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TransactionEnvelopeLegacy

Utility functions for working with Legacy Transaction Envelopes.

Examples

Below are some examples demonstrating common usages of the TransactionEnvelopeLegacy module:

Instantiating

Transaction Envelopes can be instantiated using TransactionEnvelopeLegacy.from:

import { TransactionEnvelopeLegacy, Value } from 'ox'
 
const envelope = TransactionEnvelopeLegacy.from({
  gasPrice: Value.fromGwei('10'),
  to: '0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000',
  value: Value.fromEther('1'),
})

Signing

Transaction Envelopes can be signed using TransactionEnvelopeLegacy.getSignPayload and a signing function such as Secp256k1.sign or P256.sign:

import { Secp256k1, TransactionEnvelopeLegacy } from 'ox'
 
const envelope = TransactionEnvelopeLegacy.from({
  nonce: 0n,
  gasPrice: 1000000000n,
  gas: 21000n,
  to: '0x70997970c51812dc3a010c7d01b50e0d17dc79c8',
  value: 1000000000000000000n,
})
 
const signature = Secp256k1.sign({ 
  payload: TransactionEnvelopeLegacy.getSignPayload(envelope), 
  privateKey: '0x...'
})
 
const envelope_signed = TransactionEnvelopeLegacy.from(envelope, { signature })

Serializing

Transaction Envelopes can be serialized using TransactionEnvelopeLegacy.serialize:

import { TransactionEnvelopeLegacy, Value } from 'ox'
 
const envelope = TransactionEnvelopeLegacy.from({
  chainId: 1,
  gasPrice: Value.fromGwei('10'),
  to: '0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000',
  value: Value.fromEther('1'),
})
 
const serialized = TransactionEnvelopeLegacy.serialize(envelope)

Sending

We can send a Transaction Envelope to the network by serializing the signed envelope with .serialize, and then broadcasting it over JSON-RPC with eth_sendRawTransaction.

In this example, we will use RpcTransport.fromHttp to broadcast a eth_sendRawTransaction request over HTTP JSON-RPC.

import { RpcTransport, TransactionEnvelopeLegacy, Secp256k1, Value } from 'ox'
 
// Construct the Envelope.
const envelope = TransactionEnvelopeLegacy.from({
  chainId: 1,
  gasPrice: Value.fromGwei('10'),
  nonce: 69n,
  to: '0x70997970c51812dc3a010c7d01b50e0d17dc79c8',
  value: Value.fromEther('1.5'),
})
 
// Sign over the Envelope.
const signature = Secp256k1.sign({
  payload: TransactionEnvelopeLegacy.getSignPayload(envelope),
  privateKey: '0x...',
})
 
// Serialize the Envelope with the Signature.
const serialized = TransactionEnvelopeLegacy.serialize(envelope, { 
  signature
})
 
// Broadcast the Envelope with `eth_sendRawTransaction`.
const transport = RpcTransport.fromHttp('https://1.rpc.thirdweb.com')
const hash = await transport.request({ 
  method: 'eth_sendRawTransaction', 
  params: [serialized], 
})

If you are interfacing with an RPC that supports eth_sendTransaction, you can also use TransactionEnvelopeLegacy.toRpc to convert an Envelope to an RPC-compatible format. This means you can skip the ceremony of manually filling & signing the Transaction.

import 'ox/window'
import { Provider, TransactionEnvelopeLegacy, Value } from 'ox'
 
const envelope = TransactionEnvelopeLegacy.from({
  chainId: 1,
  to: '0x70997970c51812dc3a010c7d01b50e0d17dc79c8',
  value: Value.fromEther('1.5'),
})
 
const envelope_rpc = TransactionEnvelopeLegacy.toRpc(envelope)
 
const provider = Provider.from(window.ethereum)
const hash = await provider.request({
  method: 'eth_sendTransaction',
  params: [envelope_rpc],
})

Computing Hashes

Transaction Hashes can be computed using TransactionEnvelopeLegacy.hash:

import { Secp256k1, TransactionEnvelopeLegacy } from 'ox'
 
const envelope = TransactionEnvelopeLegacy.from({
  chainId: 1,
  nonce: 0n,
  gasPrice: 1000000000n,
  gas: 21000n,
  to: '0x70997970c51812dc3a010c7d01b50e0d17dc79c8',
  value: 1000000000000000000n,
  data: '0x',
})
 
const signature = Secp256k1.sign({
  payload: TransactionEnvelopeLegacy.getSignPayload(envelope),
  privateKey: '0x...'
})
 
const envelope_signed = TransactionEnvelopeLegacy.from(envelope, { signature })
 
const hash = TransactionEnvelopeLegacy.hash(envelope_signed)

Functions

NameDescription
TransactionEnvelopeLegacy.assertAsserts a TransactionEnvelopeLegacy.TransactionEnvelopeLegacy is valid.
TransactionEnvelopeLegacy.deserializeDeserializes a TransactionEnvelopeLegacy.TransactionEnvelopeLegacy from its serialized form.
TransactionEnvelopeLegacy.fromConverts an arbitrary transaction object into a legacy Transaction Envelope.
TransactionEnvelopeLegacy.getSignPayloadReturns the payload to sign for a TransactionEnvelopeLegacy.TransactionEnvelopeLegacy.
TransactionEnvelopeLegacy.hashHashes a TransactionEnvelopeLegacy.TransactionEnvelopeLegacy. This is the "transaction hash".
TransactionEnvelopeLegacy.serializeSerializes a TransactionEnvelopeLegacy.TransactionEnvelopeLegacy.
TransactionEnvelopeLegacy.toRpcConverts an TransactionEnvelopeLegacy.TransactionEnvelopeLegacy to an TransactionEnvelopeLegacy.Rpc.
TransactionEnvelopeLegacy.validateValidates a TransactionEnvelopeLegacy.TransactionEnvelopeLegacy. Returns true if the envelope is valid, false otherwise.

Types

NameDescription
TransactionEnvelopeLegacy.Rpc
TransactionEnvelopeLegacy.Serialized
TransactionEnvelopeLegacy.Signed
TransactionEnvelopeLegacy.TransactionEnvelopeLegacy
TransactionEnvelopeLegacy.Type