getEpochInfo

Returns information about the current epoch

getEpochInfo

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

Body

application/json

jsonrpcenum

The JSON-RPC protocol version.

Example: "2.0"

2.0

idstring

A unique identifier for the request.

Example: "1"

methodenum

The name of the RPC method to invoke.

Example: "getEpochInfo"

getEpochInfo

paramsarray of object

Optional parameters for the request.

Response

200400401500

Successfully retrieved epoch information.

Body

application/json

jsonrpcenum

The JSON-RPC protocol version.

Example: "2.0"

2.0

idstring

Identifier matching the request.

Example: "1"

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": "getEpochInfo",
      "params": [
        {
          "commitment": "finalized",
          "minContextSlot": 1000
        }
      ]
    }),
});
const data = await response.json();

Response

200400401500

{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": "1",
  "result": {
    "absoluteSlot": 166598,
    "blockHeight": 166500,
    "epoch": 27,
    "slotIndex": 2790,
    "slotsInEpoch": 8192,
    "transactionCount": 22661093
  }
}