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How to get the public key that signed the transaction in JavaScript
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/* Example of how to obtain the public key that | |
* signed the Tx | |
*/ | |
/* Requires needed. You have to install the following | |
* packages | |
* npm install ethereumjs-util ethereumjs-tx | |
*/ | |
const ethereumTx = require('ethereumjs-tx').Transaction; | |
const eth_util = require('ethereumjs-util') | |
// Signed Tx | |
let signedTx = "" // Add the signed Tx (NOT the Tx hash) | |
let rawTx = new ethereumTx(signedTx).toJSON(true) | |
console.log("The raw Tx is:\n", rawTx) | |
let buffTx = { | |
nonce: eth_util.toBuffer(rawTx.nonce), | |
gasPrice: eth_util.toBuffer(rawTx.gasPrice), | |
gasLimit: eth_util.toBuffer(rawTx.gasLimit), | |
to: eth_util.toBuffer(rawTx.to), | |
value: eth_util.toBuffer(rawTx.value), | |
data: eth_util.toBuffer(rawTx.data) | |
} | |
let rlpencoded = eth_util.rlphash(Object.values(buffTx)) | |
let pkey = eth_util.ecrecover(rlpencoded, rawTx.v, | |
eth_util.toBuffer(rawTx.r), | |
eth_util.toBuffer(rawTx.s)) | |
console.log("\nThe public key is: 0x" + pkey.toString('hex')) |
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