decodeAccount

Call Signature

decodeAccount<TData, TAddress>(encodedAccount, decoder): Account<TData, TAddress>

Transforms an EncodedAccount into an Account (/api/functions/or a MaybeEncodedAccount into a MaybeAccount) by decoding the account data using the provided Decoder instance.

Type Parameters

Type Parameter	Default type	Description
`TData` extends `object`	-	The type of this account's data.
`TAddress` extends `string`	`string`	Supply a string literal to define an account having a particular address.

Parameters

Parameter	Type
`encodedAccount`	`EncodedAccount`<`TAddress`>
`decoder`	`Decoder`<`TData`>

Returns

Account<TData, TAddress>

Example

type MyAccountData = { name: string; age: number };
 
const myAccount: EncodedAccount<'1234..5678'>;
const myDecoder: Decoder<MyAccountData> = getStructDecoder([
    ['name', addDecoderSizePrefix(getUtf8Decoder(), getU32Decoder())],
    ['age', getU32Decoder()],
]);
 
const myDecodedAccount = decodeAccount(myAccount, myDecoder);
myDecodedAccount satisfies Account<MyAccountData, '1234..5678'>;