getEpochInfo

Returns information about the current epoch

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getEpochInfo

post

/?api-key=<api-key>

Body

idstring

A unique identifier for the request.

Example: 1

jsonrpcstring · enum

The JSON-RPC protocol version.

Example: 2.0

Options: 2.0

methodstring · enum

The name of the RPC method to invoke.

Example: getEpochInfo

Options: getEpochInfo

paramsobject[]

Optional parameters for the request.

Responses

application/json

cURL

JavaScript

Python

HTTP

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":"getEpochInfo","params":[{"commitment":"finalized","minContextSlot":1000}]}'

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

Successfully retrieved epoch information.