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useSigner

function useSigner<T>(override?): null | T;

Defined in: account-kit/react/src/hooks/useSigner.ts:23

Hook for accessing the current Alchemy signer within a React component. It uses a synchronous external store for updates. This is a good use case if you want to use the signer as an EOA, giving you direct access to it. The signer returned from useSigner just does a personal_sign or eth_signTypedData without any additional logic, but a smart contract account might have additional logic for creating signatures for 1271 validation so useSignMessage or useSignTypeData instead.

import { useSigner } from "@account-kit/react";
import type { AlchemyWebSigner } from "@account-kit/signer";
 
const signer: AlchemyWebSigner | null = useSigner();

Type Parameter

T extends any

ParameterTypeDescription

override?

AlchemyAccountContextProps

optional configuration to override the default context. ref

null | T

The current Alchemy signer or null if none is available. ref

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