eth_getBalance

Returns the account balance of a given address.

Parameters

Object NameRequiredTypeDetail
ADDRESSStringAddress to check for balance.
BLOCK NUMBERString/ObjectA hex code of an integer that represents the block number, "latest", "earliest" , "pending" , or hash of a block. The hash of a block is an object specified as: {"blockHash": "\<hash_value>"}. Learn more here.
"params": [
    "0x1de4f1ae2efb80716a73fbb2457b1efba5ae2759", 
    "latest"
]

Result

A hex code of an integer that represents the current balance in Wei.

Example

Request

curl <your-endpoint> \
    -X POST \
    -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
    -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"eth_getBalance","params":["0x1de4f1ae2efb80716a73fbb2457b1efba5ae2759", "latest"],"id":0}'

Return

{
    "jsonrpc": "2.0",
    "id": 0,
    "result": "0xf2577014e950d2"
}
Language
Click Try It! to start a request and see the response here!