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POST
/
v1
/
wallets
/
address
Get wallet by address
curl --request POST \
  --url https://api.privy.io/v1/wallets/address \
  --header 'Authorization: Basic <encoded-value>' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --header 'privy-app-id: <privy-app-id>' \
  --data '
{
  "address": "0xF1DBff66C993EE895C8cb176c30b07A559d76496"
}
'
{
  "id": "id2tptkqrxd39qo9j423etij",
  "address": "0xF1DBff66C993EE895C8cb176c30b07A559d76496",
  "display_name": "Treasury",
  "external_id": "my-order-123",
  "chain_type": "ethereum",
  "policy_ids": [],
  "additional_signers": [],
  "owner_id": "rkiz0ivz254drv1xw982v3jq",
  "created_at": 1741834854578,
  "exported_at": null,
  "imported_at": null,
  "archived_at": null
}

Authorizations

​
Authorization
string
header
required

Basic Auth header with your app ID as the username and your app secret as the password.

Headers

​
privy-app-id
string
required

ID of your Privy app.

Body

application/json

Request body for looking up a wallet by its blockchain address.

​
address
required

The blockchain address of the wallet to look up.

​
include_archived
boolean

Include archived wallets in lookup. Defaults to false (archived wallets return 404).

Response

200 - application/json

The wallet matching the given address.

A wallet managed by Privy's wallet infrastructure.

​
id
string
required

Unique ID of the wallet. This will be the primary identifier when using the wallet in the future.

​
address
string
required

Address of the wallet.

​
created_at
number
required

Unix timestamp of when the wallet was created in milliseconds.

​
chain_type
enum<string>
required

The wallet chain types.

Available options:
ethereum,
solana,
cosmos,
stellar,
sui,
aptos,
movement,
tron,
bitcoin-segwit,
bitcoin-taproot,
pearl,
near,
ton,
starknet,
spark
​
policy_ids
string[]
required

List of policy IDs for policies that are enforced on the wallet.

​
owner_id
string<cuid2> | null
required

The key quorum ID of the owner of the wallet.

​
additional_signers
WalletAdditionalSignerItem · object[]
required

Additional signers for the wallet.

​
exported_at
number | null
required

Unix timestamp of when the wallet was exported in milliseconds, if the wallet was exported.

​
imported_at
number | null
required

Unix timestamp of when the wallet was imported in milliseconds, if the wallet was imported.

​
display_name
string

A human-readable label for the wallet.

​
external_id
string

A customer-provided identifier for mapping to external systems. Write-once, set only at creation.

​
public_key
string

The compressed, raw public key for the wallet along the chain cryptographic curve.

​
authorization_threshold
number

The number of keys that must sign for an action to be valid.

​
archived_at
number | null

Unix timestamp of when the wallet was archived in milliseconds, or null if the wallet is active.

​
custody
WalletCustodian · object

Information about the custodian managing this wallet.