GetBalance

---

• Returns the current balance of an account, measured in the smallest accounting unit Qa (or 10^-12 Zil). This is represented as a String.

• Returns the current nonce of an account. This is represented as a Number.

Example Request

=== "cURL"

```shell
curl -d '{
    "id": "1",
    "jsonrpc": "2.0",
    "method": "GetBalance",
    "params": ["1eefc4f453539e5ee732b49eb4792b268c2f3908"]
}' -H "Content-Type: application/json" -X POST "https://zil.nownodes.io/"
```

=== "node.js"

```js
const balance = await zilliqa.blockchain.getBalance(
  "1eefc4f453539e5ee732b49eb4792b268c2f3908"
);
console.log(balance.result);
```

=== "java"

```java
public class App {
    public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException {
        HttpProvider client = new HttpProvider("https://zil.nownodes.io");
        Rep<HttpProvider.BalanceResult> balance = client.getBalance("1eefc4f453539e5ee732b49eb4792b268c2f3908");
        System.out.println(new Gson().toJson(balance));
    }
}
```

=== "python"

```python
from pyzil.zilliqa import chain
chain.set_active_chain(chain.MainNet)
print(chain.active_chain.api.GetBalance("1eefc4f453539e5ee732b49eb4792b268c2f3908"))
```

=== "go"

```go
func TestGetBalance() {
  provider := NewProvider("https://zil.nownodes.io/")
  response := provider.GetBalance("9bfec715a6bd658fcb62b0f8cc9bfa2ade71434a")
  result, _ := json.Marshal(response)
  fmt.Println(string(result))
}
```

Example Response

{
  "id": "1",
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "result": {
    "balance": "18446744073637511711",
    "nonce": 16
  }
}

Arguments

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
id	string	Required	"1"
jsonrpc	string	Required	"2.0"
method	string	Required	"GetBalance"
params	string	Required	An User's account address of 20 bytes. Example: "1eefc4f453539e5ee732b49eb4792b268c2f3908" Also supports Bech32 address Example: "zil1rmhufazn2w09aeejkj0tg7fty6xz7wggup2tsh"