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Queries

Queries are requests that do not require network consensus. Queries are processed only by the single node the request is sent to. Below is a list of network queries by service.
Cryptocurrency Accounts
Consensus
Tokens
File Service
Smart Contracts
Schedule Service

Get Query Cost

A query that returns the cost of a query prior to submitting the query to network node for processing. If the cost of the query greater than the default max query payment (1 hbar) you can use setMaxQueryPayment(<hbar>) to change the default.
V1
Method
Type
Description
getCost(<client>)
Client
Get the cost of the query in long representation
getCostAsync(<client, withCost, onError>)
Client, Consumer<long>, Consumer<HederaThrowable>
Get the cost of a query asynchronously
Java
//Create the query request
AccountBalanceQuery query = new AccountBalanceQuery()
.setAccountId(accountId);
//Get the cost of the query
long queryCost = query.getCost(client);
System.out.println("The account balance query cost is " +queryCost);
//v1.3.2
JavaScript
//Create the query request
const query = new AccountBalanceQuery()
.setAccountId(accountId);
//Get the cost of the query
const queryCost = await query.getCost(client);
console.log("The account balance query cost is " +queryCost);