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title: getSlotLeaders
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h1: getSlotLeaders RPC Method
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Returns the slot leaders for a given slot range

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### Parameters

<Parameter type={"u64"} optional={true}>
  Start slot, as u64 integer
</Parameter>

<Parameter type={"u64"} optional={true}>
  Limit, as u64 integer (between 1 and 5,000)
</Parameter>

### Result

`<array[string]>` - array of Node identity public keys as base-58 encoded
strings

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### Code sample

If the current slot is `#99` - query the next `10` leaders with the following
request:

```shell
curl https://api.devnet.solana.com -s -X POST -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d '
  {
    "jsonrpc":"2.0", "id": 1,
    "method": "getSlotLeaders",
    "params": [100, 10]
  }
'
```

### Response

The first leader returned is the leader for slot `#100`:

```json
{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "result": [
    "ChorusmmK7i1AxXeiTtQgQZhQNiXYU84ULeaYF1EH15n",
    "ChorusmmK7i1AxXeiTtQgQZhQNiXYU84ULeaYF1EH15n",
    "ChorusmmK7i1AxXeiTtQgQZhQNiXYU84ULeaYF1EH15n",
    "ChorusmmK7i1AxXeiTtQgQZhQNiXYU84ULeaYF1EH15n",
    "Awes4Tr6TX8JDzEhCZY2QVNimT6iD1zWHzf1vNyGvpLM",
    "Awes4Tr6TX8JDzEhCZY2QVNimT6iD1zWHzf1vNyGvpLM",
    "Awes4Tr6TX8JDzEhCZY2QVNimT6iD1zWHzf1vNyGvpLM",
    "Awes4Tr6TX8JDzEhCZY2QVNimT6iD1zWHzf1vNyGvpLM",
    "DWvDTSh3qfn88UoQTEKRV2JnLt5jtJAVoiCo3ivtMwXP",
    "DWvDTSh3qfn88UoQTEKRV2JnLt5jtJAVoiCo3ivtMwXP"
  ],
  "id": 1
}
```

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