Convert a ScVal to other type

Soroban Contract Value (ScVal) is a custom type defined within the Soroban runtime environment that represents other data types such as strings, bytes, and more complex structures used within smart contracts in a format that that the soroban runtime can process, store and retrieve efficiently.

ScVal to bytesN

JS

const StellarSdk = require("@stellar/stellar-sdk");

/* Convert ScVal to bytes */
const bytesFromScVal = StellarSdk.scVal.bytes();

• .bytes() converts an ScVal value to bytes.
• scVal is the ScVal value to be converted to bytes.

Python

import stellar_sdk

# Convert ScVal to bytes
sc_val_to_bytes = stellar_sdk.scval.from_bytes(sc_val)

• stellar_sdk.scval.from_bytes() converts an ScVal value to bytes.
• sc_val is the ScVal value to be converted to bytes.

ScVal to address

JS

const StellarSdk = require("@stellar/stellar-sdk");

const addressFromScVal = StellarSdk.Address.fromScVal(scVal);
addressFromScVal.toString();

• StellarSdk.Address.fromScVal() converts an ScVal value to an address.
• scVal is the ScVal value to be converted to an address.

Python

import stellar_sdk

sc_to_address = Address.from_xdr_sc_address(sc_val)

• stellar_sdk.scval.from_xdr_sc_addres9() converts an ScVal value to an address.
• sc_val represents the ScVal value to be converted to an address.

ScVal to String

JS

const StellarSdk = require("@stellar/stellar-sdk");

const stringFromScVal = scVal.toString("utf-8");

scVal.toString() converts an ScVal value to a string. scVal is the ScVal value to be converted to a string. utf-8 is the encoding format for the string.

Python

import stellar_sdk

# scval to string
sc_val_to_string = stellar_sdk.scval.from_string(sc_val)

• stellar_sdk.scval.from_string() converts an ScVal value to a string.
• sc_val represents the ScVal value to be converted to a string.