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privateKeyToAccount

Callable

  • Get an Account object from the privateKey

    Parameters

    • privateKey: Bytes

      String or Uint8Array of 32 bytes

    • optionalignoreLength: boolean

      if true, will not error check length

    Returns Web3Account

    A Web3Account object

    The Web3Account.signTransaction is not stateful here. We need network access to get the account nonce and chainId to sign the transaction. Use Web3.eth.accounts.signTransaction instead.

    privateKeyToAccount("0x348ce564d427a3311b6536bbcff9390d69395b06ed6c486954e971d960fe8709");
    >    {
                address: '0xb8CE9ab6943e0eCED004cDe8e3bBed6568B2Fa01',
                privateKey: '0x348ce564d427a3311b6536bbcff9390d69395b06ed6c486954e971d960fe8709',
                sign,
                signTransaction,
                encrypt,
        }