How to get a Token Account's Balance

The token account holds the token balance, which can be retrieved with a single PRC call

import { createSolanaClient, address } from "gill";

const { rpc } = createSolanaClient({
  urlOrMoniker: "mainnet"
});

const tokenAccountAddress = address(
  "GfVPzUxMDvhFJ1Xs6C9i47XQRSapTd8LHw5grGuTquyQ"
);

const balance = await rpc.getTokenAccountBalance(tokenAccountAddress).send();

console.log(balance);

Console

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import { createSolanaClient, address } from "gill";

const { rpc } = createSolanaClient({
  urlOrMoniker: "mainnet"
});

const tokenAccountAddress = address(
  "GfVPzUxMDvhFJ1Xs6C9i47XQRSapTd8LHw5grGuTquyQ"
);

const balance = await rpc.getTokenAccountBalance(tokenAccountAddress).send();

console.log(balance);

Console

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A token account can only hold one kind of mint. When you specify a token account, you also specific a mint too.