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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 tags latest, earliest, pending or finalized. See the default block parameter.

    warning

    safe isn't supported. Use finalized 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 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}'

Response

{
"jsonrpc": "2.0",
"id": 1,
"result": "0x7c2562030800"
}