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I'm trying to get the to and from address from the logs in a transaction. In my example, the log entry is for a Transfer(address,address,uint256).

The resulting topics[1] and [2] return the addresses, but in a long format: 0x0000000000000000000000002dbbbebef9915110dac11a89ca986ba6051d0972

How do I convert this to a regular address? Eg: 0x2dbbbebef9915110dac11a89ca986ba6051d0972

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Let's assume that address stores the given address.

Option #1 - purely in Python:

Since an Ethereum address is 40 hexadecimal characters, you can simply use

x = '0x' + address[-40:]

Option #2 - with web3.py:

Using the utility function toChecksumAddress, you can simply use

x = Web3.toChecksumAddress('0x' + address[-40:])

The second option is better because it gives you the result in standard (EIP55) form, which means that you can compare your addresses (strings) without worrying about case-sensitive differences.

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  • Thank you. Option 2, whilst I agree would be preferable, gives me an error:ValueError: Unknown format 0x00000000000000000000000...... Option 1 works great. I guess I could do option 1 and then option 2 to vefiy the address.
    – Twiddles
    Commented Nov 15, 2020 at 5:04
  • @Julian: Please see updated answer.
    – goodvibration
    Commented Nov 15, 2020 at 5:09

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