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# Streaming Accounts

To receive account updates we use the <mark style="color:yellow;">accounts filter</mark> of the Subscribe request. The account filter has the following structure.

{% code overflow="wrap" %}

```json
{
  "slots": {},
  "accounts": {
      "accountLabel": {
        "account": string[], //account updates for these accounts 
        "owner": string[], //account updates for account with these owners
	"filters": {
	  "memcmp": {bytes and offset}  | undefined;
	  "datasize": string | undefined;
          "tokenAccountState": boolean | undefined;
        } 
  },
  "transactions": {},
  "blocks": {},
  "blocksMeta": {},
  "accountsDataSlice": [],
  "commitment": CommitmentLevel.CONFIRMED //commitment level, can be finalized or processed as well
}
```

{% endcode %}

{% hint style="info" %}
The "key" at the start of all filters, (e.g. accountLabel, txnLabel) is a client-assigned label and can be set to any user-defined names.&#x20;
{% endhint %}

Similar to the transactions filter, the first field under the accounts filter is the `accountLabel`, a <mark style="color:yellow;">user-defined label</mark> that helps you identify updates, especially when working with multiple filters. The `account` field specifies an array of <mark style="color:yellow;">account addresses</mark> for streaming account updates. The `owner` field streams updates for <mark style="color:yellow;">accounts owned</mark> by the specified addresses. Additionally, you can refine the data further by adding filters based on <mark style="color:yellow;">memcmp values</mark>, such as `bytes` and `dataSize`.


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