accountSubscribe

Subscribe to notifications when an account's lamports or data change.

$ curl https://api.devnet.solana.com -s -X \
> POST -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d '
> {
> "jsonrpc": "2.0",
> "id": 1,
> "method": "accountSubscribe",
> "params": [
> "CM78CPUeXjn8o3yroDHxUtKsZZgoy4GPkPPXfouKNH12",
> {
> "encoding": "jsonParsed",
> "commitment": "finalized"
> }
> ]
> }
> '

params

string !requiredoptional

Account Pubkey, as base-58 encoded string

objectoptional

Optional configuration object.

result

Response
{
"jsonrpc": "2.0",
"result": 23784,
"id": 1
}
number

Subscription id. Pass this to accountUnsubscribe.

Notification format

Notifications are delivered as accountNotification.

{
"jsonrpc": "2.0",
"method": "accountNotification",
"params": {
"result": {
"context": {
"slot": 559
},
"value": {
"lamports": 1169280,
"data": {
"program": "sysvar",
"parsed": {
"info": {
"epoch": 0,
"epochStartTimestamp": 1774643544,
"leaderScheduleEpoch": 1,
"slot": 559,
"unixTimestamp": 1774643807
},
"type": "clock"
},
"space": 40
},
"owner": "Sysvar1111111111111111111111111111111111111",
"executable": false,
"rentEpoch": 0,
"space": 40
}
},
"subscription": 10
}
}
jsonrpc
string

Always "2.0".

method
string

Always "accountNotification".

params
object

Notification wrapper with the updated account payload and the subscription id.

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