how to get account information

Overview

This how-to guide provides instructions on how to query infomation of an Antelope account. The example in this how-to guide retrieves information of the eosio account.

Before you begin

• Install the currently supported version of cleos

[[info | Note]] | The cleos tool is bundled with the Antelope software. Installing Antelope will also install the cleos tool.

• Acquire functional understanding of Antelope Accounts and Permissions

Command Reference

See the following reference guide for command line usage and related options for the cleos command:

• cleos get account command and its parameters

Procedure

The following step shows how to query information of the eosio account:

1. Run the following command:

cleos get account eosio

Where:

• eosio = The name of the default system account in the Antelope blockchain.

Example Output

created: 2018-06-01T12:00:00.000
privileged: true
permissions:
     owner     1:    1 EOS6MRyAjQq8ud7hVNYcfnVPJqcVpscN5So8BhtHuGYqET5GDW5CV
        active     1:    1 EOS6MRyAjQq8ud7hVNYcfnVPJqcVpscN5So8BhtHuGYqET5GDW5CV
memory:
     quota:       unlimited  used:     3.004 KiB

net bandwidth:
     used:               unlimited
     available:          unlimited
     limit:              unlimited

cpu bandwidth:
     used:               unlimited
     available:          unlimited
     limit:              unlimited

[[info | Account Fields]] | Depending on the Antelope network you are connected, you might see different fields associated with an account. That depends on which system contract has been deployed on the network.