getEpochInfo

Returns information about the current epoch.

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Supported on Solana (mainnet) only.

Parameters

  • (optional) <object> - Configuration object containing the following fields:
    • (optional) commitment: <string> - Commitment
    • (optional) minContextSlot: <number> - set the minimum slot that the request can be evaluated at.

Returns

The result field will be an object with the following fields:

  • absoluteSlot: <u64>, the current slot
  • blockHeight: <u64>, the current block height
  • epoch: <u64>, the current epoch
  • slotIndex: <u64>, the current slot relative to the start of the current epoch
  • slotsInEpoch: <u64>, the number of slots in this epoch
  • transactionCount: <u64|null>, total number of transactions processed without error since genesis

API Endpoint

The format of an Solana API endpoint is
https://open-platform.nodereal.io/{{apiKey}}/solana/

Here is an example:
https://open-platform.nodereal.io/4c0a1c23661a4e26bcbcwed461e34ea9/solana/

Example

Request

curl https://open-platform.nodereal.io/{{apiKey}}/solana/ \
  -X POST \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  --data '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1, "method":"getEpochInfo"}'

Result

{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "result": {
    "absoluteSlot": 166598,
    "blockHeight": 166500,
    "epoch": 27,
    "slotIndex": 2790,
    "slotsInEpoch": 8192,
    "transactionCount": 22661093
  },
  "id": 1
}