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# Request Permissions \[wallet.requestPermissions]

Requests permissions for a wallet.

## Usage

This example requests permissions for a wallet.

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

const permissions = await client.wallet.requestPermissions({
  eth_accounts: {},
})
```

```ts twoslash [viem.config.ts] filename="viem.config.ts"
import { Client, custom, walletActions } from 'viem'
import 'viem/window'

export const client = Client.create({
  transport: custom(window.ethereum!),
}).extend(walletActions())
```
:::

### Standalone Action

Call `Actions.wallet.requestPermissions` directly by passing the Client as the first argument.

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

const permissions = await Actions.wallet.requestPermissions(client, {
  eth_accounts: {},
})
```

```ts twoslash [viem.config.ts] filename="viem.config.ts"
import { Client, custom } from 'viem'
import 'viem/window'

export const client = Client.create({
  transport: custom(window.ethereum!),
})
```
:::

## Return Value

`readonly WalletPermission[]`

The wallet's permissions.

## Parameters

### eth\_accounts

* **Type:** `Record<string, any>`

The permissions to request. Each key is a JSON-RPC method name mapped to its requested caveats.

```ts twoslash
import { Actions } from 'viem'
// [!include ~/snippets/docs/reference-client.ts:setup]
// ---cut---
const permissions = await Actions.wallet.requestPermissions(client, {
  eth_accounts: {}, // [!code focus]
})
```