eth_getBalance RPC Method

Parameters

address

string

REQUIRED

The address (20 bytes) to check for balance

blockNumber/tag

string

REQUIRED

The block number in hexadecimal format or the tag 'latest'

Returns

result

string

The ETH balance of the specified address in hexadecimal value, measured in wei

Request

curl https://docs-demo.hype-mainnet.quiknode.pro/evm \
  -X POST \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  --data '{"method":"eth_getBalance","params":["0xfc63c771d297b4e6f8c38db3e7fa606ff4f2aeff", "latest"],"id":1,"jsonrpc":"2.0"}'

require 'eth'

client = Eth::Client.create 'https://docs-demo.hype-mainnet.quiknode.pro/evm'
payload = {
    "jsonrpc": "2.0",
    "method": "eth_getBalance",
    "params": ["0xfc63c771d297b4e6f8c38db3e7fa606ff4f2aeff", 'latest'],
    "id": "1"
}

response = client.send(payload.to_json)
puts response

import { ethers } from "ethers";
(async () => {
  const provider = new ethers.JsonRpcProvider("https://docs-demo.hype-mainnet.quiknode.pro/evm");
  const balance = await provider.getBalance(
    "0xfc63c771d297b4e6f8c38db3e7fa606ff4f2aeff",
    "latest"
  );
  console.log(balance);
})();

var myHeaders = new Headers();
myHeaders.append("Content-Type", "application/json");

var raw = JSON.stringify({
  "method": "eth_getBalance",
  "params": [
    "0xfc63c771d297b4e6f8c38db3e7fa606ff4f2aeff",
    "latest"
  ],
  "id": 1,
  "jsonrpc": "2.0"
});

var requestOptions = {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: myHeaders,
  body: raw,
  redirect: 'follow'
};

fetch("https://docs-demo.hype-mainnet.quiknode.pro/evm", requestOptions)
  .then(response => response.text())
  .then(result => console.log(result))
  .catch(error => console.log('error', error));

import requests
import json

url = "https://docs-demo.hype-mainnet.quiknode.pro/evm"

payload = json.dumps({
  "method": "eth_getBalance",
  "params": [
    "0xfc63c771d297b4e6f8c38db3e7fa606ff4f2aeff",
    "latest"
  ],
  "id": 1,
  "jsonrpc": "2.0"
})
headers = {
  'Content-Type': 'application/json'
}

response = requests.request("POST", url, headers=headers, data=payload)

print(response.text)

require "uri"
require "json"
require "net/http"

url = URI("https://docs-demo.hype-mainnet.quiknode.pro/evm")

https = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
https.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["Content-Type"] = "application/json"
request.body = JSON.dump({
  "method": "eth_getBalance",
  "params": [
    "0xfc63c771d297b4e6f8c38db3e7fa606ff4f2aeff",
    "latest"
  ],
  "id": 1,
  "jsonrpc": "2.0"
})

response = https.request(request)
puts response.read_body

from web3 import Web3, HTTPProvider
w3 = Web3(HTTPProvider('https://docs-demo.hype-mainnet.quiknode.pro/evm'))
print (w3.eth.get_balance('0xfc63c771d297b4e6f8c38db3e7fa606ff4f2aeff', 'latest'))

import { Core } from '@quicknode/sdk'

const core = new Core({
  endpointUrl: "https://docs-demo.hype-mainnet.quiknode.pro/evm",
})

core.client
  .getBalance({
    address: '0xD10E24685c7CDD3cd3BaAA86b09C92Be28c834B6',
  })
  .then(res => console.log(res))

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