getSlotLeader

Returns the slot that has reached the given or default commitment level.

This method will use 30 Compute Units.

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Parameters

• 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.

  • minContextSlot integer. The minimum slot at which the request can be evaluated.

Returns

result The current slot leader as base-58 encoded string.

// Result
{
	"jsonrpc": "2.0",
	"result": "EfPYQ4BUMiKa6736qqrtnCBGkUSRDGSr1WvtyUgWHuyp",
	"id": 1
}

mainnet

curl https://mainnet.solana.validationcloud.io/v1/<YOUR_API_KEY_HERE> \
    -X POST \
    -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
    -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1, "method":"getSlotLeader"}'

devnet