getBalance

Returns the lamport balance of the account of provided Pubkey

getBalance

POSThttps://mainnet.helius-rpc.com/?api-key=<api-key>

Body

application/json

jsonrpc*enum

The JSON-RPC protocol version.

2.0

id*string

A unique identifier for the request.

Example: "1"

method*enum

The name of the RPC method to invoke.

getBalance

params*array of one of

Parameters for the request.

Response

200400

Successfully retrieved account balance.

Body

application/json

jsonrpcenum

2.0

idstring

resultobject

Request

JavaScriptCurlPython

const response = await fetch('https://mainnet.helius-rpc.com/?api-key=<api-key>', {
    method: 'POST',
    headers: {
      "Content-Type": "application/json"
    },
    body: JSON.stringify({
      "jsonrpc": "2.0",
      "id": "1",
      "method": "getBalance",
      "params": [
        "83astBRguLMdt2h5U1Tpdq5tjFoJ6noeGwaY3mDLVcri"
      ]
    }),
});
const data = await response.json();

Response

200400

{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": "text",
  "result": {
    "context": {
      "slot": 1
    },
    "value": 0
  }
}