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recoverAddress

Recovers the original signing address from a hash & signature.

Usage

example.ts
import { recoverAddress } from 'viem'
 
const address = await recoverAddress({
  hash: '0xd9eba16ed0ecae432b71fe008c98cc872bb4cc214d3220a36f365326cf807d68',
  signature: '0x66edc32e2ab001213321ab7d959a2207fcef5190cc9abb6da5b0d2a8a9af2d4d2b0700e2c317c4106f337fd934fbbb0bf62efc8811a78603b33a8265d3b8f8cb1c'
})
// 0xf39Fd6e51aad88F6F4ce6aB8827279cffFb92266

Returns

Address

The signing address.

Parameters

hash

  • Type: string

The hash that was signed.

const address = await recoverAddress({ 
  hash: '0xd9eba16ed0ecae432b71fe008c98cc872bb4cc214d3220a36f365326cf807d68', 
  signature: '0x66edc32e2ab001213321ab7d959a2207fcef5190cc9abb6da5b0d2a8a9af2d4d2b0700e2c317c4106f337fd934fbbb0bf62efc8811a78603b33a8265d3b8f8cb1c'
})

signature

  • Type: Hex | ByteArray | Signature

The signature of the hash.

const address = await recoverAddress({ 
  hash: '0xd9eba16ed0ecae432b71fe008c98cc872bb4cc214d3220a36f365326cf807d68',
  signature: '0x66edc32e2ab001213321ab7d959a2207fcef5190cc9abb6da5b0d2a8a9af2d4d2b0700e2c317c4106f337fd934fbbb0bf62efc8811a78603b33a8265d3b8f8cb1c'
})