personal

APIs to manage accounts and private keys in the node.

The namespace personal manages private keys in the key store.

personal_importRawKey

Imports the given unencrypted private key (hex string without leading '0x') or a Klaytn wallet key into the key store, encrypting it with the passphrase.

Returns the address of the imported account.

Client	Method invocation
Console	personal.importRawKey(keydata, passphrase)
RPC	{"method": "personal_importRawKey", "params": [keydata, passphrase]}

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
keydata	string	The unencrypted private key (hex string without leading '0x') or a Klaytn wallet key.
passphrase	string	The pass phrase for encryption.

Return Value

Name	Type	Description
address	string	The address of the imported account.

Example

Console

> personal.importRawKey('{private key}', 'mypassword')
"0xfa415bb3e6231f488ff39eb2897db0ef3636dd32"

// Using a Klaytn wallet key
> personal.importRawKey('{private key}0x000x{address}', 'mypassword')
"0xfa415bb3e6231f488ff39eb2897db0ef3636dd32"

HTTP RPC

$ curl -H "Content-Type: application/json" --data '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"personal_importRawKey","params":["{private key}", "mypassword"],"id":1}' http://localhost:8551
{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"result":"0xda04fb00e2cb5745cef7d8c4464378202a1673ef"}
$ curl -H "Content-Type: application/json" --data '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"personal_importRawKey","params":["{private key}0x000x{address}", "mypassword"],"id":1}' http://localhost:8551
{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"result":"0xda04fb00e2cb5745cef7d8c4464378202a1673ef"}

personal_listAccounts

Returns all the Klaytn account addresses of all keys in the key store.

Client	Method invocation
Console	personal.listAccounts
RPC	{"method": "personal_listAccounts", "params": []}

Parameters

None

Return Value

Type	Description
string	The list of all the Klaytn account addresses

None

Example

Console

> personal.listAccounts
["0x5e97870f263700f46aa00d967821199b9bc5a120", "0x3d80b31a78c30fc628f20b2c89d7ddbf6e53cedc"]

HTTP RPC

$ curl -H "Content-Type: application/json" --data '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"personal_listAccounts","params":[],"id":1}' http://localhost:8551
{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"result":["0xd8d81f52b595cc6135177c9c34ae6130ecad4636","0xda04fb00e2cb5745cef7d8c4464378202a1673ef"]}

personal_listWallets

Returns a list of wallets this node manages.

Client	Method invocation
Console	personal.listWallets
RPC	{"method": "personal_listWallets", "params": []}

Parameters

None

Return Value

Name	Type	Description
URL	string	Wallet url
Status	string	Locking status
Failure	string	Error condition
Accounts	string	The list of account addresses.

Example

Console

> personal.listWallets
[
  {
    "url":"keystore:///", 
    "status":"Locked",
    "accounts":[{"address":"0x336010a2f91728ffe01414a87ae5d8af55f310c6","url":"keystore://"}]
  },
  ...
]

HTTP RPC

$ curl -H "Content-Type: application/json" --data '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"personal_listWallets","params":[],"id":1}' http://localhost:8551
{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"result":[{"url":"keystore:///","status":"Locked","accounts":[{"address":"0x336010a2f91728ffe01414a87ae5d8af55f310c6","url":"keystore://"}]}]}

personal_openWallet

Initiates a hardware wallet opening procedure, establishing a USB connection and attempting to authenticate via the provided passphrase.

NOTE: The method may return an extra challenge requiring a second open (e.g., the Trezor PIN matrix challenge).

Client	Method invocation
Console	personal.openWallet(url, passhrase)
RPC	{"method": "personal_openWallet", "params": [url, passphrase]}

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
URL	string	Wallet url
Passphrase	string	passphrase for wallet

Return Value

Name	Type	Description
Error	error	Error condition

Example

Console

> personal.openWallet("keystore://", "passphrase")
null

HTTP RPC

$ curl -H "Content-Type: application/json" --data '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"personal_openWallet","params":["keystore://", "passphrase"],"id":1}' http://localhost:8551
{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"result":null}

personal_deriveAccount

Requests a HD wallet to derive a new account, optionally pinning it for later reuse.

Client	Method invocation
Console	personal.deriveAccount(url, path, pin)
RPC	{"method": "personal_deriveAccount", "params": [url, path, pin]}

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
URL	string	Wallet url
path	string	derivation path
pin	boolean	optionally pinning

Return Value

Name	Type	Description
Account	string	The address of the new account.
Error	error	Error condition

Example

Console

> personal.deriveAccount(url, path, pin)
"result":"0xed1b12248aee85a32aead06c7789d3fcdcd4dae6"

HTTP RPC

$ curl -H "Content-Type: application/json" --data '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"personal_deriveAccount","params":[url, path, pin],"id":1}' http://localhost:8551
{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"result":"0xed1b12248aee85a32aead06c7789d3fcdcd4dae6"}

personal_newAccount

Generates a new private key and stores it in the key store directory. The key file is encrypted with the given passphrase. Returns the address of the new account.

At the Klaytn console, newAccount will prompt for a passphrase when it is not supplied as the argument.

Client	Method invocation
Console	personal.newAccount(passphrase)
RPC	{"method": "personal_newAccount", "params": [passphrase]}

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
passphrase	string	(optional) the pass phrase used for encryption.

Return Value

Type	Description
string	The address of the new account.

Example

Console

> personal.newAccount()
Passphrase:
Repeat passphrase:
"0x5e97870f263700f46aa00d967821199b9bc5a120"

The passphrase can also be supplied as a string.

> personal.newAccount("h4ck3r")
"0x3d80b31a78c30fc628f20b2c89d7ddbf6e53cedc"

HTTP RPC

$ curl -H "Content-Type: application/json" --data '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"personal_newAccount","params":["helloWorld"],"id":1}' http://localhost:8551
{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"result":"0xed1b12248aee85a32aead06c7789d3fcdcd4dae6"}

personal_lockAccount

Removes the private key with a given address from memory. The account can no longer be used to send transactions.

Client	Method invocation
Console	personal.lockAccount(address)
RPC	{"method": "personal_lockAccount", "params": [address]}

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
address	string	The account address to lock.

Return Value

Type	Description
bool	true if the account was successfully locked, false otherwise.

Example

Console

> personal.lockAccount("0xfa415bb3e6231f488ff39eb2897db0ef3636dd32")
true

HTTP RPC

$ curl -H "Content-Type: application/json" --data '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"personal_lockAccount","params":["0xda04fb00e2cb5745cef7d8c4464378202a1673ef"],"id":1}' http://localhost:8551
{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"result":true}

personal_unlockAccount

Decrypts the key with the given address from the key store.

Both passphrase and unlock duration are optional when using the JavaScript console. If the passphrase is not supplied as an argument, the console will prompt for the passphrase interactively.

The unencrypted key will be held in memory until the unlock duration expires. If the unlock duration defaults to 300 seconds. An explicit duration of zero seconds unlocks the key until the Klaytn local node exits.

The account can be used with klay_sign and klay_sendTransaction while it is unlocked.

Client	Method invocation
Console	personal.unlockAccount(address, passphrase, duration)
RPC	{"method": "personal_unlockAccount", "params": [address, passphrase, duration]}

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
address	string	The account address to unlock.
passphrase	string	the passphrase used for the encryption.
duration	int	(optional) the unlock duration (default to 300 seconds).

Return Value

Type	Description
bool	true if unlocked, false otherwise

Example

Console

> personal.unlockAccount("0x5e97870f263700f46aa00d967821199b9bc5a120")
Unlock account 0x5e97870f263700f46aa00d967821199b9bc5a120
Passphrase:
true

Supplying the passphrase and unlock duration as arguments:

> personal.unlockAccount("0x5e97870f263700f46aa00d967821199b9bc5a120", "foo", 30)
true

If you want to type in the passphrase and still override the default unlock duration, pass null as the passphrase.

> personal.unlockAccount("0x5e97870f263700f46aa00d967821199b9bc5a120", null, 30)
Unlock account 0x5e97870f263700f46aa00d967821199b9bc5a120
Passphrase:
true

HTTP RPC

$ curl -H "Content-Type: application/json" --data '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"personal_unlockAccount","params":["0xda04fb00e2cb5745cef7d8c4464378202a1673ef","mypassword"],"id":1}' http://localhost:8551
{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"result":true}

personal_replaceRawKey

Replaces the encrypted key file in the key store with the given unencrypted private key (hex string without leading '0x') or a Klaytn wallet key, encrypting it with the new passphrase. It also receives the old passphrase to decrypt the old private key before replacement. If it is failed to decrypt, or can not find the matching account, it throws an error.

Returns the address of the replaced account if successful.

Client	Method invocation
Console	personal.replaceRawKey(keydata, oldPassphrase, newPassphrase)
RPC	{"method": "personal_replaceRawKey", "params": [keydata, oldPassphrase, newPassphrase]}

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
keydata	string	The unencrypted private key (hex string without leading '0x') or a Klaytn wallet key.
oldPassphrase	string	The passphrase to decrypt the old private key.
newPassphrase	string	The passphrase to encrypt the new private key.

Return Value

Name	Type	Description
address	string	The address of the replaced account.

Example

Console

> personal.replaceRawKey('{private key}', 'myoldpassword', 'mypassword')
"0xfa415bb3e6231f488ff39eb2897db0ef3636dd32"
> personal.replaceRawKey('{private key}0x000x{address}', 'myoldpassword', 'mypassword')
"0xfa415bb3e6231f488ff39eb2897db0ef3636dd32"

HTTP RPC

$ curl -H "Content-Type: application/json" --data '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"personal_replaceRawKey","params":["{private key}", "myoldpassword", mypassword"],"id":1}' http://localhost:8551
{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"result":"0xda04fb00e2cb5745cef7d8c4464378202a1673ef"}
$ curl -H "Content-Type: application/json" --data '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"personal_replaceRawKey","params":["{private key}0x000x{address}", "myoldpassword", mypassword"],"id":1}' http://localhost:8551
{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"result":"0xda04fb00e2cb5745cef7d8c4464378202a1673ef"}

personal_sendAccountUpdate

Validates the given passphrase and submits a TxTypeAccountUpdate transaction. The transaction object must have fields from and key. Other fields such as gas, gasPrice, and nonce are se internally if unspecified. If the passphrase is able to decrypt the private key belonging to tx.from and the transaction is verified, the transaction is signed and submitted onto the network. The account is not unlocked globally in the node and cannot be used in other RPC calls.

Client	Method invocation
Console	personal.sendAccountUpdate(tx, passphrase)
RPC	{"method": "personal_sendAccountUpdate", "params": [tx, passphrase]}

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
tx	string	A transaction object. from and key must be specified.
passphrase	string	The passphrase to decrypt the private key of tx.from.

Return Value

Type	Description
32-byte string	a transaction hash if succeeded. Otherwise, an error is raised.

Example

Console

> var tx = {from: "0x391694e7e0b0cce554cb130d723a9d27458f9298", key:"0x02a102dbac81e8486d68eac4e6ef9db617f7fbd79a04a3b323c982a09cdfc61f0ae0e8"}
undefined
> personal.sendAccountUpdate(tx, "passphrase")
0x8474441674cdd47b35b875fd1a530b800b51a5264b9975fb21129eeb8c18582f

HTTP RPC

NOTE: The function klay.toPeb() is not executable in HTTP RPC.

$ curl -H "Content-Type: application/json" --data '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"personal_sendAccountUpdate","params":[{"from":"0x1d4e05bb72677cb8fa576149c945b57d13f855e4","key":"0x02a102dbac81e8486d68eac4e6ef9db617f7fbd79a04a3b323c982a09cdfc61f0ae0e8"}, "passphrase"],"id":1}' http://localhost:8551
{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"result":"0x26a7a8ba619a5e3e4d742c217f55f49591a5616b200c976bd58a966a05e294b7"}

personal_sendTransaction

Validates the given passphrase and submits a TxTypeLegacy transaction. The transaction object must have from and to except the case of contract deployment. to should be omitted if the transaction deploys a smart contract. If value is not specified, it will be set to zero internally. Other fields such as gas, gasPrice, and nonce are set to appropriate values internally if unspecified. If the passphrase is able to decrypt the private key belonging to tx.from and the transaction is verified, the transaction is signed and submitted onto the network. The account is not unlocked globally in the node and cannot be used in other RPC calls.

Client	Method invocation
Console	personal.sendTransaction(tx, passphrase)
RPC	{"method": "personal_sendTransaction", "params": [tx, passphrase]}

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
tx	string	A transaction object. from is a required field. to, value, gas, gasPrice and nonce are optional fields.
passphrase	string	The passphrase to decrypt the private key of tx.from.

Return Value

Type	Description
32-byte string	a transaction hash if succeeded. Otherwise, an error is raised.

Example

Console

> var tx = {from: "0x391694e7e0b0cce554cb130d723a9d27458f9298", to: "0xafa3f8684e54059998bc3a7b0d2b0da075154d66", value: klay.toPeb(1.23, "KLAY")}
undefined
> personal.sendTransaction(tx, "passphrase")
0x8474441674cdd47b35b875fd1a530b800b51a5264b9975fb21129eeb8c18582f

HTTP RPC

NOTE: The function klay.toPeb() is not executable in HTTP RPC.

$ curl -H "Content-Type: application/json" --data '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"personal_sendTransaction","params":[{"from":"0x1d4e05bb72677cb8fa576149c945b57d13f855e4","to":"0xafa3f8684e54059998bc3a7b0d2b0da075154d66","value":"0x1230000000"},"passphrase"],"id":1}' http://localhost:8551
{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"result":"0x26a7a8ba619a5e3e4d742c217f55f49591a5616b200c976bd58a966a05e294b7"}

personal_sendValueTransfer

Validates the given passphrase and submits a TxTypeValueTransfer transaction. The transaction object must have fields from, to, and value. Other fields such as gas, gasPrice, and nonce are set internally if unspecified. If the passphrase is able to decrypt the private key belonging to tx.from and the transaction is verified, the transaction is signed and submitted onto the network. The account is not unlocked globally in the node and cannot be used in other RPC calls.

Client	Method invocation
Console	personal.sendValueTransfer(tx, passphrase)
RPC	{"method": "personal_sendValueTransfer", "params": [tx, passphrase]}

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
tx	string	A transaction object. from, to, and value must be specified.
passphrase	string	The passphrase to decrypt the private key of tx.from.

Return Value

Type	Description
32-byte string	a transaction hash if succeeded. Otherwise, an error is raised.

Example

Console

> var tx = {from: "0x391694e7e0b0cce554cb130d723a9d27458f9298", to: "0xafa3f8684e54059998bc3a7b0d2b0da075154d66", value: klay.toPeb(1.23, "KLAY")}
undefined
> personal.sendValueTransfer(tx, "passphrase")
0x8474441674cdd47b35b875fd1a530b800b51a5264b9975fb21129eeb8c18582f

HTTP RPC

NOTE: The function klay.toPeb() is not executable in HTTP RPC.

$ curl -H "Content-Type: application/json" --data '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"personal_sendValueTransfer","params":[{"from":"0x1d4e05bb72677cb8fa576149c945b57d13f855e4","to":"0xafa3f8684e54059998bc3a7b0d2b0da075154d66","value":"0x1230000000"},"passphrase"],"id":1}' http://localhost:8551
{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"result":"0x26a7a8ba619a5e3e4d742c217f55f49591a5616b200c976bd58a966a05e294b7"}

personal_sign

The sign method calculates a Klaytn-specific signature with: sign(keccak256("\x19Klaytn Signed Message:\n" + len(message) + message)))

Adding a prefix to the message makes the calculated signature recognizable as a Klaytn-specific signature. This prevents misuse where a malicious DApp can sign arbitrary data (e.g., transaction) and use the signature to impersonate the victim.

See personal_ecRecover to verify the signature.

Client	Method invocation
Console	personal.sign(message, account, password)
RPC	{"method": "personal_sign", "params": [message, account, password]}

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
message	string	A message to sign.
account	string	The account address.
password	string	(optional) the pass phrase used for signing.

Return Value

Type	Description
string	A signature.

Example

Console

> personal.sign("0xdeadbeaf", "0x9b2055d370f73ec7d8a03e965129118dc8f5bf83", "")
"0xa3f20717a250c2b0b729b7e5becbff67fdaef7e0699da4de7ca5895b02a170a12d887fd3b17bfdce3481f10bea41f45ba9f709d39ce8325427b57afcfc994cee1b"

HTTP RPC

$ curl -H "Content-Type: application/json" --data '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"personal_sign","params":["0xdead","0xda04fb00e2cb5745cef7d8c4464378202a1673ef","mypassword"],"id":1}' http://localhost:8551
{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"result":"0xccb8cce176b01fdc8f7ac3c101b8eb3b9005e938a60800e517624419dd8b7fba0e4598bdf1c4fa1743e1288e89b8b7090cc11f4b3640aafcbc71896ec73eec241b"}

personal_signTransaction

Sets default configuration and signs the given transaction.

NOTE: Sending your account password over an unsecured HTTP RPC connection is highly unsecure. Use klay_signTransaction.

Parameters

The required parameters depend on the transaction type. Check the proper parameters in Working with Klaytn Transaction Types.

Return Value

Type	Description
raw	Signed raw transaction
tx	Transaction object
password	Sender's password

personal_ecRecover

ecRecover returns the address associated with the private key that was used to calculate the signature in personal_sign.

Client	Method invocation
Console	personal.ecRecover(message, signature)
RPC	{"method": "personal_ecRecover", "params": [message, signature]}

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
message	string	A message.
signature	string	The signature.

Return Value

Type	Description
string	The account address.

Example

Console

> personal.sign("0xdeadbeaf", "0x9b2055d370f73ec7d8a03e965129118dc8f5bf83", "")
"0xa3f20717a250c2b0b729b7e5becbff67fdaef7e0699da4de7ca5895b02a170a12d887fd3b17bfdce3481f10bea41f45ba9f709d39ce8325427b57afcfc994cee1b"
> personal.ecRecover("0xdeadbeaf", "0xa3f20717a250c2b0b729b7e5becbff67fdaef7e0699da4de7ca5895b02a170a12d887fd3b17bfdce3481f10bea41f45ba9f709d39ce8325427b57afcfc994cee1b")
"0x9b2055d370f73ec7d8a03e965129118dc8f5bf83"

HTTP RPC

$ curl -H "Content-Type: application/json" --data '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"personal_sign","params":["0xdead","0xda04fb00e2cb5745cef7d8c4464378202a1673ef","mypassword"],"id":1}' http://localhost:8551
{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"result":"0xccb8cce176b01fdc8f7ac3c101b8eb3b9005e938a60800e517624419dd8b7fba0e4598bdf1c4fa1743e1288e89b8b7090cc11f4b3640aafcbc71896ec73eec241b"}

$ curl -H "Content-Type: application/json" --data '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"personal_ecRecover","params":["0xdead","0xccb8cce176b01fdc8f7ac3c101b8eb3b9005e938a60800e517624419dd8b7fba0e4598bdf1c4fa1743e1288e89b8b7090cc11f4b3640aafcbc71896ec73eec241b"],"id":1}' http://localhost:8551
{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"result":"0xda04fb00e2cb5745cef7d8c4464378202a1673ef"}