Getting SOL balance via api for an address

Question

I'm trying to just get the SOL balance, but I get returned a full list of tokens.

https://public-api.solscan.io/account/tokens?account=34qHtfUqxgsnTDewwoXEXuhknymJ1sqoXD7H38aKADEw

I'm using solscan public api's. But should I be using something else to get SOL balance of an address?

Answer 1

You can use Solana JSON RPC API by calling getBalance request example

Or @solana/web3.js using connection.getBalance example

Answer 2

You can use Shyft's get_balance REST API, to get the sol balance of any account address on Solana:

https://documenter.getpostman.com/view/18419720/UzQvt5Kf#76235c33-1f0e-4724-ad09-ed46d1da7323

Here is the link to the documentation: https://docs.shyft.to/start-hacking/wallet#get-balance.