eth_sendTransaction

Request Format

{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "method": "eth_sendTransaction",
  "params": [
    {
      "from": "0xb60e8dd61c5d32be8058bb8eb970870f07233155",
      "to": "0xd46e8dd67c5d32be8058bb8eb970870f07244567",
      "gas": "0x76c0",
      "gasPrice": "0x9184e72a000",
      "value": "0x9184e72a",
      "input": "0xd46e8dd67c5d32be8d46e8dd67c5d32be8058bb8eb970870f072445675058bb8eb970870f072445675"
    }
  ],
  "id": 1
}

Response Format

{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "result": "0xe670ec64341771606e55d6b4ca35a1a6b75ee3d5145a99d05921026d1527331"
}

Parameters

Transaction (GenericTransaction): The transaction object containing:
- from (address): The sender's Ethereum address.
- to (address): The recipient's Ethereum address.
- gas (uint): The gas limit for the transaction.
- gasPrice (uint): The gas price in wei.
- value (uint): The amount of ETH to send.
- input (bytes): The transaction input data.

Return Value

Transaction Hash (hash32): The hash of the submitted transaction.

Example

Request

{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "method": "eth_sendTransaction",
  "params": [
    {
      "from": "0xb60e8dd61c5d32be8058bb8eb970870f07233155",
      "to": "0xd46e8dd67c5d32be8058bb8eb970870f07244567",
      "gas": "0x76c0",
      "gasPrice": "0x9184e72a000",
      "value": "0x9184e72a",
      "input": "0xd46e8dd67c5d32be8d46e8dd67c5d32be8058bb8eb970870f072445675058bb8eb970870f072445675"
    }
  ],
  "id": 1
}

Response

{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "result": "0xe670ec64341771606e55d6b4ca35a1a6b75ee3d5145a99d05921026d1527331"
}

Notes

The transaction is signed by the sender and broadcasted to the network.
Requires the sender's private key to be available within the Ethereum client.
The transaction hash can be used to track the transaction status on the blockchain.