eth_getBalance: Balance of an account.

In gethr: Access to Ethereum-Based Blockchains Through Geth Nodes

Description

eth_getBalance returns the balance of the account of the given address.

Usage

eth_getBalance(address = NULL, number = "latest")

Arguments

address	Address - Address to check the balance.
number	Integer|Tag - Block number, or the string 'latest', 'earliest' or 'pending'.

Value

Integer - Current balance in wei.

See Also

Other eth functions: eth_accounts, eth_blockNumber, eth_call, eth_coinbase, eth_estimateGas, eth_gasPrice, eth_getBlockByHash, eth_getBlockByNumber, eth_getBlockTransactionCountByHash, eth_getBlockTransactionCountByNumber, eth_getCode, eth_getFilterChanges, eth_getFilterLogs, eth_getLogs, eth_getProof, eth_getStorageAt, eth_getTransactionByBlockHashAndIndex, eth_getTransactionByBlockNumberAndIndex, eth_getTransactionByHash, eth_getTransactionCount, eth_getTransactionReceipt, eth_getUncleByBlockHashAndIndex, eth_getUncleByBlockNumberAndIndex, eth_getUncleCountByBlockHash, eth_getUncleCountByBlockNumber, eth_getWork, eth_hashrate, eth_mining, eth_newBlockFilter, eth_newFilter, eth_newPendingTransactionFilter, eth_protocolVersion, eth_sendRawTransaction, eth_sendTransaction, eth_sign, eth_submitHashrate, eth_submitWork, eth_syncing, eth_uninstallFilter, gethr, personal_sendTransaction

Examples

eth_getBalance()
eth_getBalance('0xb117a8bc3ecf2c3f006b89da6826e49b4193977a')
eth_getBalance('0xb117a8bc3ecf2c3f006b89da6826e49b4193977a', 'earliest')
eth_getBalance('0xb117a8bc3ecf2c3f006b89da6826e49b4193977a', 5)

gethr documentation built on May 2, 2019, 7:03 a.m.