---
title: "web3_clientVersion"
description: "Returns the version string identifying the underlying node client software running the JSON-RPC endpoint."
source: https://basehub.org/api-reference/eth/web3_clientversion/
---
Returns the version string of the node client software.

## Parameters

None.

## Returns

| Field | Type | Description |
| --- | --- | --- |
| `result` | string | The client version string. |

## Example

### Request

```json
{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "method": "web3_clientVersion",
  "params": [],
  "id": 1
}
```

### Response

```json
{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "result": "op-reth/v1.1.0/linux-x86_64"
}
```