getEpochInfo

Returns information about the current epoch

getEpochInfo

post

Body

jsonrpcstring · enumoptional

The JSON-RPC protocol version.

Example: 2.0

Options: 2.0

idstringoptional

A unique identifier for the request.

Example: 1

methodstring · enumoptional

The name of the RPC method to invoke.

Example: getEpochInfo

Options: getEpochInfo

paramsobject[]optional

Optional parameters for the request.

Responses

application/json

application/json

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

200

400

401

500

200

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

Successfully retrieved epoch information.