getEpochInfo

All the specifications for getEpochInfo RPC Method on Solana

Returns information about the current epoch

Parameters required for this RPC call

commitment: The commitment describes how finalized a block is at that point in time.
minContextSlot: The minimum slot that the request can be evaluated at.

curl https://rpc.shyft.to?api_key=YOUR-API-KEY -s -X \
  POST -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d ' 
   {
     "jsonrpc": "2.0",
     "id": 1,
     "method": "getEpochInfo",
     "params": [
       {
         "commitment": "finalized"
       }
     ]
   }
 '

import { Connection, PublicKey, clusterApiUrl } from "@solana/web3.js";

const connection = new Connection("https://rpc.shyft.to?api_key=YOUR-API-KEY", "confirmed");
let epochInfo = await connection.getEpochInfo();

console.log(epochInfo);

{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "result": {
    "absoluteSlot": 166598,
    "blockHeight": 166500,
    "epoch": 27,
    "slotIndex": 2790,
    "slotsInEpoch": 8192,
    "transactionCount": 22661093
  },
  "id": 1
}

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