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# getBalance

> Returns the lamport balance of the account of provided Pubkey.

Returns the lamport balance of the account of provided Pubkey.

## On ThorNode

Answered by FastGate through the ThorEdge RPC URL; no separate endpoint or key. `commitment` and `minContextSlot` are accepted and ignored: the response reflects FastGate's indexed slot, reported as `context.slot` (no `apiVersion`). The request times out after 30 s. An account that does not exist returns `value: 0`, not `null`.

## Parameters

<ParamField body="address" type="string" required>
  The Pubkey of the account to query (base-58 encoded string).
</ParamField>

<ParamField body="commitment" type="string">
  The commitment level for the request. Accepted and ignored by FastGate.

  * `processed`
  * `confirmed`
  * `finalized`
</ParamField>

<ParamField body="minContextSlot" type="number">
  The minimum slot at which the request can be evaluated. Accepted and ignored by FastGate.
</ParamField>

## Response

<ResponseField name="context" type="object">
  <Expandable title="properties">
    <ResponseField name="slot" type="integer">
      The slot of the returned information.
    </ResponseField>
  </Expandable>
</ResponseField>

<ResponseField name="value" type="integer">
  The account balance in lamports.
</ResponseField>

<RequestExample>
  ```bash cURL theme={null}
  curl --fail-with-body "$THORNODE_RPC_URL" \
    --header 'content-type: application/json' \
    --data '{
      "jsonrpc": "2.0",
      "id": 1,
      "method": "getBalance",
      "params": [
        "5tzFkiKscXHK5ZXCGbXZxdw7gTjjD1mBwuoFbhUvuAi9"
      ]
    }'
  ```

  ```javascript Node.js theme={null}
  const body = {
    "jsonrpc": "2.0",
    "id": 1,
    "method": "getBalance",
    "params": [
      "5tzFkiKscXHK5ZXCGbXZxdw7gTjjD1mBwuoFbhUvuAi9"
    ]
  };

  const response = await fetch(process.env.THORNODE_RPC_URL, {
    method: "POST",
    headers: { "content-type": "application/json" },
    body: JSON.stringify(body),
  });
  const { result, error } = await response.json();
  console.log(result ?? error);
  ```
</RequestExample>

<ResponseExample>
  ```json Response theme={null}
  {
    "jsonrpc": "2.0",
    "result": {
      "context": {
        "slot": 439749191
      },
      "value": 777131893039520
    },
    "id": 1
  }
  ```
</ResponseExample>