klay_getBalance

Returns the balance of the account of given address.

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Supported on Klaytn (mainnet) only.

Parameters

Request

NameTypeDescription
address20-byte DATAAddress to check for balance.
block number or hashQUANTITY | TAG | HASHInteger or hexadecimal block number, or the string "earliest", "latest" or "pending" as in the default block parameter, or block hash.

NOTE: In versions earlier than Klaytn v1.7.0, only integer block number, the string "earliest" and "latest" are available.

Result

TypeDescription
QUANTITYInteger of the current balance in peb.

API Endpoint

The format of a Klaytn API endpoint is
https://open-platform.nodereal.io/{{apiKey}}/klaytn/

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

Example

// Request
curl https://open-platform.nodereal.io/{{apiKey}}/klaytn/ \
  -X POST \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  --data '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"klay_getBalance","params":["0xc94770007dda54cF92009BFF0dE90c06F603a09f", "latest"],"id":1}'

// Result
{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0","id":1,
  "result": "0x0234c8a3397aab58" // 158972490234375000
}