getBalance RPC Method

Description

Returns the balance of the account of provided Pubkey.

Parameters

1. address (string) - The Pubkey of the account to query, encoded as a base-58 string. Required.
2. object (array) - The configuration object with the following fields:
   • commitment (string, optional) - The level of commitment required for the query. Options:
     • finalized - The node will query the most recent block confirmed by the supermajority of the cluster as having reached maximum lockout, meaning the cluster has recognized this block as finalized.
     • confirmed - The node will query the most recent block that has been voted on by the supermajority of the cluster.
     • processed - The node will query its most recent block. Note that the block may not be complete.
   • minContextSlot (integer, optional) - The minimum slot at which the request can be evaluated.

Returns

• result - null if the account doesn’t exist; otherwise, an RpcResponse JSON object with the following fields:
  • context - Metadata about the current state of the Solana network at the time of processing:
    • apiVersion - The version number.
    • slot - The current slot in the Solana cluster when the request was processed.
  • value - The balance of the account in lamports, as a u64 (64-bit unsigned integer).

Code Examples

curl "https://rpc-mainnet.solanatracker.io/?api_key=YOUR_API_KEY_HERE" \
  -X POST \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  --data '{"jsonrpc":"2.0", "id":1, "method":"getBalance", "params":["7cVfgArCheMR6Cs4t6vz5rfnqd56vZq4ndaBrY5xkxXy"]}'