Function getAssetDescription

getAssetDescription<chain extends undefined | Chain>(
client: { extend: <const client extends { [key: string]: unknown }>(fn: (client: { extend: ... }) => client) => { [K in (...) | (...) | (...)]: (...)[(...)] } },
params: GetAssetDescriptionParameters,
): Promise<GetAssetDescriptionReturnType>
Get information about an asset.
- Docs: https://build.avax.network/docs/api-reference/x-chain/api#avmgetassetdescription
Type Parameters
- chain extends undefined | Chain
Parameters
- client: { extend: <const client extends { [key: string]: unknown }>(fn: (client: { extend: ... }) => client) => { [K in (...) | (...) | (...)]: (...)[(...)] } }
  The client to use. AvalancheCoreClient
- params: GetAssetDescriptionParameters
  The asset ID. GetAssetDescriptionParameters
Returns Promise<GetAssetDescriptionReturnType>
The asset description. GetAssetDescriptionReturnType
Example
```
import { createAvalancheCoreClient } from '@avalanche-sdk/client'
import { avalanche } from '@avalanche-sdk/client/chains'
import { getAssetDescription } from '@avalanche-sdk/client/methods/xChain'

const client = createAvalancheCoreClient({
  chain: avalanche,
  transport: {
    type: "http",
    url: "<url>",
  },
})

const asset = await getAssetDescription(client, {
  assetID: "FvwEAhmxKfeiG8SnEvq42hc6whRyY3EFYAvebMqDNDGCgxN5Z"
})
```
- Defined in src/methods/xChain/getAssetDescription.ts:40