eth_getAccount RPC Method

Parameters

address

string

REQUIRED

The account address for which the information is to be retrieved

blockReference

string

REQUIRED

The block number in either hexadecimal or integer format, or utilize tags for convenience. Available tags include 'latest' for the latest mined block, 'pending' for the pending state/transactions, and 'safe' or 'finalized' to indicate different degrees of block confirmation

Returns

result

object

A result object which contains the following fields:

codeHash

string

A 32 byte hash of the code of the account

storageRoot

string

The hash of the account's storage data

balance

string

The current balance of the account in wei

nonce

string

The transaction count of an account

Request

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curl https://docs-demo.quiknode.pro/ \
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  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
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  --data '{
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      "method": "eth_getAccount",
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      "params":["0x8D97689C9818892B700e27F316cc3E41e17fBeb9", "latest"],
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      "id": 1,
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      "jsonrpc": "2.0"
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}'

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