eth_getAccount

Returns account details (code hash, storage root, balance, nonce) for a given address at a specified block. This method uses 80 credits from your daily balance.

Parameters

• address: [Required] The account address to query.
• blockReference: [Required] Block number (hex quantity) or a tag (latest, pending, safe, finalized, earliest).

Returns

Account fields at the requested block:

• codeHash: 32-byte hash of the account code.
• storageRoot: Storage trie root for the account.
• balance: Account balance in wei (hex quantity).
• nonce: Transaction count for the account (hex quantity).

Example

Replace <YOUR-API-KEY> with an API key from your MetaMask Developer dashboard.

Request

• curl
• WSS

curl https://megaeth-mainnet.infura.io/v3/<YOUR-API-KEY> \
  -X POST \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "method": "eth_getAccount",
  "params": [
    "0xA887dCB9D5f39Ef79272801d05Abdf707CFBbD1d",
    "latest"
  ],
  "id": 1
}'

wscat -c wss://megaeth-mainnet.infura.io/ws/v3/<YOUR-API-KEY> -x '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"eth_getAccount","params":["0xA887dCB9D5f39Ef79272801d05Abdf707CFBbD1d","latest"],"id":1}'

Response

• JSON

{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "result": {
    "codeHash": "0xc5d2460186f7233c927e7db2dcc703c0e500b653ca82273b7bfad8045d85a470",
    "storageRoot": "0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000",
    "balance": "0x0",
    "nonce": "0x2c160f5"
  }
}