getBalance

getBalance is a method on the ARIO class that retrieves the balance of the specified wallet address.

getBalance does not require authentication.

Parameters

ParameterTypeDescriptionOptional
addressStringThe wallet's public address used to check its balancefalse

Examples

getBalance

const {ARIO, mARIOToken} = require('@ar.io/sdk');

async function main(){
    const ario = ARIO.init();
    const balance = await io.getBalance({
    address: 'QGWqtJdLLgm2ehFWiiPzMaoFLD50CnGuzZIPEdoDRGQ',
    })
    .then((balance: number) => new mARIOToken(balance).toARIO()); // convert it to ARIO for readability

    console.log(balance)
}

main()

Output

100000