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Sends a raw transaction with web3 v1.0 and Infura
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const Web3 = require('web3') | |
const Tx = require('ethereumjs-tx') | |
// connect to Infura node | |
const web3 = new Web3(new Web3.providers.HttpProvider('https://mainnet.infura.io/INFURA_KEY')) | |
// the address that will send the test transaction | |
const addressFrom = '0x1889EF49cDBaad420EB4D6f04066CA4093088Bbd' | |
const privKey = 'PRIVATE_KEY' | |
// the destination address | |
const addressTo = '0x1463500476a3ADDa33ef1dF530063fE126203186' | |
// Signs the given transaction data and sends it. Abstracts some of the details | |
// of buffering and serializing the transaction for web3. | |
function sendSigned(txData, cb) { | |
const privateKey = new Buffer(config.privKey, 'hex') | |
const transaction = new Tx(txData) | |
transaction.sign(privateKey) | |
const serializedTx = transaction.serialize().toString('hex') | |
web3.eth.sendSignedTransaction('0x' + serializedTx, cb) | |
} | |
// get the number of transactions sent so far so we can create a fresh nonce | |
web3.eth.getTransactionCount(addressFrom).then(txCount => { | |
// construct the transaction data | |
const txData = { | |
nonce: web3.utils.toHex(txCount), | |
gasLimit: web3.utils.toHex(25000), | |
gasPrice: web3.utils.toHex(10e9), // 10 Gwei | |
to: addressTo, | |
from: addressFrom, | |
value: web3.utils.toHex(web3.utils.toWei(123, 'wei')) | |
} | |
// fire away! | |
sendSigned(txData, function(err, result) { | |
if (err) return console.log('error', err) | |
console.log('sent', result) | |
}) | |
}) |
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