personal_sign

The sign method calculates an Ethereum specific signature with:sign(keccack256("\x19Ethereum Signed Message:\n" + len(message) + message))).

By adding a prefix to the message makes the calculated signature recognisable as an Ethereum specific signature. This prevents misuse where a malicious DApp can sign arbitrary data (e.g. transaction) and use the signature to impersonate the victim.

Note See ecRecover to verify the signature.

Parameters

message, account

1. DATA, N Bytes - message to sign.

2. DATA, 20 Bytes - address.

Returns

DATA: Signature

Example

// Request
{
  "id": 1,
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "method": "personal_sign",
  "params":["0xdeadbeaf","0x9b2055d370f73ec7d8a03e965129118dc8f5bf83"],
}
​
// Result
{
  "id": 1,
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "result": "0xa3f20717a250c2b0b729b7e5becbff67fdaef7e0699da4de7ca5895b02a170a12d887fd3b17bfdce3481f10bea41f45ba9f709d39ce8325427b57afcfc994cee1b"
}

eth_sign

The sign method calculates an Ethereum specific signature with: sign(keccak256("\x19Ethereum Signed Message:\n" + len(message) + message))).

By adding a prefix to the message makes the calculated signature recognisable as an Ethereum specific signature. This prevents misuse where a malicious DApp can sign arbitrary data (e.g. transaction) and use the signature to impersonate the victim.

Note the address to sign with must be unlocked.

Parameters

account, message

1. DATA, 20 Bytes - address.

2. DATA, N Bytes - message to sign.

Returns

DATA: Signature

Example

// Request
{
  "id": 1,
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "method": "eth_sign",
  "params": ["0x9b2055d370f73ec7d8a03e965129118dc8f5bf83", "0xdeadbeaf"],
}
​
​
// Result
{
  "id": 1,
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "result": "0xa3f20717a250c2b0b729b7e5becbff67fdaef7e0699da4de7ca5895b02a170a12d887fd3b17bfdce3481f10bea41f45ba9f709d39ce8325427b57afcfc994cee1b"
}

An example how to use solidity ecrecover to verify the signature calculated with eth_sign can be found here. The contract is deployed on the testnet Ropsten and Rinkeby.

eth_signTypedData

Calculates an Ethereum-specific signature in the form of keccak256("\x19Ethereum Signed Message:\n" + len(message) + message))

By adding a prefix to the message makes the calculated signature recognisable as an Ethereum specific signature. This prevents misuse where a malicious DApp can sign arbitrary data (e.g. transaction) and use the signature to impersonate the victim.

Note the address to sign with must be unlocked.

Parameters

account, message

1. DATA, 20 Bytes - address.

2. DATA, N Bytes - message to sign containing type information, a domain separator, and data

Example Parameters

[
  "0xCD2a3d9F938E13CD947Ec05AbC7FE734Df8DD826",
  {
    "types": {
      "EIP712Domain": [
        {
          "name": "name",
          "type": "string"
        },
        {
          "name": "version",
          "type": "string"
        },
        {
          "name": "chainId",
          "type": "uint256"
        },
        {
          "name": "verifyingContract",
          "type": "address"
        }
      ],
      "Person": [
        {
          "name": "name",
          "type": "string"
        },
        {
          "name": "wallet",
          "type": "address"
        }
      ],
      "Mail": [
        {
          "name": "from",
          "type": "Person"
        },
        {
          "name": "to",
          "type": "Person"
        },
        {
          "name": "contents",
          "type": "string"
        }
      ]
    },
    "primaryType": "Mail",
    "domain": {
      "name": "Ether Mail",
      "version": "1",
      "chainId": 1,
      "verifyingContract": "0xCcCCccccCCCCcCCCCCCcCcCccCcCCCcCcccccccC"
    },
    "message": {
      "from": {
        "name": "Cow",
        "wallet": "0xCD2a3d9F938E13CD947Ec05AbC7FE734Df8DD826"
      },
      "to": {
        "name": "Bob",
        "wallet": "0xbBbBBBBbbBBBbbbBbbBbbbbBBbBbbbbBbBbbBBbB"
      },
      "contents": "Hello, Bob!"
    }
  }
]

Returns

DATA: Signature

Example

// Request
{
  "id": 1,
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "method": "eth_signTypedData",
  "params": ["0x9b2055d370f73ec7d8a03e965129118dc8f5bf83", {see above}],
}
'
​
// Result
{
  "id": 1,
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "result": "0x4355c47d63924e8a72e509b65029052eb6c299d53a04e167c5775fd466751c9d07299936d304c153f6443dfa05f40ff007d72911b6f72307f996231605b915621c"
}

eth_sendTransaction

Creates new message call transaction or a contract creation, if the data field contains code.

Parameters

1. Object - The transaction object

2. from: DATA, 20 Bytes - The address the transaction is send from.

3. to: DATA, 20 Bytes - (optional when creating new contract) The address the transaction is directed to.

4. data: DATA - The compiled code of a contract OR the hash of the invoked method signature and encoded parameters. For details see Ethereum Contract ABI​

5. gas: QUANTITY - (optional, default: 90000) Integer of the gas provided for the transaction execution. It will return unused gas.

6. gasPrice: QUANTITY - (optional, default: To-Be-Determined) Integer of the gasPrice used for each paid gas

7. value: QUANTITY - (optional) Integer of the value sent with this transaction

8. nonce: QUANTITY - (optional) Integer of a nonce. This allows to overwrite your own pending transactions that use the same nonce.

Example Parameters

[
  {
    "from": "0xb60e8dd61c5d32be8058bb8eb970870f07233155",
    "to": "0xd46e8dd67c5d32be8058bb8eb970870f07244567",
    "data": "0xd46e8dd67c5d32be8d46e8dd67c5d32be8058bb8eb970870f072445675058bb8eb970870f072445675",
    "gas": "0x76c0", // 30400
    "gasPrice": "0x9184e72a000", // 10000000000000
    "value": "0x9184e72a", // 2441406250
    "nonce": "0x117" // 279
  }
]

Returns

DATA, 32 Bytes - the transaction hash, or the zero hash if the transaction is not yet available.

Use eth_getTransactionReceipt to get the contract address, after the transaction was mined, when you created a contract.

Example

// Request
{
  "id": 1,
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "method": "eth_sendTransaction",
  "params":[{see above}],
}
​
// Result
{
  "id": 1,
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "result": "0xe670ec64341771606e55d6b4ca35a1a6b75ee3d5145a99d05921026d1527331"
}

eth_signTransaction

Signs a transaction that can be submitted to the network at a later time using with eth_sendRawTransaction

Parameters

1. Object - The transaction object

2. from: DATA, 20 Bytes - The address the transaction is send from.

3. to: DATA, 20 Bytes - (optional when creating new contract) The address the transaction is directed to.

4. data: DATA - The compiled code of a contract OR the hash of the invoked method signature and encoded parameters. For details see Ethereum Contract ABI​

5. gas: QUANTITY - (optional, default: 90000) Integer of the gas provided for the transaction execution. It will return unused gas.

6. gasPrice: QUANTITY - (optional, default: To-Be-Determined) Integer of the gasPrice used for each paid gas

7. value: QUANTITY - (optional) Integer of the value sent with this transaction

8. nonce: QUANTITY - (optional) Integer of a nonce. This allows to overwrite your own pending transactions that use the same nonce.

Example Parameters

[
  {
    "from": "0xb60e8dd61c5d32be8058bb8eb970870f07233155",
    "to": "0xd46e8dd67c5d32be8058bb8eb970870f07244567",
    "data": "0xd46e8dd67c5d32be8d46e8dd67c5d32be8058bb8eb970870f072445675058bb8eb970870f072445675",
    "gas": "0x76c0", // 30400
    "gasPrice": "0x9184e72a000", // 10000000000000
    "value": "0x9184e72a", // 2441406250
    "nonce": "0x117" // 279
  }
]

Returns

DATA - the signed transaction data

Example

// Request
{
  "id": 1,
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "method": "eth_signTransaction",
  "params":[{see above}],
}
​
// Result
{
  "id": 1,
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "result": "0xe670ec64341771606e55d6b4ca35a1a6b75ee3d5145a99d05921026d1527331"
}

eth_sendRawTransaction

Creates new message call transaction or a contract creation for signed transactions.

Parameters

1. DATA, the signed transaction data.

Returns

DATA, 32 Bytes - the transaction hash, or the zero hash if the transaction is not yet available.

Use eth_getTransactionReceipt to get the contract address, after the transaction was mined, when you created a contract.

Example

// Request
{
  "id": 1,
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "method": "eth_sendRawTransaction",
  "params":[
    "0xd46e8dd67c5d32be8d46e8dd67c5d32be8058bb8eb970870f072445675058bb8eb970870f07244567"
  ],
}
​
// Result
{
  "id": 1,
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "result": "0xe670ec64341771606e55d6b4ca35a1a6b75ee3d5145a99d05921026d1527331"
}