---
title: "Get account"
method: GET
path: "/accounts/{address}"
tags: ["accounts", "state"]
---

# Get account

`GET /accounts/{address}`

## Path parameters

- `address` string, address, required — Hex-encoded 16 bytes Aptos account address. Prefixed with `0x` and leading zeros are trimmed. See [doc](https://diem.github.io/move/address.html) for more details.

## Response `200`

Returns the latest account core data resource.

- Account — Core account resource, used for identifying account and transaction execution.
  - `sequence_number` string, uint64, required — Unsigned int64 type value
  - `authentication_key` string, hex, required — All bytes data are represented as hex-encoded string prefixed with `0x` and fulfilled with two hex digits per byte. Different with `Address` type, hex-encoded bytes should not trim any zeros.

## Other responses

- `400` — Bad request due to a client error: invalid request headers, parameters or body. Client should not retry the request without modification.
- `404` — Resource or data not found. Client may retry the request if it is waiting for transaction execution or ledger synchronization.
- `500` — Server internal error, caused by unexpected issues.

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