# dag\_getPublicKey

Returns the public key of the selected account.

**Parameters**

| Name    | Type         | Description                         |
| ------- | ------------ | ----------------------------------- |
| address | `DAGAddress` | Account to get the public key from. |

**Return Type**

`HexString` - Public key of the selected account.

**Example**

```typescript
await provider.request({
  method: "dag_getPublicKey",
  params: ["DAG88C9WDSKH451sisyEP3hAkgCKn5DN72fuwjfX"],
});
// "0482c4566a9c4cbb6f23b9a31c96876501c71f5c04b35f416e0b2243113cce8fb386a2db0b3881d1c908d33465748b948649165a6705904120238999eed6eed1f4"
```