getGenesisHash

Returns the genesis hash

getGenesisHash

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: "getGenesisHash"

getGenesisHash

Response

200400401500

Successfully retrieved the genesis hash.

Body

application/json

jsonrpcenum

The JSON-RPC protocol version.

Example: "2.0"

2.0

idstring

Identifier matching the request.

Example: "1"

resultstring

A hash as a base-58 encoded string.

Example: "GH7ome3EiwEr7tu9JuTh2dpYWBJK3z69Xm1ZE3MEE6JC"

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": "getGenesisHash"
    }),
});
const data = await response.json();

Response

200400401500

{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": "1",
  "result": "GH7ome3EiwEr7tu9JuTh2dpYWBJK3z69Xm1ZE3MEE6JC"
}