getMinimumBalanceForRentExemption RPC Method

Returns minimum balance required to make account rent exempt.

Parameters

usize optional

the Account's data length

object optional

Configuration object containing the following fields:

commitment string optional

Result

<u64> - minimum lamports required in the Account to remain rent free

Code sample

curl https://api.devnet.solana.com -s -X POST -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d '
  {
    "jsonrpc": "2.0", "id": 1,
    "method": "getMinimumBalanceForRentExemption",
    "params": [50]
  }
'

Response

{ "jsonrpc": "2.0", "result": 500, "id": 1 }