{
  "title": "Get MATIC Balance for an Address",
  "description": "Example request and response for getting native MATIC balance on Polygon PoS using the Etherscan V2 API.",
  "request": {
    "method": "GET",
    "url": "https://api.etherscan.io/v2/api",
    "parameters": {
      "chainid": "137",
      "module": "account",
      "action": "balance",
      "address": "0xde0b295669a9fd93d5f28d9ec85e40f4cb697bae",
      "tag": "latest",
      "apikey": "YourApiKeyToken"
    },
    "curl": "curl 'https://api.etherscan.io/v2/api?chainid=137&module=account&action=balance&address=0xde0b295669a9fd93d5f28d9ec85e40f4cb697bae&tag=latest&apikey=YourApiKeyToken'"
  },
  "response": {
    "status": "200 OK",
    "headers": {
      "Content-Type": "application/json; charset=utf-8"
    },
    "body": {
      "status": "1",
      "message": "OK",
      "result": "40807168564070000000000"
    }
  },
  "notes": "The result is in wei (10^-18 MATIC). Divide by 10^18 to get MATIC. 40807168564070000000000 wei = ~40807.17 MATIC."
}