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

JSONRPC: personal_newAccount

Request

application/json

Body

params passphrase (string)[]

(optional) the pass phrase used for encryption.

Responses

200

Returns The address of the new account.

application/json

Schema

Schema

error

object

code int64required

A Number that indicates the error type that occurred. This MUST be an integer.

code	message	description
-32700	Parse error	invalid JSON was received by the server. An error occurred on the server while parsing the JSON text.
-32602	Invalid params	Invalid method parameter(s).

message string

A String providing a short description of the error. The message SHOULD be limited to a concise single sentence.

data string

A Primitive or Structured value that contains additional information about the error. This may be omitted. The value of this member is defined by the Server (e.g. detailed error information, nested errors etc.).

result string

The address of the new account

Example (from schema)

{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 0,
  "error": {
    "code": -32700,
    "message": "Parse error",
    "data": "string"
  },
  "result": "0xed1b12248aee85a32aead06c7789d3fcdcd4dae6"
}

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