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sign

Sign a provided transaction object

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WARNING

Do not use this in any web / user-facing applications. This will expose the private key.

Usage

// sign a transaction
tronWeb.trx.sign(transaction, privateKey);

Input Parameters

Parameter

Description

Data Type

transaction

The transaction object

JSON

privateKey

The private key used for signing. Optional. The default value is the private key passed in when constructing tronweb object.

String

Example

sign a transaction

const tradeobj = await tronWeb.transactionBuilder.sendTrx("TNo9e8MWQpGVqdyySxLSTw3gjgFQWE3vfg", 100,"TM2TmqauSEiRf16CyFgzHV2BVxBejY9iyR",1);  
const signedtxn = await tronWeb.trx.sign(tradeobj, privateKey);
console.log(signedtxn)
>{ visible: false,
  txID:
   'cbf76171dcf5f8fe00b4911a1a6cc4d2a4448e3348f44d240ca20af06025d0f2',
  raw_data:
   { contract: [ [Object] ],
     ref_block_bytes: '6394',
     ref_block_hash: '8ad966a9b0b6a5d1',
     expiration: 1580983512000,
     timestamp: 1580983453441 },
  raw_data_hex:
   '0a02639422088ad966a9b0b6a5d140c0d7d7cf812e5a65080112610a2d747970652e676f6f676c65617069732e636f6d2f70726f746f636f6c2e5472616e73666572436f6e747261637412300a15417946f66d0fc67924da0ac9936183ab3b07c811261215418cb2ab880d4fa7b33c9645a2276dc9b192902e2d186470818ed4cf812e',
  signature:
   [ '47b1f77b3e30cfbbfa41d795dd34475865240617dd1c5a7bad526f5fd89e52cd057c80b665cc2431efab53520e2b1b92a0425033baee915df858ca1c588b0a1800' ] }