Account

Command

cleos get account [OPTIONS] name [core-symbol]

Where:

[OPTIONS] = See Options in Command Usage section below
name = The name of the account to retrieve
[core-symbol] = The expected core symbol of the chain you are querying

Note: The arguments and options enclosed in square brackets are optional.

Description

Use this command to retrieve information associated with an EOSIO account.

Command Usage

The following information shows the different positionals and options you can use with the cleos get account command:

Positionals

name TEXT REQUIRED - The name of the account to retrieve
core-symbol TEXT - The expected core symbol of the chain you are querying

Options

-h,--help - Print this help message and exit
-j,--json - Output in JSON format

Requirements

For prerequisites to run this command, see the Before you Begin section of the How to Get Account Information topic.

Examples

The following examples demonstrate the cleos get account command:

Example 1. Retrieve human-readable information about the eosio account:

cleos get account eosio

privileged: true
permissions: 
     owner     1:    1 EOS6MRyAjQq8ud7hVNYcfnVPJqcVpscN5So8BhtHuGYqET5GDW5CV
        active     1:    1 EOS6MRyAjQq8ud7hVNYcfnVPJqcVpscN5So8BhtHuGYqET5GDW5CV
memory: 
     quota:        -1 bytes  used:      1.22 Mb   

net bandwidth: (averaged over 3 days)
     used:                -1 bytes
     available:           -1 bytes
     limit:               -1 bytes

cpu bandwidth: (averaged over 3 days)
     used:                -1 us
     available:           -1 us   
     limit:               -1 us   

producers:     <not voted>

Example 2. Retrieve JSON-formatted data about the eosio account:

cleos get account eosio --json

{
  "account_name": "eosio",
  "privileged": true,
  "last_code_update": "2018-05-23T18:00:25.500",
  "created": "2018-03-02T12:00:00.000",
  "ram_quota": -1,
  "net_weight": -1,
  "cpu_weight": -1,
  "net_limit": {
    "used": -1,
    "available": -1,
    "max": -1
  },
  "cpu_limit": {
    "used": -1,
    "available": -1,
    "max": -1
  },
  "ram_usage": 1279625,
  "permissions": [{
      "perm_name": "active",
      "parent": "owner",
      "required_auth": {
        "threshold": 1,
        "keys": [{
            "key": "EOS6MRyAjQq8ud7hVNYcfnVPJqcVpscN5So8BhtHuGYqET5GDW5CV",
            "weight": 1
          }
        ],
        "accounts": [],
        "waits": []
      }
    },{
      "perm_name": "owner",
      "parent": "",
      "required_auth": {
        "threshold": 1,
        "keys": [{
            "key": "EOS6MRyAjQq8ud7hVNYcfnVPJqcVpscN5So8BhtHuGYqET5GDW5CV",
            "weight": 1
          }
        ],
        "accounts": [],
        "waits": []
      }
    }
  ],
  "total_resources": null,
  "delegated_bandwidth": null,
  "voter_info": {
    "owner": "eosio",
    "proxy": "",
    "producers": [],
    "staked": 0,
    "last_vote_weight": "0.00000000000000000",
    "proxied_vote_weight": "0.00000000000000000",
    "is_proxy": 0,
    "deferred_trx_id": 0,
    "last_unstake_time": "1970-01-01T00:00:00",
    "unstaking": "0.0000 SYS"
  }
}