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kaia_getAccountKey RPC Method

Returns the account key of the Externally Owned Account (EOA) of a given address. If the account has AccountKeyLegacy or the account of the given address is a Smart Contract Account, it will return an empty key value.

Updated on
Aug 7, 2024

kaia_getAccountKey RPC Method

Parameters

address
string
REQUIRED
The address of the account being queried
BlockNumberOrHashOrTag
string
REQUIRED
The block number in integer, block hash or block tag(earliest and latest)

Returns

keyType
integer
An integer value indicating account key type
key
object
An account key object
Request
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curl https://docs-demo.kaia-kairos.quiknode.pro/ \
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  -X POST \
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  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
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  --data '{
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    "method": "kaia_getAccountKey",
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    "id": 1,
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    "jsonrpc": "2.0",
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    "params": [
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        "0x5b70c66bc2758f12cb8ab2c19e0f3bfb9a407d5d",
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        "latest"
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    ]
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}'
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