Text Records (avatar & co.)
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With every name come a set of records. These records are key value pairs that can be used to store information about the profile. Think of this as a user's digital backpack. Utalized for storage of preferences, public details, and more.
Here are some of the most commonly used records:
display
Preferred capitalization
Luc.eth
avatar
ipfs://dQw4w9WgXcQ
description
Description of the name
DevRel @ ENS Labs
keywords
List of comma-separated keywords
person, ens
Email address
Physical mailing address
V3X HQ
notice
Notice regarding this name
This is a notice
location
Generic location (e.g. "Toronto, Canada")
Breda, NL
phone
Phone number as an E.164 string
+1 234 567 890
url
Website URL
header
Image URL to be used as a header/banner
ipfs://dQw4w9WgXcQ
Currently there are a few records that have been standardised. However you are welcome to store any key value pair you desire. We generally recommend to stick to a pattern, or prefix things with your app or protocol (eg. com.discord, or org.reddit), as such to avoid collisions.
One of the newer standardised records is the "header" record. This header record, similar to the avatar record, accepts any IPFS, Arweave, EIP155, or regular URL to an image resource. The image is then displayed as a banner on the profile page and tends to be in a 1:3 aspect ratio.
When records are loaded they are loaded from the resolver responsible for the name. As resolvers are user controlled, we cannot guarantee a write function is available. This makes it a more in-depth process to update a users records.
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