recover

Callable

• recover(data: string | SignatureObject, signatureOrV?: string, prefixedOrR?: string | boolean, s?: string, prefixed?: boolean): string

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• Recovers the Ethereum address which was used to sign the given data

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  Parameters

  • data: string | SignatureObject

    Either a signed message, hash, or the signatureObject

  • optionalsignatureOrV: string

    signatureOrV

  • optionalprefixedOrR: string | boolean

    prefixedOrR

  • optionals: string

    s

  • optionalprefixed: boolean

    (default: false) If the last parameter is true, the given message will NOT automatically be prefixed with “\x19Ethereum Signed Message:\n” + message.length + message, and assumed to be already prefixed.

  Returns string

  The Ethereum address used to sign this data

  sign('Some data', '0xbe6383dad004f233317e46ddb46ad31b16064d14447a95cc1d8c8d4bc61c3728');
  > {
  message: 'Some data',
  messageHash: '0x1da44b586eb0729ff70a73c326926f6ed5a25f5b056e7f47fbc6e58d86871655',
  v: '0x1b',
  r: '0xa8037a6116c176a25e6fc224947fde9e79a2deaa0dd8b67b366fbdfdbffc01f9',
  s: '0x53e41351267b20d4a89ebfe9c8f03c04de9b345add4a52f15bd026b63c8fb150',
  signature: '0xa8037a6116c176a25e6fc224947fde9e79a2deaa0dd8b67b366fbdfdbffc01f953e41351267b20d4a89ebfe9c8f03c04de9b345add4a52f15bd026b63c8fb1501b'
  }
  recover('0xa8037a6116c176a25e6fc224947fde9e79a2deaa0dd8b67b366fbdfdbffc01f953e41351267b20d4a89ebfe9c8f03c04de9b345add4a52f15bd026b63c8fb1501b');
  > '0xEB014f8c8B418Db6b45774c326A0E64C78914dC0'