getBalance

Returns the lamport balance of the account of provided Pubkey

getBalance

post

Body

jsonrpcstring · enumrequired

The JSON-RPC protocol version.

Options: 2.0

idstringrequired

A unique identifier for the request.

Example: 1

methodstring · enumrequired

The name of the RPC method to invoke.

Options: getBalance

paramsone of[]required

Parameters for the request.

Responses

application/json

application/json

cURL

JavaScript

Python

HTTP

cURL

curl -L \
  --request POST \
  --url 'https://mainnet.helius-rpc.com/?api-key=<api-key>' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '{
    "jsonrpc": "2.0",
    "id": "1",
    "method": "getBalance",
    "params": [
      "83astBRguLMdt2h5U1Tpdq5tjFoJ6noeGwaY3mDLVcri"
    ]
  }'

200

400

200

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

Successfully retrieved account balance.