eth_requestAccounts

Request account access and authorization from the user

Defined in EIP-1102

Requests that the user provides an Ethereum address to be identified by. This method will show a prompt to the user asking them to authorize the connection. Returns a promise that resolves to an array of accounts the user has authorized for the application.

Parameters

This method does not accept any parameters.

Returns

result · Array<string>

An array of Ethereum addresses (hexadecimal strings) that the user has authorized for the application. The array will typically contain a single address, which is the currently selected account in the wallet.

Request

{
  "id": 1,
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "method": "eth_requestAccounts",
  "params": []
}

Success Response

{
  "id": 1,
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "result": ["0xabc123..."]
}

Error Handling

Code	Message	Description
4001	User rejected the request	The user denied the connection request
4100	Requested method not supported	The provider does not support the eth_requestAccounts method
4200	Wallet not connected	The wallet is not available or connected

Always handle the case where the user rejects the connection request (error code 4001) gracefully in your application.