Validate address

When you may need it?

If you want to validate an address.

Get address type

let initialAddressType = await client.utils.get_address_type({address});
console.log(`Address type is ${JSON.stringify(initialAddressType)}`);

Validate

Use utils.convert_address function for that.

let convertedAddress = (await client.utils.convert_address({
    address,
    output_format: {
        type: "Hex"
    },
})).address;
console.log(`Address in raw format: ${convertedAddress}`);

If address is incorrect the function utils.convert_address will fail with an error.