getBalance

Returns the balance of the account of given address.

REQUEST

POST https://mainnet-slice-rpc.com

HEADERS

Content-Type: application/json

REQUEST PARAMS

• ADDRESS [required] - a string representing the address (20 bytes) to check for balance

• BLOCK PARAMETER [required] - an integer block number, or the string "latest", "earliest" or "pending", see the default block parameter

EXAMPLE

## JSON-RPC over HTTPS POST
curl https://mainnet-slice-rpc.com \
    -X POST \
    -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
    -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"eth_getBalance","params": ["0xc94770007dda54cF92009BFF0dE90c06F603a09f", "latest"],"id":1}'

## JSON-RPC over WSS
wscat -c ws://mainnet-slice-rpc.com
>{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"eth_getBalance","params": ["0xc94770007dda54cF92009BFF0dE90c06F603a09f", "latest"],"id":1}

RESPONSE

RESULT FIELDS

• BALANCE - integer of the current balance in wei.

BODY

{
    "jsonrpc": "2.0",
    "id": 1,
    "result": "0x2fe84e3113d7b"
}