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 { address, createSolanaRpc } from "@solana/kit";

const rpc = createSolanaRpc("https://api.mainnet-beta.solana.com");

const tokenAccountAddress = address(
  "GfVPzUxMDvhFJ1Xs6C9i47XQRSapTd8LHw5grGuTquyQ"
);

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

Console

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import { address, createSolanaRpc } from "@solana/kit";

const rpc = createSolanaRpc("https://api.mainnet-beta.solana.com");

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.