Personal API¶
-
class
web3.personal.
Personal
¶
The web3.personal
object exposes methods to interact with the RPC APIs
under the personal_
namespace.
Properties¶
The following properties are available on the web3.personal
namespace.
-
web3.personal.
listAccounts
¶ - Delegates to
personal_listAccounts
RPC Method
Returns the list of known accounts.
>>> web3.personal.listAccounts ['0xd3cda913deb6f67967b99d67acdfa1712c293601']
- Delegates to
Methods¶
The following methods are available on the web3.personal
namespace.
-
web3.personal.
importRawKey
(self, private_key, passphrase)¶ - Delegates to
personal_importRawKey
RPC Method
Adds the given
private_key
to the node’s keychain, encrypted with the givenpassphrase
. Returns the address of the imported account.>>> web3.personal.importRawKey(some_private_key, 'the-passphrase') '0xd3cda913deb6f67967b99d67acdfa1712c293601'
- Delegates to
-
web3.personal.
newAccount
(self, password)¶ - Delegates to
personal_newAccount
RPC Method
Generates a new account in the node’s keychain encrypted with the given
passphrase
. Returns the address of the created account.>>> web3.personal.newAccount('the-passphrase') '0xd3cda913deb6f67967b99d67acdfa1712c293601'
- Delegates to
-
web3.personal.
lockAccount
(self, account)¶ - Delegates to
personal_lockAccount
RPC Method
Locks the given
account
.>>> web3.personal.lockAccount('0xd3cda913deb6f67967b99d67acdfa1712c293601')
- Delegates to
-
web3.personal.
unlockAccount
(self, account, passphrase, duration=None)¶ - Delegates to
personal_unlockAccount
RPC Method
Unlocks the given
account
forduration
seconds. Ifduration
isNone
then the account will remain unlocked indefinitely. Returns boolean as to whether the account was successfully unlocked.>>> web3.personal.unlockAccount('0xd3cda913deb6f67967b99d67acdfa1712c293601', 'wrong-passphrase') False >>> web3.personal.unlockAccount('0xd3cda913deb6f67967b99d67acdfa1712c293601', 'the-passphrase') True
- Delegates to
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web3.personal.
sendTransaction
(self, transaction, passphrase)¶ - Delegates to
personal_sendTransaction
RPC Method
Sends the transaction.
- Delegates to