Read ETH Balance with ethers.js

Query an Ethereum address’s native ETH balance using ethers.js v6. Query an Ethereum address’s native ETH balance using ethers.js v6.

Explanation

This snippet connects to a public Ethereum RPC endpoint and reads an address’s balance. Key concepts:

JsonRpcProvider connects to an Ethereum node via HTTP.
getBalance() returns the balance in wei (the smallest ETH unit).
ethers.formatEther() converts wei to a human-readable ETH string.

Use this pattern to display wallet balances in any frontend application.

Code

import { ethers } from "ethers";

const provider = new ethers.JsonRpcProvider(
  "https://rpc.ankr.com/eth"
);

async function getBalance(address) {
  const balanceWei = await provider.getBalance(address);
  const balanceEth = ethers.formatEther(balanceWei);
  console.log(`Balance: ${balanceEth} ETH`);
  return balanceEth;
}

getBalance("0x742d35Cc6634C0532925a3b844Bc454e4438f44e");

Canonical knowledge ID: code-example:read-eth-balance-ethersjs

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