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useSignMessage

Hook for signing messages with connected account.

import { useSignMessage } from 'wagmi'

Usage

The following examples use the message: gm wagmi frens.

import { useSignMessage } from 'wagmi'

function App() {
  const { data, isError, isLoading, isSuccess, signMessage } = useSignMessage({
    message: 'gm wagmi frens',
  })

  return (
    <div>
      <button disabled={isLoading} onClick={() => signMessage()}>
        Sign message
      </button>
      {isSuccess && <div>Signature: {data}</div>}
      {isError && <div>Error signing message</div>}
    </div>
  )
}

Return Value

{
  data?: string
  error?: Error
  isError: boolean
  isIdle: boolean
  isLoading: boolean
  isSuccess: boolean
  signMessage: (args?: SignMessageArgs) => void
  signMessageAsync: (args?: SignMessageArgs) => Promise<string>
  reset: () => void
  status: 'idle' | 'error' | 'loading' | 'success'
}

Configuration

message (optional)

Message to sign with wallet. This can be a fixed string or a reactive state variable.

import * as React from 'react'
import { useSignMessage } from 'wagmi'

function App() {
  const [message, setMessage] = React.useState('gm wagmi frens')
  const signMessage = useSignMessage({
    message,
  })
}

onError (optional)

Function to invoke when an error is thrown while attempting to sign.

import { useSignMessage } from 'wagmi'

function App() {
  const signMessage = useSignMessage({
    message: 'gm wagmi frens',
    onError(error) {
      console.log('Error', error)
    },
  })
}

onMutate (optional)

Function fires before sign message function and is passed same variables sign message function would receive. Value returned from this function will be passed to both onError and onSettled functions in event of a sign message failure.

import { useSignMessage } from 'wagmi'

function App() {
  const signMessage = useSignMessage({
    message: 'gm wagmi frens',
    onMutate(args) {
      console.log('Mutate', args)
    },
  })
}

onSettled (optional)

Function to invoke when sign message is settled (either successfully signed, or an error has thrown).

import { useSignMessage } from 'wagmi'

function App() {
  const signMessage = useSignMessage({
    message: 'gm wagmi frens',
    onSettled(data, error) {
      console.log('Settled', { data, error })
    },
  })
}

onSuccess (optional)

Function to invoke when sign message is successful.

import { useSignMessage } from 'wagmi'

function App() {
  const signMessage = useSignMessage({
    message: 'gm wagmi frens',
    onSuccess(data) {
      console.log('Success', data)
    },
  })
}