---
description: Returns the balance of the account of given address.
---

# getBalance

### REQUEST

```
POST https://rbc-rpc.com
```

#### HEADERS

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

#### REQUEST PARAMS

* `ADDRESS` _\[required]_ - a string representing the address (20 bytes) to check for balance
* `BLOCK PARAMETER` _\[required]_ - an integer block number, or the string "latest", "earliest" or "pending", see the [default block parameter](https://github.com/ethereum/wiki/wiki/JSON-RPC#the-default-block-parameter)

#### EXAMPLE

```
## JSON-RPC over HTTPS POST
curl https://rbc-rpc.com \
    -X POST \
    -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
    -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"eth_getBalance","params": ["0xc94770007dda54cF92009BFF0dE90c06F603a09f", "latest"],"id":1}'

## JSON-RPC over WSS
wscat -c ws://rbc-rpc.com
>{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"eth_getBalance","params": ["0xc94770007dda54cF92009BFF0dE90c06F603a09f", "latest"],"id":1}
```

### RESPONSE

#### RESULT FIELDS

`BALANCE` - integer of the current balance in wei.

#### BODY

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