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getEnsAvatar โ€‹

Gets the avatar of an ENS name.

Calls getEnsText with key set to 'avatar'.

Usage โ€‹

ts
import { normalize } from 'viem/ens'
import { publicClient } from './client'
 
const ensText = await publicClient.getEnsAvatar({
  name: normalize('wagmi-dev.eth'),
})
// 'https://ipfs.io/ipfs/Qma8mnp6xV3J2cRNf3mTth5C8nV11CAnceVinc3y8jSbio'
ts
import { createPublicClient, http } from 'viem'

import { mainnet } from 'viem/chains'

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

WARNING

Since ENS names prohibit certain forbidden characters (e.g. underscore) and have other validation rules, you likely want to normalize ENS names with UTS-46 normalization before passing them to getEnsAddress. You can use the built-in normalize function for this.

Returns โ€‹

string | null

The avatar URI for ENS name.

Returns null if the avatar cannot be resolved from the ENS name.

Parameters โ€‹

name โ€‹

  • Type: string

ENS name to get Text for.

ts
const ensText = await publicClient.getEnsAvatar({
  name: normalize('wagmi-dev.eth'), 
})

blockNumber (optional) โ€‹

  • Type: number

The block number to perform the read against.

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

blockTag (optional) โ€‹

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

The block tag to perform the read against.

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

gatewayUrls โ€‹

  • Type: { ipfs?: string; arweave?: string }

Gateway urls to resolve IPFS and/or Arweave assets.

ts
const ensText = await publicClient.getEnsAvatar({
  name: normalize('wagmi-dev.eth'),
  gatewayUrls: { 
    ipfs: 'https://cloudflare-ipfs.com'
  }
})

universalResolverAddress (optional) โ€‹

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

Address of ENS Universal Resolver Contract.

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

Released under the MIT License.