequest {
     // pub jsonrpc: Box<RawValue>,
     pub id: Box<RawValue>,
     pub method: String,
+    // TODO: should we have the default of [] here instead?
     pub params: Option<Box<RawValue>>,
 }
 
@@ -109,7 +110,11 @@ impl<'de> Deserialize<'de> for JsonRpcRequestEnum {
 
                 let id = id.ok_or_else(|| de::Error::missing_field("id"))?;
                 let method = method.ok_or_else(|| de::Error::missing_field("method"))?;
-                let params = params.ok_or_else(|| de::Error::missing_field("params"))?;
+
+                let params: Option<Box<RawValue>> = match params {
+                    None => Some(RawValue::from_string("[]".to_string()).unwrap()),
+                    Some(x) => Some(x),
+                };
 
                 let single = JsonRpcRequest { id, method, params };