eth_getBalance | Plasma

Plasma API method that returns the balance of a specific account in Wei, the smallest unit of ether. Use it on Plasma via Chainstack.

POST /be84184cd12967be5a65d06651c60085

eth_getBalance

cURL

curl --request POST \
  --url https://plasma-mainnet.core.chainstack.com/be84184cd12967be5a65d06651c60085 \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '
{
  "id": 1,
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "method": "eth_getBalance",
  "params": [
    "0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000",
    "latest"
  ]
}
'

200

{
  "jsonrpc": "<string>",
  "id": 123,
  "result": {}
}

Plasma API method that returns the balance of a specific account in Wei, the smallest unit of ether.

Parameters

• address — the address to check the balance of
• quantity or tag — the block number in hex format or block tag (latest, earliest, pending, safe, finalized)

Response

• quantity — the integer value of the current balance in Wei

eth_getBalance code examples

ethers.js

const { JsonRpcProvider } = require("ethers");

const provider = new JsonRpcProvider("CHAINSTACK_NODE_URL");

async function call() {
  const result = await provider.send("eth_getBalance", [
    "0x742d35Cc6634C0532925a3b844Bc454e4438f44e",
    "latest"
  ]);
  console.log(result);
}

call();

Body

application/json

id · integer · default: 1

jsonrpc · string · default: 2.0

method · string · default: eth_getBalance

params · string[]

The address to check for balance.

Response

200 - application/json

Returns the balance of the account of given address.

jsonrpc · string

id · integer

result · object