---
id: api-account-get-balance
title: 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

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<TabItem value="cURL">

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

</TabItem>
<TabItem value="node.js">

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

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<TabItem value="java">

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

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<TabItem value="python">

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

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<TabItem value="go">

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

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### Example Response

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

### HTTP Request

| Chain(s)              | URL(s)                                       |
| --------------------- | -------------------------------------------- |
| **Zilliqa mainnet**   | https://api.zilliqa.com/                     |
| **Developer testnet** | https://dev-api.zilliqa.com/                 |
| **Local testnet**     | http://localhost:4201/                       |
| **Isolated server**   | https://zilliqa-isolated-server.zilliqa.com/ |

### 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. <br/> Example: `"1eefc4f453539e5ee732b49eb4792b268c2f3908"` <br/><br/> Also supports Bech32 address <br/> Example: `"zil1rmhufazn2w09aeejkj0tg7fty6xz7wggup2tsh"` |