# eth\_getBalance

**Returns the balance of the account of given address.**

[**Ethereum.org API Reference**](https://ethereum.org/en/developers/docs/apis/json-rpc/#eth_getbalance)

**Parameters**

1. `DATA`, 20 Bytes - address to check for balance. <mark style="color:red;">REQUIRED</mark>
2. `QUANTITY|TAG` - integer block number, or the string `"latest"`, `"earliest"` or `"pending"`, see the [default block parameter](https://ethereum.org/en/developers/docs/apis/json-rpc/#default-block) <mark style="color:red;">REQUIRED</mark>

**Returns**

`QUANTITY` - integer of the current balance in wei.

## Example

#### Request

```
curl --request POST \
     --url https://endpoints.omniatech.io/v1/RPC_ENDPOINT \
     --header 'accept: application/json' \
     --header 'content-type: application/json' \
     --data '
{
  "id": 1,
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "params": [
    "0xe5cB067E90D5Cd1F8052B83562Ae670bA4A211a8",
    "latest"
  ],
  "method": "eth_getBalance"
}
'
```

#### Response

```
{
  "id":1,
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "result": "0x0234c8a3397aab58" // 158972490234375000
}
```