[LS] getAuthAccount is not supported

[justinbarry]

Problem

Steps to Reproduce

Open a cadence script and attempt to use the built in getAuthAccount function.

Acceptance Criteria

No more red squiggly line.

Context

Using version v0.7.1 of the Cadence extension.

[DylanTinianov]

I think this might be more of a Language Server issue, but I'll look into it.

[sideninja]

You can't access getAuthAccount in scripts, you can only do that in transactions https://docs.onflow.org/cadence/language/accounts/#authaccount

[bluesign]

@sideninja on scripts you can now, deployed to mainnet on last spork

[sideninja]

Whaaat 😮 ohh I'm so sorry for missing this. Reopening then.

[sideninja]

We also need to update the docs then. Will issue it up.

[turbolent]

The getAuthAccount function is only defined in scripts. The language server would need to know if the given document is a transaction or script to declare the function or not.

[ashlinSajan]

You can't access getAuthAccount in scripts, you can only do that in transactions https://docs.onflow.org/cadence/language/accounts/#authaccount

Hi @sideninja I tried the get getAuthAccount in transaction.but didn't succeed.

Getting the error
let acct = getAuthAccount(0x8469322b1f3482d1)
| ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ not found in this scope

This is my code
export const setupUserTx = `
import MyNFT from 0x8469322b1f3482d1
import NonFungibleToken from 0x631e88ae7f1d7c20
import FungibleToken from 0x9a0766d93b6608b7
import FlowToken from 0x7e60df042a9c0868
import NFTMarketplace from 0x8469322b1f3482d1

transaction {
prepare(acct:AuthAccount) {

 **let acct = getAuthAccount(0x8469322b1f3482d1)**
acct.save(<- MyNFT.createEmptyCollection(), to: /storage/MyNFTCollection)
acct.link<&MyNFT.Collection{MyNFT.CollectionPublic, NonFungibleToken.CollectionPublic}>(/public/MyNFTCollection, target: /storage/MyNFTCollection)
acct.link<&MyNFT.Collection>(/private/MyNFTCollection, target: /storage/MyNFTCollection)

let MyNFTCollection = acct.getCapability<&MyNFT.Collection>(/private/MyNFTCollection)
let FlowTokenVault = acct.getCapability<&FlowToken.Vault{FungibleToken.Receiver}>(/public/flowTokenReceiver)

acct.save(<- NFTMarketplace.createSaleCollection(MyNFTCollection: MyNFTCollection, FlowTokenVault: FlowTokenVault), to: /storage/MySaleCollection)
acct.link<&NFTMarketplace.SaleCollection{NFTMarketplace.SaleCollectionPublic}>(/public/MySaleCollection, target: /storage/MySaleCollection)

}

execute {
log("A user stored a Collection and a SaleCollection inside their account")
}
}

[sideninja]

@ashlinSajan what tool you used to write the code? VSCode, Playground...?

[ashlinSajan]

@ashlinSajan what tool you used to write the code? VSCode, Playground...?

I actually use the flow cli to deploy my contracts and is using the react frontend to interact with the transaction code added above.

[ashlinSajan]

@ashlinSajan what tool you used to write the code? VSCode, Playground...?

The error I received in the frontend from the transaction code

[bluesign]

getAuthAccount is available only in scripts, you should use acct from prepare(acct:AuthAccount) to access authorizers.