hmy_getEpoch

Description

hmy_getEpoch returns current epoch of shard

Parameters

API v1

Returns

• String - Current requested node shard epoch 0x format

Sample Curl Request

curl -d '{
    "jsonrpc": "2.0",
    "method": "hmy_getEpoch",
    "params": [],
    "id": 1
}' -H "Content-Type: application/json" -X POST "https://api.s0.b.hmny.io"

Sample Curl Response

{
    "jsonrpc": "2.0",
    "id": 1,
    "result": "0xc"
}

API v2

Returns

• uint64 - Current requested node shard epoch decimal format

Sample Curl Request

curl -d '{
    "jsonrpc": "2.0",
    "method": "hmyv2_getEpoch",
    "params": [],
    "id": 1
}' -H "Content-Type: application/json" -X POST "http://localhost:9500"

Sample Curl Response

{
    "jsonrpc": "2.0",
    "id": 1,
    "result": 10
}

If Node.js is installed on your system, one easy way to convert hexadecimal balances into a more readable decimal format is to run node -e "console.log(<balance>)"