getEnsAddress #

Gets address for ENS name.

Calls resolve(bytes, bytes) on ENS Universal Resolver Contract to resolve the ENS name to address.

Usage #

import { normalize } from 'viem/ens'
import { publicClient } from './client'
 
const ensAddress = await publicClient.getEnsAddress({
  name: normalize('wagmi-dev.eth'),
})
// '0xd2135CfB216b74109775236E36d4b433F1DF507B'

import { createPublicClient, http } from 'viem'
import { mainnet } from 'viem/chains'

export const publicClient = createPublicClient({
  chain: mainnet,
  transport: http(),
})

Returns #

Address

The address that resolves to provided ENS name.

Returns 0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000 if ENS name does not resolve to address.

Parameters #

address #

• Type: Address

Address to get primary ENS name for.

const ensName = await publicClient.getEnsAddress({
  name: normalize('wagmi-dev.eth'), 
})

blockNumber (optional) #

• Type: number

The block number to perform the read against.

const ensName = await publicClient.getEnsAddress({
  name: normalize('wagmi-dev.eth'),
  blockNumber: 15121123n, 
})

blockTag (optional) #

• Type: 'latest' | 'earliest' | 'pending' | 'safe' | 'finalized'
• Default: 'latest'

The block tag to perform the read against.

const ensName = await publicClient.getEnsAddress({
  name: normalize('wagmi-dev.eth'),
  blockTag: 'safe', 
})

universalResolverAddress (optional) #

• Type: Address
• Default: client.chain.contracts.ensUniversalResolver.address

Address of ENS Universal Resolver Contract.

const ensName = await publicClient.getEnsAddress({
  name: normalize('wagmi-dev.eth'),
  universalResolverAddress: '0x74E20Bd2A1fE0cdbe45b9A1d89cb7e0a45b36376', 
})

Live Example #

Check out the usage of getEnsAddress in the live ENS Examples below.