# getLeaderSchedule

Returns the leader schedule for an epoch.

#### Parameters required for this RPC call

* Fetch the leader schedule for the epoch that corresponds to the provided slot. If unspecified, the leader schedule for the current epoch is fetched. This is an optional parameter.
* **configuration** : This contains the following parameters, all are optional fields.
  * **commitment**: The commitment describes how finalized a block is at that point in time. <mark style="color:yellow;">processed</mark>, <mark style="color:yellow;">confirmed</mark> and <mark style="color:yellow;">finalized</mark> are supported.
  * **identity**: Only return results for this validator identity (base-58 encoded)

{% tabs %}
{% tab title="cURL" %}

<pre class="language-bash"><code class="lang-bash">curl https://rpc.shyft.to?api_key=YOUR-API-KEY -s -X \
<strong>  POST -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d ' 
</strong>   {
     "jsonrpc": "2.0",
     "id": 1,
     "method": "getLeaderSchedule",
     "params": [
       null,
       {
         "commitment": "processed",
         "identity": "dv2eQHeP4RFrJZ6UeiZWoc3XTtmtZCUKxxCApCDcRNV"
       }
     ]
   }
 '
</code></pre>

{% endtab %}

{% tab title="Web3.js" %}

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

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

let leaderSchedule = await connection.getLeaderSchedule();

console.log(leaderSchedule);
```

{% endtab %}

{% tab title="Response" %}

```json
{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "result": {
    "4Qkev8aNZcqFNSRhQzwyLMFSsi94jHqE8WNVTJzTP99F": [
      0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20,
      21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38,
      39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56,
      57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63
    ]
  },
  "id": 1
}
```

{% endtab %}
{% endtabs %}

Returns `null` if requested epoch is not found, otherwise returns an object where:

* Keys are validator identities (as base-58 encoded strings)
* Values are arrays of leader slot indices relative to the first slot in the requested epoch


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