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signTypedData (Smart Account)

Signs typed data and calculates an Ethereum-specific signature in https://eips.ethereum.org/EIPS/eip-712: sign(keccak256("\x19\x01" ‖ domainSeparator ‖ hashStruct(message)))

Uses the Smart Account's Owner to sign the message.

Usage

example.ts
import { toCoinbaseSmartAccount } from 'viem/account-abstraction'
import { client, owner } from './config.js'
import { domain, types } from './data.js'
 
const account = await toCoinbaseSmartAccount({
  client,
  owners: [owner],
})
 
const signature = await account.signTypedData({ 
  domain, 
  types, 
  primaryType: 'Mail', 
  message: { 
    from: { 
      name: 'Cow', 
      wallet: '0xCD2a3d9F938E13CD947Ec05AbC7FE734Df8DD826', 
    }, 
    to: { 
      name: 'Bob', 
      wallet: '0xbBbBBBBbbBBBbbbBbbBbbbbBBbBbbbbBbBbbBBbB', 
    }, 
    contents: 'Hello, Bob!', 
  }, 
})

Returns

0x${string}

The signed data.

Parameters

domain

Type: TypedDataDomain

The typed data domain.

const signature = await account.signTypedData({
  domain: { 
    name: 'Ether Mail',
    version: '1',
    chainId: 1,
    verifyingContract: '0xCcCCccccCCCCcCCCCCCcCcCccCcCCCcCcccccccC',
  },
  types,
  primaryType: 'Mail',
  message: {
    from: {
      name: 'Cow',
      wallet: '0xCD2a3d9F938E13CD947Ec05AbC7FE734Df8DD826',
    },
    to: {
      name: 'Bob',
      wallet: '0xbBbBBBBbbBBBbbbBbbBbbbbBBbBbbbbBbBbbBBbB',
    },
    contents: 'Hello, Bob!',
  },
})

types

The type definitions for the typed data.

const signature = await account.signTypedData({
  domain,
  types: { 
    Person: [
      { name: 'name', type: 'string' },
      { name: 'wallet', type: 'address' },
    ],
    Mail: [
      { name: 'from', type: 'Person' },
      { name: 'to', type: 'Person' },
      { name: 'contents', type: 'string' },
    ],
  },
  primaryType: 'Mail',
  message: {
    from: {
      name: 'Cow',
      wallet: '0xCD2a3d9F938E13CD947Ec05AbC7FE734Df8DD826',
    },
    to: {
      name: 'Bob',
      wallet: '0xbBbBBBBbbBBBbbbBbbBbbbbBBbBbbbbBbBbbBBbB',
    },
    contents: 'Hello, Bob!',
  },
})

primaryType

Type: Inferred string.

The primary type to extract from types and use in value.

const signature = await account.signTypedData({
  domain,
  types: {
    Person: [
      { name: 'name', type: 'string' },
      { name: 'wallet', type: 'address' },
    ],
    Mail: [ 
      { name: 'from', type: 'Person' },
      { name: 'to', type: 'Person' },
      { name: 'contents', type: 'string' },
    ],
  },
  primaryType: 'Mail', 
  message: {
    from: {
      name: 'Cow',
      wallet: '0xCD2a3d9F938E13CD947Ec05AbC7FE734Df8DD826',
    },
    to: {
      name: 'Bob',
      wallet: '0xbBbBBBBbbBBBbbbBbbBbbbbBBbBbbbbBbBbbBBbB',
    },
    contents: 'Hello, Bob!',
  },
})

message

Type: Inferred from types & primaryType.

const signature = await account.signTypedData({
  domain,
  types: {
    Person: [
      { name: 'name', type: 'string' },
      { name: 'wallet', type: 'address' },
    ],
    Mail: [
      { name: 'from', type: 'Person' },
      { name: 'to', type: 'Person' },
      { name: 'contents', type: 'string' },
    ],
  },
  primaryType: 'Mail', 
  message: { 
    from: {
      name: 'Cow',
      wallet: '0xCD2a3d9F938E13CD947Ec05AbC7FE734Df8DD826',
    },
    to: {
      name: 'Bob',
      wallet: '0xbBbBBBBbbBBBbbbBbbBbbbbBBbBbbbbBbBbbBBbB',
    },
    contents: 'Hello, Bob!',
  },
})