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# GetBalance

## 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 string

    `object` **optional**\
    Configuration object containing the following fields:

    **commitment** `string` **optional**\
    The level of commitment desired when querying state

    **minContextSlot** `number` **optional**\
    The minimum slot that the request can be evaluated at
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    #### Code Sample

    ```bash theme={"system"}
    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"
        }
      ]
    }'
    ```

    #### Response

    ```json theme={"system"}
    {
      "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