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watchContractEvents

Listens for contract events from the blockchain.

Example

Listen to all events for a contract

import { watchContractEvents } from "thirdweb";
const unwatch = watchContractEvents({
  contract: myContract,
  onEvents: (events) => {
    // do something with the events
  },
});

Listen to specific events for a contract

import { prepareEvent, watchContractEvents } from "thirdweb";
const myEvent = prepareEvent({
  event: "event MyEvent(uint256 myArg)",
});
const events = await watchContractEvents({
  contract: myContract,
  events: [myEvent],
  onEvents: (events) => {
    // do something with the events
  },
});
function watchContractEvents(options: {
  contract: Readonly<ContractOptions<abi>>;
  events?: abiEvents;
  latestBlockNumber?: bigint;
  onEvents: (
    events: ParseEventLogsResult<abiEvents, TStrict>,
  ) => void;
  strict?: TStrict;
}): () => void;

Parameters

The options for retrieving contract events.

Type

let options: {
  contract: Readonly<ContractOptions<abi>>;
  events?: abiEvents;
  latestBlockNumber?: bigint;
  onEvents: (
    events: ParseEventLogsResult<abiEvents, TStrict>,
  ) => void;
  strict?: TStrict;
};

Returns

let returnType: () => void;

The unwatch function.