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getBalance RPC Method

Returns the lamport balance of the account of provided Pubkey.

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Parameters

string required
Pubkey of account to query, as base-58 encoded stringobject optional
Configuration object containing the following fields:commitment string optional
The level of commitment desired when querying stateminContextSlot number optional
The minimum slot that the request can be evaluated at

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Code Sample

curl https://rpc.testnet.soo.network/rpc -X POST -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d '{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "getBalance",
  "params": [
    "6dRnxBGavrfCyKRwfkdwBWxVwwBpwx4ZJpca6K5bbLYo",
    {
      "commitment": "finalized"
    }
  ]
}'

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Response

{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "result": {
    "context": {
      "slot": 123456789
    },
    "value": 1000000000
  },
  "id": 1
}

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Result

The result will be an RpcResponse JSON object with value field equal to:
  • Number of lamports in the account, as a u64 integer