# eth\_getBalance

Returns the balance of the account of given address.

### REQUEST

```
POST https://<network>.chainrpc.io/v3/YOUR-API-KEY
```

#### HEADERS

```
Content-Type: application/json
```

#### REQUEST PARAMS

* `ADDRESS` *\[required]* - a string representing the address (20 bytes) to check for balance
* `BLOCK PARAMETER` *\[required]* - a hexadecimal block number, or the string "latest", "earliest" or "pending".

#### EXAMPLE

```bash
## JSON-RPC over HTTPS POST
## Replace YOUR-API-KEY with an API key from your chainRPC Dashboard
## You can also replace mainnet with a different supported network
curl https://eth.chainrpc.io/v3/YOUR-API-KEY \
    -X POST \
    -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
    -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"eth_getBalance","params": ["0xc94770007dda54cF92009BFF0dE90c06F603a09f", "latest"],"id":1}'

## JSON-RPC over WSS
## Replace YOUR-API-KEY with an API key from your Infura Dashboard
## You can also replace mainnet with a different supported network
wscat -c wss://eth.chainrpc.io/v3/YOUR-API-KEY
>{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"eth_getBalance","params": ["0xc94770007dda54cF92009BFF0dE90c06F603a09f", "latest"],"id":1}
```

### RESPONSE

#### RESULT FIELDS

* `BALANCE` - hexadecimal of the current balance in wei.

#### BODY

```json
{
    "jsonrpc": "2.0",
    "id": 1,
    "result": "0x2fe84e3113d7b"
}
```


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