eth_getbalance

How to use it

// yarn add @tatumio/tatum

import { TatumSDK, Chiliz, Network } from '@tatumio/tatum'

const tatum = await TatumSDK.init<Chiliz>({ network: Network.CHILIZ })

const balance = await tatum.rpc.getBalance('0x3E18a8c3348447E3e69c847FbAA07117E2f46a1b')

await tatum.destroy() // Destroy Tatum SDK - needed for stopping background jobs

Overview

The eth_getBalance method is an JSON-RPC method that allows you to retrieve the balance of a specified address. This method can be used to query the balance of any address, whether it is a contract or an externally owned account (EOA). A common use case for this method is to display the current balance of a user's account in a wallet application or a decentralized application (DApp).

Parameters

The method requires two parameters:

1. address (required): The address of the account or contract whose balance you want to query.
   • Example: "0x99D270f4a42b296fB888f168a5985e1d9839B064"
2. blockParameter (optional): The block number or block identifier to specify the point in time for which you want to query the balance.
   • Example: "latest" or "0x1"

Transaction Details

For the purpose of this documentation, we'll also describe the transactions field of a full transaction object. The eth_getBalance method does not return transaction details, but we provide this information for completeness.

A full transaction object includes the following fields:

• hash: The transaction hash.
• nonce: The number of transactions made by the sender prior to this one.
• blockHash: The hash of the block in which the transaction was included.
• blockNumber: The block number in which the transaction was included.
• transactionIndex: The index of the transaction in the block.
• from: The sender's address.
• to: The recipient's address (or null for contract creation transactions).
• value: The value transferred, in wei.
• gasPrice: The gas price provided by the sender, in wei.
• gas: The maximum gas allowed for the transaction.
• input: The data sent with the transaction (typically for contract interaction).
• v, r, s: The raw signature values of the transaction.

Return Object

The method returns a single field:

• result: The balance of the specified address in wei, as a hexadecimal string.
  • Example: "0x1a2e1a", which corresponds to 1,726,666 wei.

JSON-RPC Request and Response Examples

Request

{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "eth_getBalance",
  "params": ["0x99D270f4a42b296fB888f168a5985e1d9839B064", "latest"]
}

Response

{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "result": {
    "BigNumber": {
      "s": 1,
      "e": 18,
      "c": [10611, 3542686313455]
    }
  }
}