NewKey API

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

RPC Method: scriptcli.NewKey

Query Parameters

password: the password for the new account

Returns

address: the address of the newly created account

// Request

curl -X POST -H 'Content-Type: application/json' --data '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"scriptcli.NewKey","params":[{"password":"qwertyuiop"}],"id":1}' http://localhost:16889/rpc

// Result

{

"jsonrpc": "2.0",

"id": 1,

"result": {

"address": "0x8318dd49f83A2684E30d5fB50cD0D3D69aA82EAd"

}

}