solana/docs/src/api/methods/_getEpochInfo.mdx

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import {
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CodeParams,
Parameter,
Field,
Values,
CodeSnippets,
} from "../../../components/CodeDocBlock";
<DocBlock>
## getEpochInfo
Returns information about the current epoch
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<CodeParams>
### Parameters:
<Parameter type={"object"} optional={true}>
Configuration object containing the following fields:
<Field
name="commitment"
type="string"
optional={true}
href="/api/http#configuring-state-commitment"
></Field>
<Field name="minContextSlot" type="number" optional={true}>
The minimum slot that the request can be evaluated at
</Field>
</Parameter>
### Result:
The result field will be an object with the following fields:
- `absoluteSlot: <u64>` - the current slot
- `blockHeight: <u64>` - the current block height
- `epoch: <u64>` - the current epoch
- `slotIndex: <u64>` - the current slot relative to the start of the current epoch
- `slotsInEpoch: <u64>` - the number of slots in this epoch
- `transactionCount: <u64|null>` - total number of transactions processed without error since genesis
</CodeParams>
<CodeSnippets>
### Code sample:
```bash
curl http://localhost:8899 -X POST -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d '
{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1, "method":"getEpochInfo"}
'
```
### Response:
```json
{
"jsonrpc": "2.0",
"result": {
"absoluteSlot": 166598,
"blockHeight": 166500,
"epoch": 27,
"slotIndex": 2790,
"slotsInEpoch": 8192,
"transactionCount": 22661093
},
"id": 1
}
```
</CodeSnippets>
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</DocBlock>