@ens:text

Read a text record from an ENS name.

On-chain (@ens:text!): Mainnet only, and a missing record or a name with no resolver reads as an empty string instead of erroring.

Returns: string

Syntax

@ens:text(name key)

Arguments

Name	Type	Description
name	string	ENS name (e.g. vitalik.eth)
key	string	Text record key (e.g. "url", "com.twitter", "description")

Examples

# Read a URL text record
set $url @ens:text("vitalik.eth" "url")
print $url

# Read a Twitter handle
set $twitter @ens:text("vitalik.eth" "com.twitter")
print $twitter

On-chain face (@ens:text!)

Mainnet only, like every ENS face: an assertion is judged on the chain it runs on, and ENS cannot be reached from another chain. The face is the @addr! shape with the resolver's text(node, key) call in the chain hop: resolver(node) on the registry, a hop into whatever resolver that word holds at judgement, and a cond that turns an unset resolver into the empty string. A resolver that exists but has no record for the key also answers the empty string — where the plain face errors — so assert against "" to express absence.

See Also

• @ens:name — reverse-resolve an address
• @ens:avatar — get the avatar URI