new bech32 address in the api

[Mrostgaard]

When running this query: https://api.zilliqa.com/ Request:

{
    "id": "1",
    "jsonrpc": "2.0",
    "method": "GetBalance",
    "params": ["zil1rmhufazn2w09aeejkj0tg7fty6xz7wggup2tsh"]
}

It returns this response:

{
    "error": {
        "code": -8,
        "data": null,
        "message": "Address size not appropriate"
    },
    "id": "1",
    "jsonrpc": "2.0"
}

Is this not the correct way to use the api? Even using the address from the documentation returns an error

[bb111189]

when interacting with the blockchain via json rpc query, it is all in base16. Only SDK and above uses bech32

[Mrostgaard]

@bb111189 Thanks. So how do I use a bech32 address to communicate with json rpc, is that not possible? Is there some way to convert bech32 to base16?