getTokenAccountsByDelegate

On Solana, where SOL is the native token and SPL programs own each holder's token data accounts, getTokenAccountsByDelegate returns the token accounts where a given delegate is approved to move funds. An SPL approve instruction lets an owner grant another address (a program, an AMM like Raydium, or a counterparty) a spending allowance over a token account; this method finds every such account tied to one delegate. Post a JSON-RPC 2.0 request with positional params to https://solana.therpc.io/YOUR_API_KEY to receive an array of { pubkey, account } entries for that delegate.

Use cases

• List every SPL token account a given delegate is allowed to spend from, scoped by a single mint or by a whole token program.
• Audit the approvals an owner has granted to a program or address — useful for security tooling that flags risky standing allowances.
• Drive a "revoke approvals" screen in a Solana wallet, surfacing each delegated account so the user can call revoke.

Parameters

Response

Example request

1curl https://solana.therpc.io/YOUR_API_KEY \
2  -X POST \
3  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
4  -d '{
5  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
6  "id": 1,
7  "method": "getTokenAccountsByDelegate",
8  "params": [
9    "9WzDXwBbmkg8ZTbNMqUxvQRAyrZzDsGYdLVL9zYtAWWM",
10    {},
11    {}
12  ]
13}'

Errors & troubleshooting

Common pitfalls

• The filter (second positional param) is required: pass exactly one of { mint } or { programId }, never both and never an empty object — otherwise the node returns an Invalid params (-32602) error.
• Set encoding: "jsonParsed" in the config to get readable token amounts and delegate fields back in the account data; the default base64 encoding returns opaque bytes you would have to decode yourself.

Supported networks

• Mainnet
• Devnet

See also

• getTokenAccountsByOwner
• getTokenAccountBalance