# getAccountInfo

Returns all information associated with the account of a provided Pubkey.

This method will use `30` [Compute Units](/v1/about/billing.md).

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## **Parameters**

* `address` string *<mark style="color:red;">Required</mark>.* The Pubkey of the account to query encoded as base-58 string.
* `object` *optional.* Configuration object containing the following fields:
  * `commitment` string. The level of commitment required for the query. The options include:
    * `finalized` string.
      * The node will query the most recent block confirmed by the supermajority of the cluster as having reached maximum lockout, meaning the cluster has recognized this block as finalized.
    * `confirmed` string.
      * The node will query the most recent block that has been voted on by the supermajority of the cluster.
    * `processed` string.
      * The node will query its most recent block. Note that the block may not be complete.
  * `encoding` string.
    * The encoding format for account data. It can be one of `base58` (slow), `base64`, `base64+zstd` or `jsonParsed`.
  * `dataSlice` string.
    * The returned account data using the provided `offset: <usize>` and `length: <usize>` fields; only available for base58, base64, or base64+zstd encodings.
  * `minContextSlot` integer. The minimum slot at which the request can be evaluated.

## Returns

* `result` object. Null if the account doesn't exist otherwise RpcResponse JSON object with the following fields:
  * `context`
    * An object that contains metadata about the current state of the Solana network at the time the request was processed.
      * `apiVersion` - The version number.
      * `slot` - The current slot in the Solana cluster during which the transactions are processed and new blocks are added to the blockchain.
  * `value`
    * An object that contains information about the requested account
      * `lamports` - The number of lamports assigned to this account as u64 (64-bit unsigned integer).
      * `owner` - The base-58 encoded Pubkey of the program this account has been assigned to.
      * `data` - The data associated with the account, either as encoded binary data or JSON format {'program': 'state'}, depending on encoding parameter.
      * `executable` - A boolean indicating if the account contains a program (and is strictly read-only).
      * `rentEpoch` - The epoch at which this account will next owe rent, as u64 (64-bit unsigned integer).
      * `space` - The amount of storage space required to store the token account.

```bash
// Result
{
	"jsonrpc": "2.0",
	"result": {
		"context": {
			"apiVersion": "2.1.11",
			"slot": 319925456
		},
		"value": {
			"data": [
				"",
				"base58"
			],
			"executable": false,
			"lamports": 949997353364,
			"owner": "11111111111111111111111111111111",
			"rentEpoch": 18446744073709551615,
			"space": 0
		}
	},
	"id": 1
}
```

{% tabs %}
{% tab title="mainnet" %}

<pre class="language-bash"><code class="lang-bash"><strong>curl https://mainnet.solana.validationcloud.io/v1/&#x3C;YOUR_API_KEY_HERE> \
</strong>    -X POST \
    -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
    -d '{"jsonrpc": "2.0","id": 1,"method": "getAccountInfo","params": ["7cVfgArCheMR6Cs4t6vz5rfnqd56vZq4ndaBrY5xkxXy",{"encoding": "base58"}]}'
    
</code></pre>

{% endtab %}

{% tab title="devnet" %}

```bash
curl https://devnet.solana.validationcloud.io/v1/<YOUR_API_KEY_HERE> \
    -X POST \
    -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
    -d '{"jsonrpc": "2.0","id": 1,"method": "getAccountInfo","params": ["7cVfgArCheMR6Cs4t6vz5rfnqd56vZq4ndaBrY5xkxXy",{"encoding": "base58"}]}'
    
```

{% endtab %}
{% endtabs %}


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