# Function: claimMessage()

```ts
function claimMessage(
   username, 
   at, 
   code
): Uint8Array<ArrayBuffer>;
```

Defined in: [packages/core/src/inbox/names.ts:170](https://github.com/leifriksheim/minca/blob/main/core/src/inbox/names.ts#L170)

What a name key signs to claim a username, give it a new code, or (with no code) give it up

## Parameters

| Parameter | Type |
| ------ | ------ |
| `username` | [`Username`](https://minca.dev/api/inbox/interfaces/Username.md) |
| `at` | `number` |
| `code` | `string` \| `null` |

## Returns

`Uint8Array`\<`ArrayBuffer`\>