gettokenaccountbalance

How to use it

// yarn add @tatumio/tatum

import { TatumSDK, Solana, Network } from '@tatumio/tatum'

const tatum = await TatumSDK.init<Solana>({ network: Network.SOLANA })

const res = await tatum.rpc.getTokenAccountBalance('DhzDoryP2a4rMK2bcWwJxrE2uW6ir81ES8ZwJJPPpxDN')

await tatum.destroy() // Destroy Tatum SDK - needed for stopping background jobs

Overview

The getTokenAccountBalance method provides the ability to fetch the current balance of a given SPL Token account. It is used when you want to know the amount of tokens held in a specific token account. The token account is specified by its public key.

Parameters

This method accepts two parameters:

• pubkey (string, required): Pubkey of Token account to query, as base-58 encoded string
  • Example: "DhzDoryP2a4rMK2bcWwJxrE2uW6ir81ES8ZwJJPPpxDN"
• options (object, optional): Configuration object containing the following fields:
  • commitment (string, optional): Specifies the confirmation level of data to be fetched.
    • Values: finalized confirmed processed

Return object

The getTokenAccountBalance method returns an object containing the following fields:

• value: An object containing:
  • amount: The raw balance without decimals, a string representation of number
  • decimals: Number of base 10 digits to the right of the decimal place
  • uiAmount: Number or null. The balance, using mint-prescribed decimals DEPRECATED
  • uiAmountString: The balance as a string, using mint-prescribed decimals

If withContext is set to true, the response will also include a context object:

• context: An object containing details about the context in which the data was fetched.
  • slot: The slot at which the data was fetched.

JSON-RPC Request Example

{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "getTokenAccountBalance",
  "params": [
    "rf1BiGeXwwQoi8Z2ueFYTEXSwuJYfV2Jpn",
    {
      "commitment": "finalized",
      "encoding": "base64"
    }
  ]
}

JSON-RPC Response Example

{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "result": {
    "context": {
      "slot": 123456
    },
    "value": {
      "amount": "10000",
      "decimals": 6,
      "uiAmount": 0.01,
      "uiAmountString": "0.01"
    }
  }
}