Get an Account with the Flow CLI
How to get a Flow account from the command line
The Flow CLI provides a command to fetch any account by its address from the Flow network.
flow accounts get <address>
Example Usage
flow accounts get 0xf8d6e0586b0a20c7
Example response
Address 0xf8d6e0586b0a20c7
Balance 99999999999.70000000
Keys 1
Key 0 Public Key 640a5a359bf3536d15192f18d872d57c98a96cb871b92b70cecb0739c2d5c37b4be12548d3526933c2cda9b0b9c69412f45ffb6b85b6840d8569d969fe84e5b7
Weight 1000
Signature Algorithm ECDSA_P256
Hash Algorithm SHA3_256
Revoked false
Sequence Number 6
Index 0
Contracts Deployed: 2
Contract: 'FlowServiceAccount'
Contract: 'FlowStorageFees'
Arguments
Address
- Name:
address - Valid Input: Flow account address
Flow account address (prefixed with 0x or not).
Flags
Include Fields
- Flag:
--include - Valid inputs:
contracts
Specify fields to include in the result output. Applies only to the text output.
Contracts
- Flag:
--contracts
⚠️ Deprecated: use include flag.
Code
⚠️ No longer supported: use contracts flag instead.
Host
- Flag:
--host - Valid inputs: an IP address or hostname.
- Default:
127.0.0.1:3569(Flow Emulator)
Specify the hostname of the Access API that will be
used to execute the command. This flag overrides
any host defined by the --network flag.
Network Key
- Flag:
--network-key - Valid inputs: A valid network public key of the host in hex string format
Specify the network public key of the Access API that will be used to create a secure GRPC client when executing the command.
Network
- Flag:
--network - Short Flag:
-n - Valid inputs: the name of a network defined in the configuration (
flow.json) - Default:
emulator
Specify which network you want the command to use for execution.
Filter
- Flag:
--filter - Short Flag:
-x - Valid inputs: a case-sensitive name of the result property.
Specify any property name from the result you want to return as the only value.
Output
- Flag:
--output - Short Flag:
-o - Valid inputs:
json,inline
Specify the format of the command results.
Save
- Flag:
--save - Short Flag:
-s - Valid inputs: a path in the current filesystem.
Specify the filename where you want the result to be saved
Log
- Flag:
--log - Short Flag:
-l - Valid inputs:
none,error,debug - Default:
info
Specify the log level. Control how much output you want to see during command execution.
Configuration
- Flag:
--config-path - Short Flag:
-f - Valid inputs: a path in the current filesystem.
- Default:
flow.json
Specify the path to the flow.json configuration file.
You can use the -f flag multiple times to merge
several configuration files.