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

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

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.