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getGenesisHash
curl --request POST \
  --url 'https://mainnet.helius-rpc.com/?api-key=' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '
{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": "1",
  "method": "getGenesisHash"
}
'
import requests

url = "https://mainnet.helius-rpc.com/?api-key="

payload = {
"jsonrpc": "2.0",
"id": "1",
"method": "getGenesisHash"
}
headers = {"Content-Type": "application/json"}

response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)

print(response.text)
const options = {
method: 'POST',
headers: {'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
body: JSON.stringify({jsonrpc: '2.0', id: '1', method: 'getGenesisHash'})
};

fetch('https://mainnet.helius-rpc.com/?api-key=', options)
.then(res => res.json())
.then(res => console.log(res))
.catch(err => console.error(err));
<?php

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, [
CURLOPT_URL => "https://mainnet.helius-rpc.com/?api-key=",
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([
'jsonrpc' => '2.0',
'id' => '1',
'method' => 'getGenesisHash'
]),
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
"Content-Type: application/json"
],
]);

$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);

curl_close($curl);

if ($err) {
echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
echo $response;
}
package main

import (
"fmt"
"strings"
"net/http"
"io"
)

func main() {

url := "https://mainnet.helius-rpc.com/?api-key="

payload := strings.NewReader("{\n \"jsonrpc\": \"2.0\",\n \"id\": \"1\",\n \"method\": \"getGenesisHash\"\n}")

req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)

req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")

res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

defer res.Body.Close()
body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

fmt.Println(string(body))

}
HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://mainnet.helius-rpc.com/?api-key=")
.header("Content-Type", "application/json")
.body("{\n \"jsonrpc\": \"2.0\",\n \"id\": \"1\",\n \"method\": \"getGenesisHash\"\n}")
.asString();
require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://mainnet.helius-rpc.com/?api-key=")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n \"jsonrpc\": \"2.0\",\n \"id\": \"1\",\n \"method\": \"getGenesisHash\"\n}"

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body
{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": "1",
  "result": "GH7ome3EiwEr7tu9JuTh2dpYWBJK3z69Xm1ZE3MEE6JC"
}
{
"jsonrpc": "2.0",
"error": {
"code": -32602,
"message": "Invalid params"
}
}
{
"jsonrpc": "2.0",
"error": {
"code": -32001,
"message": "Unauthorized"
},
"id": "1"
}
{
"jsonrpc": "2.0",
"error": {
"code": -32005,
"message": "Too many requests"
},
"id": "1"
}
{
"jsonrpc": "2.0",
"error": {
"code": -32603,
"message": "Internal error"
},
"id": "1"
}
{
"jsonrpc": "2.0",
"error": {
"code": -32002,
"message": "Service unavailable"
},
"id": "1"
}
{
"jsonrpc": "2.0",
"error": {
"code": -32003,
"message": "Gateway timeout"
},
"id": "1"
}

Authorizations

api-key
string
query
required

Your Helius API key. You can get one for free in the dashboard.

Body

application/json
jsonrpc
enum<string>
default:2.0

The JSON-RPC protocol version.

Available options:
2.0
Example:

"2.0"

id
string
default:1

A unique identifier for the request.

Example:

"1"

method
enum<string>
default:getGenesisHash

The name of the RPC method to invoke.

Available options:
getGenesisHash
Example:

"getGenesisHash"

Response

Successfully retrieved the genesis hash.

jsonrpc
enum<string>

The JSON-RPC protocol version.

Available options:
2.0
Example:

"2.0"

id
string

Identifier matching the request.

Example:

"1"

result
string

Unique genesis hash (base-58 encoded) that cryptographically identifies this specific Solana blockchain network (different for mainnet, testnet, devnet).

Example:

"GH7ome3EiwEr7tu9JuTh2dpYWBJK3z69Xm1ZE3MEE6JC"