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# Activate Vault

> Activate a vault to accept contributions

**Function:**

```
{package}::vault_api::activate_vault
```

**ABI Object:**

```typescript theme={null}
const functionAbi: MoveFunction = {
  name: "activate_vault",
  visibility: "public",
  is_entry: true,
  is_view: false,
  generic_type_params: [],
  params: ["&signer", "0x1::object::Object<{package}::vault::Vault>"],
  return: [],
};
```

**Parameters:**

* `signer` - The account signer
* `vault` - The Vault object

**Example:**

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  ```typescript Typescript theme={null}
  const transaction = await aptos.transaction.build.simple({
    sender: account.accountAddress,
    data: {
      function: `${PACKAGE}::vault_api::activate_vault`,
      typeArguments: [],
      functionArguments: [
        "0xdef...456", // vaultAddr (Vault object address)
      ],
    },
  });
  ```

  ```python Python theme={null}
  transaction = rest_client.build_transaction(
      sender=account.address(),
      payload={
          "function": f"{PACKAGE}::vault_api::activate_vault",
          "type_arguments": [],
          "function_arguments": [
              "0xdef...456",  # vaultAddr (Vault object address)
          ],
      },
  )
  ```
</CodeGroup>