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Privy enables you to import wallet private keys for use via the Privy API. This allows you to migrate wallets from external sources to Privy, including from a different wallet provider. Or, your app can enable users to bring an existing external wallet into your application in order to access and manage their assets within your app seamlessly.

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Importing a wallet

  • React
  • NodeJS
  • NodeJS (server-auth)
  • REST API
  • Rust
To import a private key wallet with the React SDK, use the importWallet method from the useImportWallet hook:
importWallet: (input: {privateKey: string}) => Promise<Wallet>;
  • EVM
  • Solana

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Usage

import {useImportWallet} from '@privy-io/react-auth';

const {importWallet} = useImportWallet();

const wallet = await importWallet({
  privateKey: 'your-wallet-private-key'
});

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Parameters

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privateKey
string
The hex-encoded private key of the ethereum wallet to import, with or without a 0x prefix.

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Returns

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wallet
Promise<Wallet>
A Promise for the imported wallet object.

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Using imported wallets

Imported wallets function the same way as Privy-generated wallets. See the API reference for Ethereum or Solana for information about how to send transactions and execute other wallet operations.
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