Converting string to Public Key

Question

I am trying to convert a public key saved as a string to an anchor_lang PubKey object in rust. What is the procedure to convert a string to a PubKey object?

Answer 1

Here is an exact example (the string will vary with what you have) that converts a base58 string to Solana Pubkey:

let pk_key = Pubkey::from_str("SDMHqNqN82QSjEaEuqybmpXsjtX98YuTsX6YCdT99to").unwrap();

Javascript:

import { Keypair, PublicKey } from "@solana/web3.js";

(async () => {
  const publicKey = new PublicKey(
    "PUBLIC_KEYSTRING_HERE"
  );