getEpochInfo RPC Method

Parameters

object

array

The configuration object with the following fields:

commitment

string

The level of commitment required for the query. The options include:

finalized

string

The node will query the most recent block confirmed by the supermajority of the cluster as having reached maximum lockout, meaning the cluster has recognized this block as finalized

confirmed

string

The node will query the most recent block that has been voted on by the supermajority of the cluster

processed

string

The node will query its most recent block. Note that the block may not be complete

minContextSlot

integer

The minimum slot at which the request can be evaluated

Returns

result

An object with the following fields:

absoluteSlot

The current slot

blockHeight

The current block height

epoch

The current epoch

slotIndex

The current slot relative to the start of the current epoch

slotsInEpoch

The number of slots in this epoch

transactionCount

The total number of transactions processed during the current epoch

Request

curl https://docs-demo.solana-mainnet.quiknode.pro/ \
  -X POST \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  --data '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1, "method":"getEpochInfo"}'

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

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

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({
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "getEpochInfo"
})

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

import { createSolanaRpc } from "@solana/kit";

(async () => {
  const solanaRpc = createSolanaRpc("https://docs-demo.solana-mainnet.quiknode.pro/");
  
  try {
    const epochInfo = await solanaRpc.getEpochInfo().send();
    console.log(epochInfo);
  } catch (error) {
    console.error("Error fetching epoch info:", error);
  }
})();

const web3 = require("@solana/web3.js");
(async () => {
  const solana = new web3.Connection("https://docs-demo.solana-mainnet.quiknode.pro/");
  console.log(await solana.getEpochInfo());
})();

from solana.rpc.api import Client
solana_client = Client("https://docs-demo.solana-mainnet.quiknode.pro/")
print(solana_client.get_epoch_info())

use reqwest::header;
use reqwest::Client;
use std::error::Error;

#[tokio::main]
async fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn Error>> {
    let mut headers = header::HeaderMap::new();
    headers.insert("Content-Type", "application/json".parse().unwrap());

    let client = Client::new();
    let json_data = r#"
    {
        "jsonrpc": "2.0",
        "id": 1,
        "method": "getEpochInfo"
    }
    "#;
    let response = client
        .post("https://docs-demo.solana-mainnet.quiknode.pro/")
        .headers(headers)
        .body(json_data)
        .send()
        .await?; 

    let body = response.text().await?;
    println!("{}", body);

    Ok(())
}

Response

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

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