feat: accounts.resolve_address() method for resolving input into address types

src/ape/managers/accounts.py

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 from collections.abc import Generator, Iterator
 from contextlib import AbstractContextManager as ContextManager
 from functools import cached_property, singledispatchmethod
-from typing import Optional, Union
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Optional, Union
 
 from eth_utils import is_hex
 
@@ -19,6 +19,9 @@
 from ape.utils.basemodel import ManagerAccessMixin
 from ape.utils.misc import log_instead_of_fail
 
+if TYPE_CHECKING:
+    from ape.api.address import BaseAddress
+
 _DEFAULT_SENDERS: list[AccountAPI] = []
 
 
@@ -465,3 +468,52 @@ def init_test_account(
         self, index: int, address: AddressType, private_key: str
     ) -> "TestAccountAPI":
         return self.test_accounts.init_test_account(index, address, private_key)
+
+    def resolve_address(
+        self, account_id: Union["BaseAddress", AddressType, str, int, bytes]
+    ) -> Optional[AddressType]:
+        """
+        Resolve the given input to an address.
+
+        Args:
+            account_id (:class:~ape.api.address.BaseAddress, str, int, bytes): The input to resolve.
+                It handles anything that converts to an AddressType like an ENS or a BaseAddress.
+                It also handles account aliases Ape is aware of, or int or bytes address values.
+
+        Returns:
+            :class:`~ape.types.AddressType` | None
+        """
+        if isinstance(account_id, str) and account_id.startswith("0x"):
+            # Was given a hex-address string.
+            if provider := self.network_manager.active_provider:
+                return provider.network.ecosystem.decode_address(account_id)
+            else:
+                # Assume Ethereum-like.
+                return self.network_manager.ether.decode_address(account_id)
+
+        elif not isinstance(account_id, str):
+            # Was given either an integer, bytes, or a BaseAddress (account or contract).
+            return self.conversion_manager.convert(account_id, AddressType)
+
+        elif isinstance(account_id, str) and account_id in self.aliases:
+            # Was given an account alias.
+            account = self.load(account_id)
+            return account.address
+
+        elif (
+            isinstance(account_id, str)
+            and account_id.startswith("TEST::")
+            and account_id[-1].isdigit()
+        ):
+            # Test account "alias".
+            account_idx = int(account_id[-1])
+            return self.test_accounts[account_idx]
+
+        elif isinstance(account_id, str) and not is_hex(account_id):
+            # Was maybe given an ENS name.
+            try:
+                return self.conversion_manager.convert(account_id, AddressType)
+            except ConversionError:
+                return None
+
+        return None

src/ape/managers/chain.py

@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@
     APINotImplementedError,
     BlockNotFoundError,
     ChainError,
-    ConversionError,
     ProviderNotConnectedError,
     QueryEngineError,
     TransactionNotFoundError,
@@ -955,11 +954,8 @@ def get_balance(
         if (isinstance(address, str) and not address.startswith("0x")) or not isinstance(
             address, str
         ):
-            try:
-                address = self.conversion_manager.convert(address, AddressType)
-            except ConversionError:
-                # Try to get the balance anyway; maybe the provider can handle it.
-                address = address
+            # Handles accounts, ENS, integers, aliases, everything.
+            address = self.account_manager.resolve_address(address)
 
         return self.provider.get_balance(address, block_id=block_id)
 

src/ape_console/plugin.py

@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 
 import click
 from click.testing import CliRunner
-from eth_utils import is_hex
 from IPython import get_ipython
 from IPython.core.magic import Magics, line_magic, magics_class
 from rich import print as rich_print
@@ -14,7 +13,6 @@
 from ape.exceptions import Abort, ApeException, handle_ape_exception
 from ape.logging import logger
 from ape.managers.project import LocalProject
-from ape.types.address import AddressType
 from ape.utils.basemodel import ManagerAccessMixin
 from ape.utils.os import clean_path
 
@@ -67,11 +65,13 @@ def bal(self, line: str = ""):
         provider = ape.networks.provider
         ecosystem = provider.network.ecosystem
         result = eval(line, self.ipython.user_global_ns, self.ipython.user_ns)
-        if isinstance(result, str) and not is_hex(result):
-            # Check if is an account alias.
-            address = ape.accounts.load(result).address
+
+        if isinstance(result, str) and result.startswith("0x"):
+            address = result
+
         else:
-            address = ape.convert(result, AddressType)
+            # Handles accounts, ENS, integers, BaseAddress, and aliases.
+            address = ManagerAccessMixin.account_manager.resolve_address(result) or f"{result}"
 
         decimals = ecosystem.fee_token_decimals
         symbol = ecosystem.fee_token_symbol

tests/functional/test_accounts.py

@@ -1004,3 +1004,33 @@ def test_call_sign_false(owner, vyper_contract_instance):
     tx = vyper_contract_instance.setNumber.as_transaction(5991)
     with pytest.raises(SignatureError):
         owner.call(tx, sign=False)
+
+
+def test_resolve_address(owner, keyfile_account, account_manager, vyper_contract_instance):
+    # Test test-account alias input.
+    actual = account_manager.resolve_address(owner.alias)
+    assert actual == owner.address
+
+    # Test keyfile-account alias input.
+    actual = account_manager.resolve_address(keyfile_account.alias)
+    assert actual == keyfile_account.address
+
+    # Test address input.
+    actual = account_manager.resolve_address(owner.address)
+    assert actual == owner.address
+
+    # Test account input.
+    actual = account_manager.resolve_address(owner)
+    assert actual == owner.address
+
+    # Test contract input.
+    actual = account_manager.resolve_address(vyper_contract_instance)
+    assert actual == vyper_contract_instance.address
+
+    # Test int input.
+    actual = account_manager.resolve_address(int(owner.address, 16))
+    assert actual == owner.address
+
+    # Test int input.
+    actual = account_manager.resolve_address(HexBytes(owner.address))
+    assert actual == owner.address