thetacli.NewKey

This API creates a new account (i.e. a private key/address pair), and encrypts the private key under ~/.thetacli/keys/encrypted/ by default.

Parameters

Object NameRequiredTypeDetail
passwordStringthe password for the new account
"params":[
    {
        "password":"qwertyuiop"
    }
]

Result

Result Fields

KeyTypeDetail
addressStringthe address of the newly created account

Example

Request

curl <your-endpoint> \
    -X POST \
    -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
    -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"thetacli.NewKey","params":[{"password":"qwertyuiop"}],"id":1}'

Return

{
    "jsonrpc": "2.0",
    "id": 1,
    "result": {
        "address": "0x7F7Bf878527AC6DE7b6fe12acD664D59d20E0001"
    }
}
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