# Live: Get Free TAO Balance

Returns an account's live chain balance information, including free, reserved and frozen balances, locks and nonce.

_Source: https://beta.taostats.io/docs/api-reference/rpc-live/get-live-accounts-address-balance-info_

_Last reviewed: 2026-09-18_

```http
GET https://api.taostats.io/api/v1/live/accounts/{address}/balance-info
```

Requires an API key in the `Authorization` header.

Returns an account's live chain balance information, including free, reserved and frozen balances, locks and nonce.

## Try it

Try this request in the browser on the HTML version of this page, or use the code samples below.

### Code samples

**cURL**

```bash
curl -H "Authorization: <YOUR_API_KEY>" \
  "https://api.taostats.io/api/v1/live/accounts/{address}/balance-info"
```

**JavaScript**

```js
const response = await fetch('https://api.taostats.io/api/v1/live/accounts/{address}/balance-info', {
  headers: {
    Authorization: '<YOUR_API_KEY>',
  },
});
const data = await response.json();
```

**Python**

```python
import requests

response = requests.get(
    "https://api.taostats.io/api/v1/live/accounts/{address}/balance-info",
    headers={"Authorization": "<YOUR_API_KEY>"},
)
data = response.json()
```

## Parameters

| Name | In | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `address` | path | `string` | Yes | coldkey address |

## Responses

### `200` — Response

| Field | Type | Required |
| --- | --- | --- |
| `at` | `object` | Yes |
| `at.hash` | `string` | Yes |
| `at.height` | `string` | Yes |
| `feeFrozen` | `string` | Yes |
| `free` | `string` | Yes |
| `frozen` | `string` | Yes |
| `locks` | `array` | Yes |
| `locks[].amount` | `string` | Yes |
| `locks[].id` | `string` | Yes |
| `locks[].reasons` | `string` | Yes |
| `miscFrozen` | `string` | Yes |
| `nonce` | `string` | Yes |
| `reserved` | `string` | Yes |
| `tokenSymbol` | `string` | Yes |

**Example response**

```json
{}
```

Every request needs an `Authorization` header holding your API key — see [Getting started with the Taostats API](https://beta.taostats.io/docs/start-here/getting-started-with-taostats-api).