diff --git a/eth/api.go b/eth/api.go
index 3ec3afb81e14..049d92396d2d 100644
--- a/eth/api.go
+++ b/eth/api.go
@@ -362,6 +362,10 @@ func (api *PrivateDebugAPI) StorageRangeAt(ctx context.Context, blockHash common
 	return storageRangeAt(st, keyStart, maxResult)
 }
 
+func StorageRangeAt(st state.Trie, start []byte, maxResult int) (StorageRangeResult, error) {
+	return storageRangeAt(st, start, maxResult)
+}
+
 func storageRangeAt(st state.Trie, start []byte, maxResult int) (StorageRangeResult, error) {
 	it := trie.NewIterator(st.NodeIterator(start))
 	result := StorageRangeResult{Storage: storageMap{}}
diff --git a/eth/ethapi/api.go b/eth/ethapi/api.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..31f422de07ca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/eth/ethapi/api.go
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+package ethapi
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+
+	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/common/math"
+	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/core/vm"
+)
+
+// ExecutionResult groups all structured logs emitted by the EVM
+// while replaying a transaction in debug mode as well as transaction
+// execution status, the amount of gas used and the return value
+type ExecutionResult struct {
+	Gas         uint64         `json:"gas"`
+	Failed      bool           `json:"failed"`
+	ReturnValue string         `json:"returnValue"`
+	StructLogs  []StructLogRes `json:"structLogs"`
+}
+
+// StructLogRes stores a structured log emitted by the EVM while replaying a
+// transaction in debug mode
+type StructLogRes struct {
+	Pc      uint64             `json:"pc"`
+	Op      string             `json:"op"`
+	Gas     uint64             `json:"gas"`
+	GasCost uint64             `json:"gasCost"`
+	Depth   int                `json:"depth"`
+	Error   error              `json:"error,omitempty"`
+	Stack   *[]string          `json:"stack,omitempty"`
+	Memory  *[]string          `json:"memory,omitempty"`
+	Storage *map[string]string `json:"storage,omitempty"`
+}
+
+// formatLogs formats EVM returned structured logs for json output
+func FormatLogs(logs []vm.StructLog) []StructLogRes {
+	formatted := make([]StructLogRes, len(logs))
+	for index, trace := range logs {
+		formatted[index] = StructLogRes{
+			Pc:      trace.Pc,
+			Op:      trace.Op.String(),
+			Gas:     trace.Gas,
+			GasCost: trace.GasCost,
+			Depth:   trace.Depth,
+			Error:   trace.Err,
+		}
+		if trace.Stack != nil {
+			stack := make([]string, len(trace.Stack))
+			for i, stackValue := range trace.Stack {
+				stack[i] = fmt.Sprintf("%x", math.PaddedBigBytes(stackValue, 32))
+			}
+			formatted[index].Stack = &stack
+		}
+		if trace.Memory != nil {
+			memory := make([]string, 0, (len(trace.Memory)+31)/32)
+			for i := 0; i+32 <= len(trace.Memory); i += 32 {
+				memory = append(memory, fmt.Sprintf("%x", trace.Memory[i:i+32]))
+			}
+			formatted[index].Memory = &memory
+		}
+		if trace.Storage != nil {
+			storage := make(map[string]string)
+			for i, storageValue := range trace.Storage {
+				storage[fmt.Sprintf("%x", i)] = fmt.Sprintf("%x", storageValue)
+			}
+			formatted[index].Storage = &storage
+		}
+	}
+	return formatted
+}