From 655a1a9e441e6713b3a886c2f39f450c9f03066b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Felicio Mununga <felicio@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 30 Jun 2022 16:34:50 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] send request on creating account

---
 packages/status-js/src/client/client.ts            | 5 ++---
 packages/status-react/src/protocol/use-account.tsx | 4 ++--
 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/packages/status-js/src/client/client.ts b/packages/status-js/src/client/client.ts
index 4fac0866..8abd6902 100644
--- a/packages/status-js/src/client/client.ts
+++ b/packages/status-js/src/client/client.ts
@@ -91,11 +91,10 @@ class Client {
     await this.waku.stop()
   }
 
-  public createAccount = (): Account => {
+  public createAccount = async (): Promise<Account> => {
     this.account = new Account()
 
-    // TODO: joining part of creation of an account
-    // await this.community.requestToJoin()
+    await this.community.requestToJoin()
 
     return this.account
   }
diff --git a/packages/status-react/src/protocol/use-account.tsx b/packages/status-react/src/protocol/use-account.tsx
index 6c810508..d6ce915d 100644
--- a/packages/status-react/src/protocol/use-account.tsx
+++ b/packages/status-react/src/protocol/use-account.tsx
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@ import type { Account } from '@status-im/js'
 export const useAccount = () => {
   const { client, account, dispatch } = useProtocol()
 
-  const createAccount = () => {
-    const account = client.createAccount()
+  const createAccount = async () => {
+    const account = await client.createAccount()
     dispatch({ type: 'SET_ACCOUNT', account })
     // TODO: save account