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# Get Text Record \[ens.getText]

Gets a text record for an ENS name (via the ENS Universal Resolver's `resolveWithGateways`).

## Usage

This example gets a text record for an ENS name (via the ENS Universal Resolver's `resolveWithGateways`).

:::code-group
```ts twoslash [example.ts]
import { Ens } from 'viem/utils'
import { client } from './viem.config'

const twitter = await client.ens.getText({
  key: 'com.twitter',
  name: Ens.normalize('wevm.eth'),
})
// @log: 'wevm_dev'
```

```ts twoslash [viem.config.ts] filename="viem.config.ts"
import { Client, http, publicActions } from 'viem'
import { mainnet } from 'viem/chains'

export const client = Client.create({
  chain: mainnet,
  transport: http(),
}).extend(publicActions())
```
:::

### Standalone Action

Call `Actions.ens.getText` directly by passing the Client as the first argument.

:::code-group
```ts twoslash [example.ts]
import { Actions } from 'viem'
import { Ens } from 'viem/utils'
import { client } from './viem.config'

const twitter = await Actions.ens.getText(client, {
  key: 'com.twitter',
  name: Ens.normalize('wevm.eth'),
})
// @log: 'wevm_dev'
```

```ts twoslash [viem.config.ts] filename="viem.config.ts"
import { Client, http } from 'viem'
import { mainnet } from 'viem/chains'

export const client = Client.create({
  chain: mainnet,
  transport: http(),
})
```
:::

## Recipes

### Require Resolution Through a Custom Gateway

Set the CCIP Read gateway and enable strict mode when resolver failures must reject the request instead of returning `null`.

:::code-group
```ts twoslash [example.ts]
import { Ens } from 'viem/utils'
import { client } from './viem.config'

const twitter = await client.ens.getText({
  gatewayUrls: ['https://ccip.ens.xyz'], // [!code focus]
  key: 'com.twitter',
  name: Ens.normalize('wevm.eth'),
  strict: true, // [!code focus]
})
```

```ts twoslash [viem.config.ts] filename="viem.config.ts"
import { Client, http, publicActions } from 'viem'
import { mainnet } from 'viem/chains'

export const client = Client.create({
  chain: mainnet,
  transport: http(),
}).extend(publicActions())
```
:::

## Return Value

`string | null`

The text record value, or `null` when the record is unset.

## Parameters

### blockNumber

* **Type:** `bigint`

Resolves against the state at a given block number.

```ts twoslash
import { Actions, Client, http } from 'viem'
import { mainnet } from 'viem/chains'
import { Ens } from 'viem/utils'

const client = Client.create({ chain: mainnet, transport: http() })
// ---cut---
const text = await Actions.ens.getText(client, {
  blockNumber: 23_085_558n, // [!code focus]
  key: 'com.twitter',
  name: Ens.normalize('wevm.eth'),
})
```

### blockTag

* **Type:** `'latest' | 'earliest' | 'pending' | 'safe' | 'finalized'`
* **Default:** `'latest'`

Resolves against the state at a given block tag.

```ts twoslash
import { Actions, Client, http } from 'viem'
import { mainnet } from 'viem/chains'
import { Ens } from 'viem/utils'

const client = Client.create({ chain: mainnet, transport: http() })
// ---cut---
const text = await Actions.ens.getText(client, {
  blockTag: 'finalized', // [!code focus]
  key: 'com.twitter',
  name: Ens.normalize('wevm.eth'),
})
```

### gatewayUrls

* **Type:** `readonly string[]`

Universal Resolver gateway URLs for CCIP-read requests. Defaults to the client-side batch gateway.

```ts twoslash
import { Actions, Client, http } from 'viem'
import { mainnet } from 'viem/chains'
import { Ens } from 'viem/utils'

const client = Client.create({ chain: mainnet, transport: http() })
// ---cut---
const text = await Actions.ens.getText(client, {
  gatewayUrls: ['https://ccip.ens.xyz'], // [!code focus]
  key: 'com.twitter',
  name: Ens.normalize('wevm.eth'),
})
```

### key

* **Type:** `string`

The text record key to resolve (for example, `'com.twitter'`, `'url'`, `'description'`).

```ts twoslash
import { Actions, Client, http } from 'viem'
import { mainnet } from 'viem/chains'
import { Ens } from 'viem/utils'

const client = Client.create({ chain: mainnet, transport: http() })
// ---cut---
const text = await Actions.ens.getText(client, {
  key: 'com.twitter', // [!code focus]
  name: Ens.normalize('wevm.eth'),
})
```

### name

* **Type:** `string`

The ENS name to resolve.

```ts twoslash
import { Actions, Client, http } from 'viem'
import { mainnet } from 'viem/chains'
import { Ens } from 'viem/utils'

const client = Client.create({ chain: mainnet, transport: http() })
// ---cut---
const text = await Actions.ens.getText(client, {
  key: 'com.twitter',
  name: Ens.normalize('wevm.eth'), // [!code focus]
})
```

### strict

* **Type:** `boolean`
* **Default:** `false`

Whether to throw errors propagated from the Universal Resolver instead of returning `null`.

```ts twoslash
import { Actions, Client, http } from 'viem'
import { mainnet } from 'viem/chains'
import { Ens } from 'viem/utils'

const client = Client.create({ chain: mainnet, transport: http() })
// ---cut---
const text = await Actions.ens.getText(client, {
  strict: true, // [!code focus]
  key: 'com.twitter',
  name: Ens.normalize('wevm.eth'),
})
```

### universalResolverAddress

* **Type:** `Address`
* **Default:** `client.chain.contracts.ensUniversalResolver.address`

Address of the ENS Universal Resolver contract.

```ts twoslash
import { Actions, Client, http } from 'viem'
import { mainnet } from 'viem/chains'
import { Ens } from 'viem/utils'

const client = Client.create({ chain: mainnet, transport: http() })
// ---cut---
const text = await Actions.ens.getText(client, {
  universalResolverAddress: '0xeeeeeeee14d718c2b47d9923deab1335e144eeee', // [!code focus]
  key: 'com.twitter',
  name: Ens.normalize('wevm.eth'),
})
```

## Errors

| Error | Description |
| --- | --- |
| `ContractError.ContractFunctionExecutionError` | The Universal Resolver call failed (with [`strict`](#strict); resolver errors otherwise map to `null`). |