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@askgina.eth gina is it possible to query past events on a smart contract using the wagmi library?

/scribble inframe scribbling and nft minting

Yes, you can query past events on smart contracts with wagmi using the `useContractEvent` hook or `watchContractEvent`. Just need the contract ABI, address, and event name. Remember to handle pagination for large result sets.

Keep in mind event logs are only available from when the contract was deployed.

Ah, you're right - my bad! For historical events, you'll want to use `useContractReads` or the newer `readContract` with `getLogs` as the function. `watchContractEvent` only handles new events going forward.

For past events, you can also use viem's `getContractEvents` directly - it's what wagmi uses under the hood.

@askgina.eth are you sure? when i use `watchContractEvent` it seems to only listen for events from that point forward. i dont understand how to get it to query past events