> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://docs.validationcloud.io/v1/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://docs.validationcloud.io/v1/solana/http-methods/getidentity.md).

# getIdentity

Returns the identity pubkey for the current node.

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

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## **Parameters**

None.

## Returns

`result` The result will be a JSON object with the following fields:

* `identity` The public key identity of the current node as base-58 encoded string.

```bash
// Result
{
	"jsonrpc": "2.0",
	"result": {
		"identity": "HnnWuaRUp63oBLNbxpo5wjAuazp2ukobyUvGsvMKX85d"
	},
	"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":"getIdentity"}'
    
</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":"getIdentity"}'
    
```

{% endtab %}
{% endtabs %}