ethwallet

README

Ethereum Wallet (ID: ethwallet)

Manage Ethereum accounts and sign transactions.

Contents

• Installation
  • MESG SDK
  • Deploy the Service
• Definitions
  • Tasks
    • List accounts
    • Create a new account
    • Delete an account
    • Export an account
    • Import an account
    • Sign transaction
    • Import an account from a private key

Installation

MESG SDK

This service requires MESG SDK to be installed first.

You can install MESG SDK by running the following command or follow the installation guide.

npm install -g mesg-cli

Deploy the Service

To deploy this service, go to this service page on the MESG Marketplace and click the button "get/buy this service".

Definitions

Tasks

List accounts

Task key: list

Return the addresses of existing account.

Outputs

Name	Key	Type	Description
Addresses	addresses	String	List of addresses.

Create a new account

Task key: create

Create a new account with a passphrase. Make sure to backup the passphrase.

Inputs

Name	Key	Type	Description
Passphrase	passphrase	String	Passphrase to use with the account.

Outputs

Name	Key	Type	Description
Address	address	String	The public address of the account.

Delete an account

Task key: delete

Delete an account from the wallet. Need the address and its associated passphrase.

Inputs

Name	Key	Type	Description
Address	address	String	The public address of the account.
Passphrase	passphrase	String	Passphrase to use with the account.

Outputs

Name	Key	Type	Description
Address	address	String	The public address of the account.

Export an account

Task key: export

Export an existing account in order to backup it and import it in an other wallet. Respect the Web3 Secret Storage specification. See https://github.com/ethereum/wiki/wiki/Web3-Secret-Storage-Definition for more information.

Inputs

Name	Key	Type	Description
Address	address	String	The public address of the account.
Passphrase	passphrase	String	Passphrase to use with the account.

Outputs

Name	Key	Type	Description
Address	address	String	The public address of the account.
ID	id	String	The id of the account.
Version	version	Number	The version used to export the account.
Crypto	crypto	Object	The encrypted account.

Import an account

Task key: import

Import an account. The account have to respect the Web3 Secret Storage specification. See https://github.com/ethereum/wiki/wiki/Web3-Secret-Storage-Definition for more information.

Inputs

Name	Key	Type	Description
Account	account	Object	The JSON encoded account.
Passphrase	passphrase	String	Passphrase to use with the account.

Outputs

Name	Key	Type	Description
Address	address	String	The public address of the account.

Sign transaction

Task key: sign

Sign a transaction with the specified account.

Inputs

Name	Key	Type	Description
Address	address	String	The public address of the account.
Passphrase	passphrase	String	Passphrase to use with the account.
Transaction	transaction	Object	The transaction to sign.

Outputs

Name	Key	Type	Description
Signed transaction	signedTransaction	String	The signed transaction.

Import an account from a private key

Task key: importFromPrivateKey

Import an account from a private key.

Inputs

Name	Key	Type	Description
Private key	privateKey	String	The private key to import.
Passphrase	passphrase	String	Passphrase to use with the account.

Outputs

Name	Key	Type	Description
Address	address	String	The public address of the account.