web3-eth-accounts
This is a sub package of web3.js
This is the accounts package to be used in the web3-eth
package.
Please read the documentation for more.
Installation
Node.js
npm install web3-eth-accounts
In the Browser
Build running the following in the web3.js repository:
npm run-script build-all
Then include dist/web3-eth-accounts.js
in your html file.
This will expose the Web3EthAccounts
object on the window object.
Usage
// in node.js
var Web3EthAccounts = require('web3-eth-accounts');
var 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.