web3-eth-accounts

web3-eth-accounts

This is a sub-package of web3.js.

This is the accounts package used in the web3-eth package.

Please read the documentation for more.

Installation

You can install the package either using NPM or using Yarn

Using NPM

npm install web3-eth-accounts

Using Yarn

yarn add web3-eth-accounts

Usage

const Web3EthAccounts = require('web3-eth-accounts');

const account = new Web3EthAccounts('ws://localhost:8546');
account.create();
> {
  address: '0x2c7536E3605D9C16a7a3D7b1898e529396a65c23',
  privateKey: '0x4c0883a69102937d6231471b5dbb6204fe5129617082792ae468d01a3f362318',
  signTransaction: function(tx){...},
  sign: function(data){...},
  encrypt: function(password){...}
}

Types

All the TypeScript typings are placed in the types folder.

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