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recoverMessageAddress โ€‹

Recovers the original signing address from a message & signature.

Useful for obtaining the address of a message that was signed with signMessage.

Usage โ€‹

ts
import { account, walletClient } from './config'
 
const signature = await walletClient.signMessage({
  account,
  message: 'hello world',
})

const address = await recoverMessageAddress({ 
  message: 'hello world',
  signature,
})
ts
import { createWalletClient, custom } from 'viem'
import { privateKeyToAccount } from 'viem/accounts'

export const walletClient = createWalletClient({
  transport: custom(window.ethereum)
})

// JSON-RPC Account
export const [account] = await walletClient.getAddresses()
// Local Account
export const account = privateKeyToAccount('0x...')

Returns โ€‹

Address

The signing address.

Parameters โ€‹

message โ€‹

  • Type: string

The message that was signed.

ts
const address = await recoverMessageAddress({ 
  message: 'hello world', 
  signature: '0x66edc32e2ab001213321ab7d959a2207fcef5190cc9abb6da5b0d2a8a9af2d4d2b0700e2c317c4106f337fd934fbbb0bf62efc8811a78603b33a8265d3b8f8cb1c'
})

signature โ€‹

  • Type: Hex | ByteArray

The signature of the message.

ts
const address = await recoverMessageAddress({ 
  message: 'hello world',
  signature: '0x66edc32e2ab001213321ab7d959a2207fcef5190cc9abb6da5b0d2a8a9af2d4d2b0700e2c317c4106f337fd934fbbb0bf62efc8811a78603b33a8265d3b8f8cb1c' 
})

Released under the MIT License.