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signTypedData

Signs typed data and calculates an Ethereum-specific signature in EIP-191 format: keccak256("\x19Ethereum Signed Message:\n" + len(message) + message)).

Usage

ts
import { walletClient } from './client'
import { domain, types } from './data'

const signature = await walletClient.signTypedData({
  domain,
  types,
  primaryType: 'Mail',
  message: {
    from: {
      name: 'Cow',
      wallet: '0xCD2a3d9F938E13CD947Ec05AbC7FE734Df8DD826',
    },
    to: {
      name: 'Bob',
      wallet: '0xbBbBBBBbbBBBbbbBbbBbbbbBBbBbbbbBbBbbBBbB',
    },
    contents: 'Hello, Bob!',
  },
})
ts
// All properties on a domain are optional
export const domain = {
  name: 'Ether Mail',
  version: '1',
  chainId: 1,
  verifyingContract: '0xCcCCccccCCCCcCCCCCCcCcCccCcCCCcCcccccccC',
} as const
 
// The named list of all type definitions
export const types = {
  Person: [
    { name: 'name', type: 'string' },
    { name: 'wallet', type: 'address' },
  ],
  Mail: [
    { name: 'from', type: 'Person' },
    { name: 'to', type: 'Person' },
    { name: 'contents', type: 'string' },
  ],
} as const
ts
import { createWalletClient, custom } from 'viem'

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

Returns

0x${string}

The signed data.

Parameters

domain

Type: TypedDataDomain

The typed data domain.

ts
const signature = await walletClient.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.

ts
const signature = await walletClient.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.

ts
const signature = await walletClient.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.

ts
const signature = await walletClient.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!',
  },
})

Live Example

Check out the usage of signTypedData in the live Sign Typed Data Example below.

JSON-RPC Methods

Released under the MIT License.