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/
v2
/
api
Get Native Balance for an Address
curl --request GET \
  --url https://api.etherscan.io/v2/api
import requests

url = "https://api.etherscan.io/v2/api"

response = requests.get(url)

print(response.text)
const options = {method: 'GET'};

fetch('https://api.etherscan.io/v2/api', options)
  .then(res => res.json())
  .then(res => console.log(res))
  .catch(err => console.error(err));
<?php

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, [
  CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.etherscan.io/v2/api",
  CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
  CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
  CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
  CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
  CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
  CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "GET",
]);

$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);

curl_close($curl);

if ($err) {
  echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
  echo $response;
}
package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://api.etherscan.io/v2/api"

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", url, nil)

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(string(body))

}
HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.get("https://api.etherscan.io/v2/api")
  .asString();
require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://api.etherscan.io/v2/api")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(url)

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body
{
   "status":"1",
   "message":"OK",
   "result":"172774397764084972158218"
}

​
Query Parameters

​
apikey
string
default:"YourApiKeyToken"
Your Etherscan API key.
​
chainid
string
default:"1"
Chain ID to query, eg 1 for Ethereum, 8453 for Base from our supported chains.
​
module
string
default:"account"
Set to account for this endpoint.
​
action
string
default:"balance"
Set to balance for this endpoint.
​
address
string
default:"0xde0b295669a9fd93d5f28d9ec85e40f4cb697bae"
The address to query, like 0xfefefefefefefefefefefefefefefefefefefefe. To query multiple addresses in a single call, use the Get Native Balance for Multiple Addresses endpoint.
​
tag
string
default:"latest"
Use latest for the last block number of the chain. Also accepts a specific block number in hex format, like 0x10d4f up to the last 128 blocks. For historical balances, use the Historical Balance endpoint.
{
   "status":"1",
   "message":"OK",
   "result":"172774397764084972158218"
}