Please note that this method is only available in solana-core v1.9 or newer. Please use getSnapshotSlot for solana-core v1.8

Parameters

This method does not accept any parameters

Returns

result

The result will be an object with the following fields:

full

The highest fullsnapshot slot encoded as 64-bit unsigned integer

incremental

The greatest incremental snapshot slot derived from the full snapshot

Request

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

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

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require "uri"
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require "json"
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require "net/http"
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url = URI("https://docs-demo.solana-mainnet.quiknode.pro/")
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https = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
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https.use_ssl = true
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request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
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request["Content-Type"] = "application/json"
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request.body = JSON.dump({
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  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
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  "id": 1,
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  "method": "getHighestSnapshotSlot"
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})
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response = https.request(request)
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puts response.read_body
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require "uri"
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require "json"
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require "net/http"
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url = URI("https://docs-demo.solana-mainnet.quiknode.pro/")
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https = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
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https.use_ssl = true
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request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
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request["Content-Type"] = "application/json"
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request.body = JSON.dump({
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  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
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  "id": 1,
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  "method": "getHighestSnapshotSlot"
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})
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response = https.request(request)
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puts response.read_body
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const web3 = require("@solana/web3.js");
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(async () => {
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  const solana = new web3.Connection("https://docs-demo.solana-mainnet.quiknode.pro/");
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  console.log(await solana.getHighestSnapshotSlot());
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})();
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const web3 = require("@solana/web3.js");
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(async () => {
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  const solana = new web3.Connection("https://docs-demo.solana-mainnet.quiknode.pro/");
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  console.log(await solana.getHighestSnapshotSlot());
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})();
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import { createSolanaRpc } from "@solana/kit";
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(async () => {
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  const solanaRpc = createSolanaRpc("https://docs-demo.solana-mainnet.quiknode.pro/");
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  try {
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    const highestSnapshotSlot = await solanaRpc.getHighestSnapshotSlot().send();
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    console.log(highestSnapshotSlot);
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  } catch (error) {
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    console.error("Error fetching highest snapshot slot:", error);
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  }
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})();

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import { createSolanaRpc } from "@solana/kit";
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(async () => {
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  const solanaRpc = createSolanaRpc("https://docs-demo.solana-mainnet.quiknode.pro/");
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  try {
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    const highestSnapshotSlot = await solanaRpc.getHighestSnapshotSlot().send();
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    console.log(highestSnapshotSlot);
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  } catch (error) {
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    console.error("Error fetching highest snapshot slot:", error);
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  }
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})();

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// not currently supported by solanaJS
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const axios = require("axios");
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(() => {
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  const config = {
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    headers: {
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      "Content-Type": "application/json",
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    },
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  };
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  const data = {
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    jsonrpc: "2.0",
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    id: 1,
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    method: "getHighestSnapshotSlot",
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  };
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  axios
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    .post("https://docs-demo.solana-mainnet.quiknode.pro/", data, config)
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    .then(function (response) {
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      // handle success
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      console.log(response.data);
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    })
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    .catch((err) => {
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      // handle error
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      console.log(err);
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    });
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})();
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// not currently supported by solanaJS
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const axios = require("axios");
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(() => {
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  const config = {
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    headers: {
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      "Content-Type": "application/json",
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    },
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  };
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  const data = {
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    jsonrpc: "2.0",
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    id: 1,
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    method: "getHighestSnapshotSlot",
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  };
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  axios
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    .post("https://docs-demo.solana-mainnet.quiknode.pro/", data, config)
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    .then(function (response) {
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      // handle success
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      console.log(response.data);
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    })
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    .catch((err) => {
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      // handle error
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      console.log(err);
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    });
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})();
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from jsonrpcclient import request, parse, Ok
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import logging
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import requests
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response = requests.post("https://docs-demo.solana-mainnet.quiknode.pro/", json=request("getHighestSnapshotSlot"))
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parsed = parse(response.json())
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if isinstance(parsed, Ok):
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    print(parsed.result)
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else:
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    logging.error(parsed.message)

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from jsonrpcclient import request, parse, Ok
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import logging
3
import requests
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response = requests.post("https://docs-demo.solana-mainnet.quiknode.pro/", json=request("getHighestSnapshotSlot"))
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parsed = parse(response.json())
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if isinstance(parsed, Ok):
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    print(parsed.result)
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else:
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    logging.error(parsed.message)

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use reqwest::header;
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use reqwest::Client;
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use std::error::Error;
4

5
#[tokio::main]
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async fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn Error>> {
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    let mut headers = header::HeaderMap::new();
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    headers.insert("Content-Type", "application/json".parse().unwrap());
9

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    let client = Client::new();
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    let json_data = r#"
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    {
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        "jsonrpc": "2.0",
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        "id": 1,
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        "method": "getHighestSnapshotSlot"
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    }
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    "#;
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    let response = client
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        .post("https://docs-demo.solana-mainnet.quiknode.pro/")
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        .headers(headers)
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        .body(json_data)
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        .send()
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        .await?; 
24

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

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use reqwest::header;
2
use reqwest::Client;
3
use std::error::Error;
4

5
#[tokio::main]
6
async fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn Error>> {
7
    let mut headers = header::HeaderMap::new();
8
    headers.insert("Content-Type", "application/json".parse().unwrap());
9

10
    let client = Client::new();
11
    let json_data = r#"
12
    {
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        "jsonrpc": "2.0",
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        "id": 1,
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        "method": "getHighestSnapshotSlot"
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    }
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    "#;
18
    let response = client
19
        .post("https://docs-demo.solana-mainnet.quiknode.pro/")
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        .headers(headers)
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        .body(json_data)
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        .send()
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        .await?; 
24

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

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import { QuicknodeSdk } from '@quicknode/sdk'
2

3
const qn = new QuicknodeSdk({})
4

5
const result = await qn.rpc.call(
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  'getHighestSnapshotSlot',
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  [],
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  undefined,
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  'https://docs-demo.solana-mainnet.quiknode.pro/'
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)
11

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console.log(result)

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import { QuicknodeSdk } from '@quicknode/sdk'
2

3
const qn = new QuicknodeSdk({})
4

5
const result = await qn.rpc.call(
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  'getHighestSnapshotSlot',
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  [],
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  undefined,
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  'https://docs-demo.solana-mainnet.quiknode.pro/'
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)
11

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console.log(result)

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import asyncio
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from quicknode_sdk import QuicknodeSdk, SdkFullConfig
3

4
async def main():
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    qn = QuicknodeSdk(SdkFullConfig(api_key=None))
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    result = await qn.rpc.call(
7
        "getHighestSnapshotSlot",
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        [],
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        endpoint_url="https://docs-demo.solana-mainnet.quiknode.pro/",
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    )
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    print(result)
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asyncio.run(main())

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import asyncio
2
from quicknode_sdk import QuicknodeSdk, SdkFullConfig
3

4
async def main():
5
    qn = QuicknodeSdk(SdkFullConfig(api_key=None))
6
    result = await qn.rpc.call(
7
        "getHighestSnapshotSlot",
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        [],
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        endpoint_url="https://docs-demo.solana-mainnet.quiknode.pro/",
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    )
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    print(result)
12

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asyncio.run(main())

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require "quicknode_sdk"
2

3
qn = QuicknodeSdk::SDK.from_config(api_key: nil)
4

5
result = qn.rpc.call(
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  method: "getHighestSnapshotSlot",
7
  params: [],
8
  endpoint_url: "https://docs-demo.solana-mainnet.quiknode.pro/"
9
)
10

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puts result

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require "quicknode_sdk"
2

3
qn = QuicknodeSdk::SDK.from_config(api_key: nil)
4

5
result = qn.rpc.call(
6
  method: "getHighestSnapshotSlot",
7
  params: [],
8
  endpoint_url: "https://docs-demo.solana-mainnet.quiknode.pro/"
9
)
10

11
puts result

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use quicknode_sdk::{QuicknodeSdk, SdkFullConfig};
2

3
#[tokio::main]
4
async fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
5
    let qn = QuicknodeSdk::new(&SdkFullConfig::keyless())?;
6
    let result = qn
7
        .rpc
8
        .call(
9
            "getHighestSnapshotSlot",
10
            Some(serde_json::json!([])),
11
            None,
12
            Some("https://docs-demo.solana-mainnet.quiknode.pro/".into()),
13
        )
14
        .await?;
15

16
    println!("{result}");
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    Ok(())
18
}

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use quicknode_sdk::{QuicknodeSdk, SdkFullConfig};
2

3
#[tokio::main]
4
async fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
5
    let qn = QuicknodeSdk::new(&SdkFullConfig::keyless())?;
6
    let result = qn
7
        .rpc
8
        .call(
9
            "getHighestSnapshotSlot",
10
            Some(serde_json::json!([])),
11
            None,
12
            Some("https://docs-demo.solana-mainnet.quiknode.pro/".into()),
13
        )
14
        .await?;
15

16
    println!("{result}");
17
    Ok(())
18
}

Response

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{
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  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
3
  "result": {
4
    "full": 335468045,
5
    "incremental": 335501720
6
  },
7
  "id": 1
8
}

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{
2
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
3
  "result": {
4
    "full": 335468045,
5
    "incremental": 335501720
6
  },
7
  "id": 1
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}

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