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# Get Token Role Admin \[token.getRoleAdmin]

Gets the admin role for a specific role in a TIP-20 token. [Learn more about token roles](https://docs.tempo.xyz/protocol/tip403/spec)

## Usage

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

const adminRole = await client.token.getRoleAdmin({
  role: 'issuer',
  token: '0x20c0000000000000000000000000000000000001',
})

console.log('Admin role:', adminRole)
// @log: Admin role: 0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000
```

```ts twoslash [viem.config.ts] filename="viem.config.ts"
// [!include ~/snippets/tempo/viem.config.ts:setup]
```
:::

## Recipes

### Verify Your Admin Key Can Grant a Role

Compare the returned hash against `TokenRole.serialize` to confirm the `defaultAdmin` role still governs issuer grants before calling [`token.grantRolesSync`](/tempo/actions/token.grantRoles) from your admin key.

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

const token = '0x20c0000000000000000000000000000000000001'

const adminRole = await client.token.getRoleAdmin({
  role: 'issuer',
  token,
})

if (adminRole === TokenRole.serialize('defaultAdmin')) // [!code focus]
  await client.token.grantRolesSync({
    roles: ['issuer'],
    to: '0x8ba1f109551bD432803012645Ac136ddd64DBA72',
    token,
  })
```

```ts twoslash [viem.config.ts] filename="viem.config.ts"
// [!include ~/snippets/tempo/viem.config.ts:setup]
```
:::

## Return Value

```ts
type ReturnType = Hex // Admin role hash
```

The admin role hash. The zero hash is the `defaultAdmin` role. Use `TokenRole.serialize`
from `viem/tempo` to compare against a named role.

## Parameters

### role

* **Type:** `"defaultAdmin" | "pause" | "unpause" | "issuer" | "burnBlocked"`

Role to get admin for.

### token

* **Type:** `Address | bigint`

Token to operate on: a TIP-20 token id or a contract address.

### blockNumber (optional)

* **Type:** `bigint`

Block number to read the state from.

### blockOverrides (optional)

* **Type:** `BlockOverrides`

Block overrides to apply to the state.

### blockTag (optional)

* **Type:** `BlockTag`

Block tag to read the state from.

### stateOverride (optional)

* **Type:** `StateOverride`

State override to apply.