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# fetchPermissions

> Retrieve available Spend Permissions for an account and chain, optionally filtered by spender

Defined in the [Coinbase Wallet SDK](https://github.com/base/account-sdk)

<Info>
  Returns permissions for a user's Coinbase Wallet on a specific chain. If a `spender` is provided, returns only permissions for that spender. Otherwise, returns all permissions for the account.
</Info>

## Parameters

<ParamField body="account" type="address" required>
  User's Coinbase Wallet address to query.
</ParamField>

<ParamField body="chainId" type="number" required>
  Target chain ID.
</ParamField>

<ParamField body="spender" type="address">
  Optional. Spender address you intend to use for spending. If not provided, returns all permissions for the account.
</ParamField>

<ParamField body="provider" type="EIP1193Provider">
  Optional. EIP-1193 compliant Ethereum provider instance. Get this from `sdk.getProvider()`. If not provided, uses the default SDK provider.
</ParamField>

## Returns

<ResponseField name="permissions" type="SpendPermission[]">
  Array of spend permissions matching the query.

  <Expandable title="SpendPermission Properties">
    <ResponseField name="permissionHash" type="string">
      Deterministic EIP-712 hash of the permission.
    </ResponseField>

    <ResponseField name="signature" type="string">
      Signature for the EIP-712 payload.
    </ResponseField>

    <ResponseField name="chainId" type="number">
      Target chain ID.
    </ResponseField>

    <ResponseField name="permission" type="object">
      Underlying permission fields.

      <Expandable title="Permission Fields">
        <ResponseField name="account" type="address" />

        <ResponseField name="spender" type="address" />

        <ResponseField name="token" type="address" />

        <ResponseField name="allowance" type="bigint" />

        <ResponseField name="period" type="number">Duration in seconds.</ResponseField>
        <ResponseField name="start" type="number">Unix timestamp (seconds).</ResponseField>
        <ResponseField name="end" type="number">Unix timestamp (seconds).</ResponseField>

        <ResponseField name="salt" type="string" />

        <ResponseField name="extraData" type="string" />
      </Expandable>
    </ResponseField>
  </Expandable>
</ResponseField>

<RequestExample>
  ```typescript Fetch permissions for specific spender lines wrap expandable theme={null}
  import { fetchPermissions } from "@base-org/account/spend-permission";
  import { createBaseAccountSDK } from "@base-org/account";

  const sdk = createBaseAccountSDK({
    appName: 'My App',
    appLogoUrl: 'https://example.com/logo.png',
    appChainIds: [84532],
  });

  // Fetch permissions for a specific spender
  const permissions = await fetchPermissions({
    account: "0xUserBaseAccountAddress",
    chainId: 84532,
    spender: "0xAppSpenderAddress",
    provider: sdk.getProvider(),
  });

  // Fetch all permissions for the account (omitting spender)
  const allPermissions = await fetchPermissions({
    account: "0xUserBaseAccountAddress",
    chainId: 84532,
  });
  ```
</RequestExample>

## Error Handling

Always wrap the call in a try-catch block to handle these errors gracefully.