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){...}
}