getEpochInfo RPC Method

Returns information about the current epoch

Parameters

object optional

Configuration object containing the following fields:

commitment string optional

minContextSlot number optional

The minimum slot that the request can be evaluated at

Result

The result field will be an object with the following fields:

absoluteSlot: <u64> - the current slot
blockHeight: <u64> - the current block height
epoch: <u64> - the current epoch
slotIndex: <u64> - the current slot relative to the start of the current epoch
slotsInEpoch: <u64> - the number of slots in this epoch
transactionCount: <u64|null> - total number of transactions processed without error since genesis

Code sample

curl https://api.devnet.solana.com -s -X POST -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d '
  {"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1, "method":"getEpochInfo"}
'

Response

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