# getInflationReward

Returns the inflation / staking reward for a list of addresses for an epoch.

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

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{% hint style="warning" %}
`getInflationReward` for Solana is limited to 1 request per second. If you have higher rate limit needs, [contact us](https://www.validationcloud.io/contact).
{% endhint %}

## **Parameters**

* `array` string *<mark style="color:red;">Required</mark>*. An array of addresses to query, as base-58 encoded strings
* `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.
  * `epoch` integer. An epoch for which the reward occurs. If omitted, the previous epoch will be used.
  * `minContextSlot` integer. The minimum slot that the request can be evaluated at.

## Returns

`result` The result will be an object with the following fields:

* `epoch` The epoch during which the reward was received.
* `effectiveSlot` The slot at which the rewards become active.
* `amount` The reward value in lamports.
* `postBalance` The account balance after the transaction in lamports.
* `commission` The commission rate of the vote account at the time the reward was credited.

```bash
// Result
{
	"jsonrpc": "2.0",
	"result": [
		{
			"amount": 4777030052,
			"commission": 7,
			"effectiveSlot": 320112000,
			"epoch": 740,
			"postBalance": 24765023250
		}
	],
	"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":"getInflationReward", "params": [["Ec37CQZjwRgGnuMmUi3BnEBXS5Xa3siakAPxPkHtahSf"]] }'
    
</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":"getInflationReward", "params": [["Ec37CQZjwRgGnuMmUi3BnEBXS5Xa3siakAPxPkHtahSf"]] }'
    
```

{% endtab %}
{% endtabs %}


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