getEpochInfo

Returns information about the current epoch.

This method will use 30 Compute Units.

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 An object with the following fields:

• absoluteSlot. The current slot

• blockHeight. The current block height

• epoch. The current epoch.

• slotIndex. The current slot relative to the start of the current epoch.

• slotsInEpoch. The number of slots in this epoch.

• transactionCount. The total number of transactions processed during the current epoch

// Result
{
	"jsonrpc": "2.0",
	"result": {
		"absoluteSlot": 320140530,
		"blockHeight": 298415408,
		"epoch": 741,
		"slotIndex": 28530,
		"slotsInEpoch": 432000,
		"transactionCount": 371783637194
	},
	"id": 1
}

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":"getEpochInfo"}'
    

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":"getEpochInfo"}'