How to convert TRON address to different format

Question

I have an issue while deploying contract in TRON network, where I am required to specify address in format that starts with 4.. or when I receive transactions history (here the api respond with 4.. addresses as well).

Therefore I have a question:

How to convert TRON address started with TLAXtqju7GKyqoP... to 419b6e043089843624c36f1e3b1e8572d189cbe170 and vice versa?

Answer 1

How to convert TRON address started with TLAXtqju7GKyqoP... to 419b6e043089843624c36f1e3b1e8572d189cbe170 and vice versa?

const TronWeb = require('tronweb');
const tronWeb = new TronWeb(
  'http://127.0.0.1:9090',
  'http://127.0.0.1:9090',
  'http://127.0.0.1:9090',
  'd6fbbf6eecffdb32172e391363a401f89617acb9dd01897b9fa180830a8a46b2',
);

Once you have the tronWeb object, then you can convert the addresses vice-versa by using tronWeb's address utility

For Example:
const addressInHexFormat = '414450cf8c8b6a8229b7f628e36b3a658e84441b6f';
const addressInBase58 = tronWeb.address.fromHex(addressInHexFormat);
> addressInBase58 = 'TGCRkw1Vq759FBCrwxkZGgqZbRX1WkBHSu'
const addressInHex = tronWeb.address.toHex(addressInBase58);
> addressInHex = '414450cf8c8b6a8229b7f628e36b3a658e84441b6f'

Note

The above tronWeb object is created by using Tron's Quickstart Docker container. In this way the addresses can be converted vice-versa.