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('wevm.eth'),
})
// '0xd2135CfB216b74109775236E36d4b433F1DF507B'

Returns

Address

The address that resolves to provided ENS name.

Returns null if ENS name does not resolve to address.

Parameters

name

• Type: string

Name to get the address for.

const ensAddress = await publicClient.getEnsAddress({
  name: normalize('wevm.eth'), 
})

blockNumber (optional)

• Type: number

The block number to perform the read against.

const ensAddress = await publicClient.getEnsAddress({
  name: normalize('wevm.eth'),
  blockNumber: 15121123n, 
})

blockTag (optional)

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

The block tag to perform the read against.

const ensAddress = await publicClient.getEnsAddress({
  name: normalize('wevm.eth'),
  blockTag: 'safe', 
})

coinType (optional)

• Type: number

The ENSIP-9 coin type to fetch the address for

const ensAddress = await publicClient.getEnsAddress({
  name: normalize('wevm.eth'), 
  coinType: 60, 
})

gatewayUrls (optional)

• Type: string[]

A set of Universal Resolver gateways, used for resolving CCIP-Read requests made through the ENS Universal Resolver Contract.

const ensAddress = await publicClient.getEnsAddress({
  name: normalize('wevm.eth'), 
  gatewayUrls: ["https://ccip.ens.xyz"], 
})

strict (optional)

• Type: boolean
• Default: false

A boolean value that when set to true will strictly propagate all ENS Universal Resolver Contract errors.

const ensAddress = await publicClient.getEnsAddress({
  name: normalize('wevm.eth'), 
  strict: true, 
})

universalResolverAddress (optional)

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

Address of ENS Universal Resolver Contract.

const ensAddress = await publicClient.getEnsAddress({
  name: normalize('wevm.eth'),
  universalResolverAddress: '0x74E20Bd2A1fE0cdbe45b9A1d89cb7e0a45b36376', 
})

Live Example

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