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Version: 3.2.0

Send Raw Transaction

Signing A Transaction​

Sign Transaction​

Signs a transaction that can be submitted to the network at a later time using eth_sendRawTransaction as long as the nonce and the signature are correct. This function requires input as follows:

  • Private Key 1 : The Private key to use for signing the transaction.
  • Nonce 2 : Must be equal to the transaction count (the returned value from eth_getTransactionCount).
  • Gas Price 3 : The gas price used for each paid gas, in Wei(the returned value from eth_gasPrice).
  • Gas Limit 4 : Gas limit provided for the transaction to execute.(A standard transfer of funds will have a static gas limit of 21000 Wei).
  • To Address 5 : The address the transaction is directed to.
  • Value 6 : The amount of Ether (in Wei) to send with this transaction.
  • Data 7 : The hash of the invoked method signature and encoded parameters (ABI).
  • Chain ID 8 : The Blockchain ID.
  • SignDeterministically 9 : If true, the transaction will be signed deterministically which means the same inputs result in the same output. Otherwise, the output will be randomized even for the same inputs.

Signing A Transaction

If the operation is successful, the value Signed Transaction 10 will hold the encoded and signed transaction data that can be passed to eth_sendRawTransaction.

Sign Type 2 Transaction​

Signs a type 2 transaction that can be submitted to the network at a later time using eth_sendRawTransaction as long as the nonce and the signature are correct. This implementation follows EIP-1559 and uses maxPriorityFeePerGas and maxFeePerGas parameters instead of the gasPrice. This function requires input as follows:

  • Private Key 1 : The Private key to use for signing the transaction.
  • Chain ID 2 : The Blockchain ID.
  • Nonce 3 : Must be equal to the transaction count (the returned value from eth_getTransactionCount).
  • Max Priority Fee Per Gas 4 : The maximum amount the user is willing to pay as a tip to miners (in Wei). Incentivizes prioritization of the transaction.
  • Max Fee Per Gas 5 : The maximum total amount the user is willing to pay for the transaction in total (in Wei). Includes base fee and priority fee.
  • Gas Limit 6 : Gas limit provided for the transaction to execute.(A standard transfer of funds will have a static gas limit of 21000 Wei).
  • To Address 7 : The address the transaction is directed to.
  • Value 8 : The amount of Ether (in Wei) to send with this transaction.
  • Data 9 : The hash of the invoked method signature and encoded parameters (ABI).

Signing A Type 2 Transaction

If the operation is successful, the value Transaction 10 will hold the encoded and signed transaction data that can be passed to eth_sendRawTransaction.

eth_sendRawTransaction​

eth_sendRawTransaction Creates new message call transaction or a contract creation for signed transactions (can be simple value transfers, contract creation, or contract invocation). This function requires input as follows:

  • URL 1: RPC endpoint (Blockchain URL).
  • ID 2: RPC ID(Optional), used when calling multiple asynchronous RPC calls to differentiate your response data from each other.
  • Signed Transaction Data 3: The encoded and signed transaction data.

Sending Raw Transaction

The returned Response is a struct that holds the JSON- info of the header and body of the response as well as https status code.

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If Success is True that only means that the response from the Blockchain was successful only.

If successful, returns the Transaction Hash 4, or the zero hash if the transaction is not yet available.