eth_getBalance
Returns the balance of the account of a given address.
Parameters
-
address
: [required] A string representing the address (20 bytes) to check for balance. -
blockParameter
: (string) [required] A hexadecimal block number, or one of the tagslatest
,earliest
,pending
orfinalized
. See the default block parameter.warningsafe
isn't supported. Usefinalized
instead.Learn more about Linea's layer 2 finalization.
Returns
A hexadecimal of the current balance in the account at the given address. The balance is in wei.
Example
Replace YOUR-API-KEY
with an API key from your Infura dashboard.
Request
- cURL
- WSS
curl https://linea-mainnet.infura.io/v3/YOUR-API-KEY \
-X POST \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"eth_getBalance","params": ["0xc94770007dda54cF92009BFF0dE90c06F603a09f", "latest"],"id":1}'
wscat -c wss://linea-mainnet.infura.io/ws/v3/YOUR-API-KEY -x '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"eth_getBalance","params": ["0xc94770007dda54cF92009BFF0dE90c06F603a09f", "latest"],"id":1}'
Response
- JSON
{
"jsonrpc": "2.0",
"id": 1,
"result": "0x7c2562030800"
}