Reverse Resolve Domains Using Smart Contracts

This guide covers how to retrieve the reverse record of UD domains using smart contracts. This process requires using the ABIs built into the Unstoppable Domains UNS smart contract.

Step 1: Select a UNS Registry Smart Contract

The UNS Registry smart contract is where domain owners store their data and is a map of domain namehashes to key-value dictionaries of records. Choose one of the Unstoppable Registry smart contracts to interact with below.

• Ethereum Mainnet Registry
• Polygon Mainnet Registry
• Base Mainnet Registry

Step 2: Open the “Read as Proxy” Tab for the Registry Contract

Navigate to the Contract tab in either the Etherscan or Polygonscan page of the Registry contract and click on the Read as Proxy tab:

Step 3: Retrieve the Reverse Record

The UNS contract has a reverseNameOf() method that takes in a wallet address and returns the name of the domain that has configured Reverse Resolution to that address.

Add the wallet address you want to resolve in the addr field of the reverseNameOf() method and click the Query button.

reverseNameOf() method will return human-readable domain name.

To calculate namehash from domain name use namehashing functions:

You can generate the namehash of a domain using the Resolution Service. You can also use online tools to calculate the namehash of the domain.

/**
 * Resolves the namehash for a given domain.
 * 
 * @param {string} domain - The domain name to resolve
 * @returns {Promise<string | null>} The resolved namehash or null if not found
 * 
 * @throws {Error} When no namehash can be resolved for the given domain
 */
async function resolveNamehash(
  domain: string, 
): Promise<string | null> {

  try {
    const response = await axios.get(
      UNSTOPPABLE_API_BASE_URL + 'domains/' + encodeURIComponent(domain), 
      {
      headers: { 'Authorization': 'Bearer ' + UNSTOPPABLE_API_KEY }
      }
    );

    const metadata = response.data.meta;
      
    const namehash = metadata['namehash'];

    if (namehash) return namehash;

    throw new Error('No namehash found for ' + domain);
  } catch (error) {
    console.error('Namehash resolution error:', error);
    return null;
  }
}

Smart Contract Considerations

Integrating Reverse Resolution with smart contracts involves using the reverseNameOf() method to retrieve the domain name of the reverse record.

You can also integrate Reverse Resolution into your application using libraries that allow you to call smart contracts ABIs like ethers.js and web3.js. Here’s an application that integrates Reverse Resolution using ethers.js: https://github.com/Noxturnix/web3udmintfeed.nft.

An example in JavaScript of integrating Reverse Resolution (using the ethers.js library):

const proxyReaderAddress = "0x423F2531bd5d3C3D4EF7C318c2D1d9BEDE67c680";

// partial ABI, just for the reverseNameOf method
const proxyReaderAbi = [
    "function reverseNameOf(address addr) external view returns (string)",
];

const proxyReaderContract = new ethers.Contract(
    proxyReaderAddress,
    proxyReaderAbi,
    provider
);

const address = "0x88bc9b6c56743a38223335fac05825d9355e9f83";

// call the reverseNameOf method
const reverseDomainName = await proxyReaderContract.reverseNameOf(address);
// jim-unstoppable.x