eth_account

Account

class eth_account.account.Account

The primary entry point for working with Ethereum private keys.

It does not require a connection to an Ethereum node.

create(extra_entropy='')

Creates a new private key, and returns it as a LocalAccount.

Parameters:extra_entropy (str or bytes or int) – Add extra randomness to whatever randomness your OS can provide Returns:an object with private key and convenience methods

>>> from eth_account import Account
>>> acct = Account.create('KEYSMASH FJAFJKLDSKF7JKFDJ 1530')
>>> acct.address
'0x5ce9454909639D2D17A3F753ce7d93fa0b9aB12E'
>>> acct.key
HexBytes('0x8676e9a8c86c8921e922e61e0bb6e9e9689aad4c99082620610b00140e5f21b8')

# These methods are also available: sign_message(), sign_transaction(),
# encrypt().
# They correspond to the same-named methods in Account.*
# but without the private key argument

create_with_mnemonic(passphrase: str = '', num_words: int = 12, language: str = 'english', account_path: str = "m/44'/60'/0'/0/0") → Tuple[eth_account.signers.local.LocalAccount, str]

Create a new private key and related mnemonic.

Caution

This feature is experimental, unaudited, and likely to change soon

Creates a new private key, and returns it as a LocalAccount, alongside the mnemonic that can used to regenerate it using any BIP39-compatible wallet.

Parameters:

• passphrase (str) – Extra passphrase to encrypt the seed phrase
• num_words (int) – Number of words to use with seed phrase. Default is 12 words. Must be one of [12, 15, 18, 21, 24].
• language (str) – Language to use for BIP39 mnemonic seed phrase.
• account_path (str) – Specify an alternate HD path for deriving the seed using BIP32 HD wallet key derivation.

Returns:

A tuple consisting of an object with private key and convenience methods, and the mnemonic seed phrase that can be used to restore the account.

Return type:

(LocalAccount, str)

>>> from eth_account import Account
>>> Account.enable_unaudited_hdwallet_features()
>>> acct, mnemonic = Account.create_with_mnemonic()
>>> acct.address 
'0x5ce9454909639D2D17A3F753ce7d93fa0b9aB12E'
>>> acct == Account.from_mnemonic(mnemonic)
True

# These methods are also available:
# sign_message(), sign_transaction(), encrypt()
# They correspond to the same-named methods in Account.*
# but without the private key argument

static decrypt(keyfile_json, password)

Decrypts a private key.

The key may have been encrypted using an Ethereum client or encrypt().

Parameters:

• keyfile_json (dict or str) – The encrypted key
• password (str) – The password that was used to encrypt the key

Returns:

the raw private key

Return type:

HexBytes

>>> encrypted = {
... 'address': '5ce9454909639d2d17a3f753ce7d93fa0b9ab12e',
... 'crypto': {'cipher': 'aes-128-ctr',
...  'cipherparams': {'iv': '482ef54775b0cc59f25717711286f5c8'},
...  'ciphertext': 'cb636716a9fd46adbb31832d964df2082536edd5399a3393327dc89b0193a2be',  # noqa: E501
...  'kdf': 'scrypt',
...  'kdfparams': {},
...  'kdfparams': {'dklen': 32,
...                'n': 262144,
...                'p': 8,
...                'r': 1,
...                'salt': 'd3c9a9945000fcb6c9df0f854266d573'},
...  'mac': '4f626ec5e7fea391b2229348a65bfef532c2a4e8372c0a6a814505a350a7689d'},  # noqa: E501
... 'id': 'b812f3f9-78cc-462a-9e89-74418aa27cb0',
... 'version': 3}
>>> Account.decrypt(encrypted, 'password')
HexBytes('0xb25c7db31feed9122727bf0939dc769a96564b2de4c4726d035b36ecf1e5b364')

classmethod enable_unaudited_hdwallet_features()

Use this flag to enable unaudited HD Wallet features.

classmethod encrypt(private_key, password, kdf=None, iterations=None)

Creates a dictionary with an encrypted version of your private key. To import this keyfile into Ethereum clients like geth and parity: encode this dictionary with json.dumps() and save it to disk where your client keeps key files.

Parameters:

• private_key (hex str, bytes, int or eth_keys.datatypes.PrivateKey) – The raw private key
• password (str) – The password which you will need to unlock the account in your client
• kdf (str) – The key derivation function to use when encrypting your private key
• iterations (int) – The work factor for the key derivation function

Returns:

The data to use in your encrypted file

Return type:

dict

If kdf is not set, the default key derivation function falls back to the environment variable ETH_ACCOUNT_KDF. If that is not set, then ‘scrypt’ will be used as the default.

>>> from pprint import pprint
>>> encrypted = Account.encrypt(
...     0xb25c7db31feed9122727bf0939dc769a96564b2de4c4726d035b36ecf1e5b364,
...     'password'
... )
>>> pprint(encrypted)
{'address': '5ce9454909639d2d17a3f753ce7d93fa0b9ab12e',
 'crypto': {'cipher': 'aes-128-ctr',
            'cipherparams': {'iv': '...'},
            'ciphertext': '...',
            'kdf': 'scrypt',
            'kdfparams': {'dklen': 32,
                          'n': 262144,
                          'p': 8,
                          'r': 1,
                          'salt': '...'},
            'mac': '...'},
 'id': '...',
 'version': 3}

>>> with open('my-keyfile', 'w') as f: 
...    f.write(json.dumps(encrypted))

from_key(private_key)

Returns a convenient object for working with the given private key.

Parameters:private_key (hex str, bytes, int or eth_keys.datatypes.PrivateKey) – The raw private key Returns:object with methods for signing and encrypting Return type:LocalAccount

>>> acct = Account.from_key(
... 0xb25c7db31feed9122727bf0939dc769a96564b2de4c4726d035b36ecf1e5b364)
>>> acct.address
'0x5ce9454909639D2D17A3F753ce7d93fa0b9aB12E'
>>> acct.key
HexBytes('0xb25c7db31feed9122727bf0939dc769a96564b2de4c4726d035b36ecf1e5b364')

# These methods are also available: sign_message(), sign_transaction(),
# encrypt(). They correspond to the same-named methods in Account.*
# but without the private key argument

from_mnemonic(mnemonic: str, passphrase: str = '', account_path: str = "m/44'/60'/0'/0/0") → eth_account.signers.local.LocalAccount

Generate an account from a mnemonic.

Caution

This feature is experimental, unaudited, and likely to change soon

Parameters:

• mnemonic (str) – space-separated list of BIP39 mnemonic seed words
• passphrase (str) – Optional passphrase used to encrypt the mnemonic
• account_path (str) – Specify an alternate HD path for deriving the seed using BIP32 HD wallet key derivation.

Returns:

object with methods for signing and encrypting

Return type:

LocalAccount

>>> from eth_account import Account
>>> Account.enable_unaudited_hdwallet_features()
>>> acct = Account.from_mnemonic(
...  "coral allow abandon recipe top tray caught video climb similar "
...  "prepare bracket antenna rubber announce gauge volume "
...  "hub hood burden skill immense add acid")
>>> acct.address
'0x9AdA5dAD14d925f4df1378409731a9B71Bc8569d'

# These methods are also available: sign_message(), sign_transaction(),
#  encrypt(). They correspond to the same-named methods in Account.*
# but without the private key argument

Or, generate multiple accounts from a mnemonic.

>>> from eth_account import Account
>>> Account.enable_unaudited_hdwallet_features()
>>> iterator = 0
>>> for i in range(10):
...     acct = Account.from_mnemonic(
...         "health embark april buyer eternal leopard "
...         "want before nominee head thing tackle",
...         account_path=f"m/44'/60'/0'/0/{iterator}")
...     iterator = iterator + 1
...     acct.address
'0x61Cc15522D06983Ac7aADe23f9d5433d38e78195'
'0x1240460F6E370f28079E5F9B52f9DcB759F051b7'
'0xd30dC9f996539826C646Eb48bb45F6ee1D1474af'
'0x47e64beb58c9A469c5eD086aD231940676b44e7C'
'0x6D39032ffEF9987988a069F52EFe4d95D0770555'
'0x3836A6530D1889853b047799Ecd8827255072e77'
'0xed5490dEfF8d8FfAe45cb4066C3daC7C6BFF6a22'
'0xf04F9Ff322799253bcC6B12762AD127570a092c5'
'0x900F7fa9fbe85BB25b6cdB94Da24D807f7feb213'
'0xa248e118b0D19010387b1B768686cd9B473FA137'

Caution

For the love of Bob please do not use this mnemonic, it is for testing purposes only.

recover_message(signable_message: eth_account.messages.SignableMessage, vrs: Optional[Tuple[VRS, VRS, VRS]] = None, signature: bytes = None) → NewType.<locals>.new_type

Get the address of the account that signed the given message. You must specify exactly one of: vrs or signature

Parameters:

• signable_message – the message that was signed
• vrs (tuple(v, r, s), each element is hex str, bytes or int) – the three pieces generated by an elliptic curve signature
• signature (hex str or bytes or int) – signature bytes concatenated as r+s+v

Returns:

address of signer, hex-encoded & checksummed

Return type:

str

>>> from eth_account.messages import encode_defunct
>>> from eth_account import Account
>>> message = encode_defunct(text="I♥SF")
>>> vrs = (
...   28,
...   '0xe6ca9bba58c88611fad66a6ce8f996908195593807c4b38bd528d2cff09d4eb3',
...   '0x3e5bfbbf4d3e39b1a2fd816a7680c19ebebaf3a141b239934ad43cb33fcec8ce')
>>> Account.recover_message(message, vrs=vrs)
'0x5ce9454909639D2D17A3F753ce7d93fa0b9aB12E'


# All of these recover calls are equivalent:

# variations on vrs
>>> vrs = (
...   '0x1c',
...   '0xe6ca9bba58c88611fad66a6ce8f996908195593807c4b38bd528d2cff09d4eb3',
...   '0x3e5bfbbf4d3e39b1a2fd816a7680c19ebebaf3a141b239934ad43cb33fcec8ce')
>>> Account.recover_message(message, vrs=vrs)
'0x5ce9454909639D2D17A3F753ce7d93fa0b9aB12E'

>>> # Caution about this approach: likely problems if there are leading 0s
>>> vrs = (
...   0x1c,
...   0xe6ca9bba58c88611fad66a6ce8f996908195593807c4b38bd528d2cff09d4eb3,
...   0x3e5bfbbf4d3e39b1a2fd816a7680c19ebebaf3a141b239934ad43cb33fcec8ce)
>>> Account.recover_message(message, vrs=vrs)
'0x5ce9454909639D2D17A3F753ce7d93fa0b9aB12E'

>>> vrs = (
...   b'\x1c',
...   b'\xe6\xca\x9b\xbaX\xc8\x86\x11\xfa\xd6jl\xe8\xf9\x96\x90\x81\x95Y8\x07\xc4\xb3\x8b\xd5(\xd2\xcf\xf0\x9dN\xb3',  # noqa: E501
...   b'>[\xfb\xbfM>9\xb1\xa2\xfd\x81jv\x80\xc1\x9e\xbe\xba\xf3\xa1A\xb29\x93J\xd4<\xb3?\xce\xc8\xce')  # noqa: E501
>>> Account.recover_message(message, vrs=vrs)
'0x5ce9454909639D2D17A3F753ce7d93fa0b9aB12E'

# variations on signature
>>> signature = '0xe6ca9bba58c88611fad66a6ce8f996908195593807c4b38bd528d2cff09d4eb33e5bfbbf4d3e39b1a2fd816a7680c19ebebaf3a141b239934ad43cb33fcec8ce1c'  # noqa: E501
>>> Account.recover_message(message, signature=signature)
'0x5ce9454909639D2D17A3F753ce7d93fa0b9aB12E'
>>> signature = b'\xe6\xca\x9b\xbaX\xc8\x86\x11\xfa\xd6jl\xe8\xf9\x96\x90\x81\x95Y8\x07\xc4\xb3\x8b\xd5(\xd2\xcf\xf0\x9dN\xb3>[\xfb\xbfM>9\xb1\xa2\xfd\x81jv\x80\xc1\x9e\xbe\xba\xf3\xa1A\xb29\x93J\xd4<\xb3?\xce\xc8\xce\x1c'  # noqa: E501
>>> Account.recover_message(message, signature=signature)
'0x5ce9454909639D2D17A3F753ce7d93fa0b9aB12E'
>>> # Caution about this approach: likely problems if there are leading 0s
>>> signature = 0xe6ca9bba58c88611fad66a6ce8f996908195593807c4b38bd528d2cff09d4eb33e5bfbbf4d3e39b1a2fd816a7680c19ebebaf3a141b239934ad43cb33fcec8ce1c  # noqa: E501
>>> Account.recover_message(message, signature=signature)
'0x5ce9454909639D2D17A3F753ce7d93fa0b9aB12E'

recover_transaction(serialized_transaction)

Get the address of the account that signed this transaction.

Parameters:serialized_transaction (hex str, bytes or int) – the complete signed transaction Returns:address of signer, hex-encoded & checksummed Return type:str

>>> raw_transaction = '0xf86a8086d55698372431831e848094f0109fc8df283027b6285cc889f5aa624eac1f55843b9aca008025a009ebb6ca057a0535d6186462bc0b465b561c94a295bdb0621fc19208ab149a9ca0440ffd775ce91a833ab410777204d5341a6f9fa91216a6f3ee2c051fea6a0428'  # noqa: E501
>>> Account.recover_transaction(raw_transaction)
'0x2c7536E3605D9C16a7a3D7b1898e529396a65c23'

set_key_backend(backend)

Change the backend used by the underlying eth-keys library.

(The default is fine for most users)

Parameters:backend – any backend that works in eth_keys.KeyApi(backend)

signHash(message_hash, private_key)

Sign the provided hash.

Warning

Never sign a hash that you didn’t generate, it can be an arbitrary transaction. For example, it might send all of your account’s ether to an attacker. Instead, prefer sign_message(), which cannot accidentally sign a transaction.

Caution

Deprecated for sign_message(). This method will be removed in v0.6

Parameters:

• message_hash (hex str, bytes or int) – the 32-byte message hash to be signed
• private_key (hex str, bytes, int or eth_keys.datatypes.PrivateKey) – the key to sign the message with

Returns:

Various details about the signature - most importantly the fields: v, r, and s

Return type:

SignedMessage

sign_message(signable_message: eth_account.messages.SignableMessage, private_key: Union[bytes, NewType.<locals>.new_type, int, eth_keys.datatypes.PrivateKey]) → eth_account.datastructures.SignedMessage

Sign the provided message.

This API supports any messaging format that will encode to EIP-191 messages.

If you would like historical compatibility with w3.eth.sign() you can use encode_defunct().

Other options are the “validator”, or “structured data” standards. (Both of these are in DRAFT status currently, so be aware that the implementation is not guaranteed to be stable). You can import all supported message encoders in eth_account.messages.

Parameters:

• signable_message – the encoded message for signing
• private_key (hex str, bytes, int or eth_keys.datatypes.PrivateKey) – the key to sign the message with

Returns:

Various details about the signature - most importantly the fields: v, r, and s

Return type:

SignedMessage

>>> msg = "I♥SF"
>>> from eth_account.messages import encode_defunct
>>> msghash = encode_defunct(text=msg)
>>> msghash
SignableMessage(version=b'E',
 header=b'thereum Signed Message:\n6',
 body=b'I\xe2\x99\xa5SF')
>>> # If you're curious about the internal fields of SignableMessage, take a look at EIP-191, linked above  # noqa: E501
>>> key = "0xb25c7db31feed9122727bf0939dc769a96564b2de4c4726d035b36ecf1e5b364"
>>> Account.sign_message(msghash, key)
SignedMessage(messageHash=HexBytes('0x1476abb745d423bf09273f1afd887d951181d25adc66c4834a70491911b7f750'),
 r=104389933075820307925104709181714897380569894203213074526835978196648170704563,
 s=28205917190874851400050446352651915501321657673772411533993420917949420456142,
 v=28,
 signature=HexBytes('0xe6ca9bba58c88611fad66a6ce8f996908195593807c4b38bd528d2cff09d4eb33e5bfbbf4d3e39b1a2fd816a7680c19ebebaf3a141b239934ad43cb33fcec8ce1c'))

sign_transaction(transaction_dict, private_key)

Sign a transaction using a local private key.

It produces signature details and the hex-encoded transaction suitable for broadcast using w3.eth.sendRawTransaction().

To create the transaction dict that calls a contract, use contract object: my_contract.functions.my_function().buildTransaction()

Note: For non-legacy (typed) transactions, if the transaction type is not explicitly provided, it may be determined from the transaction parameters of a well-formed transaction. See below for examples on how to sign with different transaction types.

Parameters:

• transaction_dict (dict) – the transaction with available keys, depending on the type of transaction: nonce, chainId, to, data, value, gas, gasPrice, type, accessList, maxFeePerGas, and maxPriorityFeePerGas
• private_key (hex str, bytes, int or eth_keys.datatypes.PrivateKey) – the private key to sign the data with

Returns:

Various details about the signature - most importantly the fields: v, r, and s

Return type:

AttributeDict

>>> # EIP-1559 dynamic fee transaction (more efficient and preferred over legacy txn)  # noqa: E501
>>> dynamic_fee_transaction = {
        "type": 2,  # optional - can be implicitly determined based on max fee params  # noqa: E501
        "gas": 100000,
        "maxFeePerGas": 2000000000,
        "maxPriorityFeePerGas": 2000000000,
        "data": "0x616263646566",
        "nonce": 34,
        "to": "0x09616C3d61b3331fc4109a9E41a8BDB7d9776609",
        "value": "0x5af3107a4000",
        "accessList": (  # optional
            {
                "address": "0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000001",
                "storageKeys": (
                    "0x0100000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000",  # noqa: E501
                )
            },
        ),
        "chainId": 1900,
    }
>>> key = '0x4c0883a69102937d6231471b5dbb6204fe5129617082792ae468d01a3f362318'
>>> signed = Account.sign_transaction(dynamic_fee_transaction, key)
{'hash': HexBytes('0x126431f2a7fda003aada7c2ce52b0ce3cbdbb1896230d3333b9eea24f42d15b0'),

 'r': 110093478023675319011132687961420618950720745285952062287904334878381994888509,
 'rawTransaction': HexBytes('0x02f8b282076c2284773594008477359400830186a09409616c3d61b3331fc4109a9e41a8bdb7d9776609865af3107a400086616263646566f838f7940000000000000000000000000000000000000001e1a0010000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000080a0f366b34a5c206859b9778b4c909207e53443cca9e0b82e0b94bc4b47e6434d3da04a731eda413a944d4ea2d2236671e586e57388d0e9d40db53044ae4089f2aec8'),
 's': 33674551144139401179914073499472892825822542092106065756005379322302694600392,

 'v': 0}
>>> w3.eth.sendRawTransaction(signed.rawTransaction)

>>> # legacy transaction (less efficient than EIP-1559 dynamic fee txn)
>>> legacy_transaction = {
        # Note that the address must be in checksum format or native bytes:
        'to': '0xF0109fC8DF283027b6285cc889F5aA624EaC1F55',
        'value': 1000000000,
        'gas': 2000000,
        'gasPrice': 234567897654321,
        'nonce': 0,
        'chainId': 1
    }
>>> key = '0x4c0883a69102937d6231471b5dbb6204fe5129617082792ae468d01a3f362318'
>>> signed = Account.sign_transaction(legacy_transaction, key)
{'hash': HexBytes('0x6893a6ee8df79b0f5d64a180cd1ef35d030f3e296a5361cf04d02ce720d32ec5'),
 'r': 4487286261793418179817841024889747115779324305375823110249149479905075174044,
 'rawTransaction': HexBytes('0xf86a8086d55698372431831e848094f0109fc8df283027b6285cc889f5aa624eac1f55843b9aca008025a009ebb6ca057a0535d6186462bc0b465b561c94a295bdb0621fc19208ab149a9ca0440ffd775ce91a833ab410777204d5341a6f9fa91216a6f3ee2c051fea6a0428'),
 's': 30785525769477805655994251009256770582792548537338581640010273753578382951464,
 'v': 37}
>>> w3.eth.sendRawTransaction(signed.rawTransaction)

>>> access_list_transaction = {
        "type": 1,  # optional - can be implicitly determined based on 'accessList' and 'gasPrice' params  # noqa: E501
        "gas": 100000,
        "gasPrice": 1000000000,
        "data": "0x616263646566",
        "nonce": 34,
        "to": "0x09616C3d61b3331fc4109a9E41a8BDB7d9776609",
        "value": "0x5af3107a4000",
        "accessList": (
            {
                "address": "0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000001",
                "storageKeys": (
                    "0x0100000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000",  # noqa: E501
                )
            },
        ),
        "chainId": 1900,
    }
>>> key = '0x4c0883a69102937d6231471b5dbb6204fe5129617082792ae468d01a3f362318'
>>> signed = Account.sign_transaction(access_list_transaction, key)
{'hash': HexBytes('0x2864ca20a74ca5e044067ad4139a22ff5a0853434f5f1dc00108f24ef5f1f783'),
 'r': 105940705063391628472351883894091935317142890114440570831409400676736873197702,
 'rawTransaction': HexBytes('0x01f8ad82076c22843b9aca00830186a09409616c3d61b3331fc4109a9e41a8bdb7d9776609865af3107a400086616263646566f838f7940000000000000000000000000000000000000001e1a0010000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000080a0ea38506c4afe4bb402e030877fbe1011fa1da47aabcf215db8da8fee5d3af086a051e9af653b8eb98e74e894a766cf88904dbdb10b0bc1fbd12f18f661fa2797a4'),  # noqa: E501
 's': 37050226636175381535892585331727388340134760347943439553552848647212419749796,
 'v': 0}
>>> w3.eth.sendRawTransaction(signed.rawTransaction)

See Signers for alternative signers.

SignedTransaction & SignedMessage

class eth_account.datastructures.SignedMessage(messageHash, r, s, v, signature)

Bases: tuple

messageHash

Alias for field number 0

r

Alias for field number 1

s

Alias for field number 2

signature

Alias for field number 4

v

Alias for field number 3

class eth_account.datastructures.SignedTransaction(rawTransaction, hash, r, s, v)

Bases: tuple

hash

Alias for field number 1

r

Alias for field number 2

rawTransaction

Alias for field number 0

s

Alias for field number 3

v

Alias for field number 4

Messages

class eth_account.messages.SignableMessage

Bases: tuple

A message compatible with EIP-191 that is ready to be signed.

The properties are components of an EIP-191 signable message. Other message formats can be encoded into this format for easy signing. This data structure doesn’t need to know about the original message format. For example, you can think of EIP-712 as compiling down to an EIP-191 message.

In typical usage, you should never need to create these by hand. Instead, use one of the available encode_* methods in this module, like:

• encode_structured_data()
• encode_intended_validator()
• encode_defunct()

body

Alias for field number 2

header

Alias for field number 1

version

Alias for field number 0

eth_account.messages.defunct_hash_message(primitive: bytes = None, *, hexstr: str = None, text: str = None) → hexbytes.main.HexBytes

Convert the provided message into a message hash, to be signed.

Caution

Intented for use with the deprecated eth_account.account.Account.signHash(). This is for backwards compatibility only. All new implementations should use encode_defunct() instead.

Parameters:

• primitive (bytes or int) – the binary message to be signed
• hexstr (str) – the message encoded as hex
• text (str) – the message as a series of unicode characters (a normal Py3 str)

Returns:

The hash of the message, after adding the prefix

eth_account.messages.encode_defunct(primitive: bytes = None, *, hexstr: str = None, text: str = None) → eth_account.messages.SignableMessage

Encode a message for signing, using an old, unrecommended approach.

Only use this method if you must have compatibility with w3.eth.sign().

EIP-191 defines this as “version E”.

Supply exactly one of the three arguments: bytes, a hex string, or a unicode string.

Parameters:

• primitive (bytes or int) – the binary message to be signed
• hexstr (str) – the message encoded as hex
• text (str) – the message as a series of unicode characters (a normal Py3 str)

Returns:

The EIP-191 encoded message, ready for signing

>>> from eth_account.messages import encode_defunct
>>> from eth_utils.curried import to_hex, to_bytes

>>> message_text = "I♥SF"
>>> encode_defunct(text=message_text)
SignableMessage(version=b'E',
                header=b'thereum Signed Message:\n6',
                body=b'I\xe2\x99\xa5SF')

These four also produce the same hash:
>>> encode_defunct(to_bytes(text=message_text))
SignableMessage(version=b'E',
                header=b'thereum Signed Message:\n6',
                body=b'I\xe2\x99\xa5SF')

>>> encode_defunct(bytes(message_text, encoding='utf-8'))
SignableMessage(version=b'E',
                header=b'thereum Signed Message:\n6',
                body=b'I\xe2\x99\xa5SF')

>>> to_hex(text=message_text)
'0x49e299a55346'
>>> encode_defunct(hexstr='0x49e299a55346')
SignableMessage(version=b'E',
                header=b'thereum Signed Message:\n6',
                body=b'I\xe2\x99\xa5SF')

>>> encode_defunct(0x49e299a55346)
SignableMessage(version=b'E',
                header=b'thereum Signed Message:\n6',
                body=b'I\xe2\x99\xa5SF')

eth_account.messages.encode_intended_validator(validator_address: Union[NewType.<locals>.new_type, str], primitive: bytes = None, *, hexstr: str = None, text: str = None) → eth_account.messages.SignableMessage

Encode a message using the “intended validator” approach (ie~ version 0) defined in EIP-191.

Supply the message as exactly one of these three arguments: bytes as a primitive, a hex string, or a unicode string.

Warning

Note that this code has not gone through an external audit. Also, watch for updates to the format, as the EIP is still in DRAFT.

Parameters:

• validator_address – which on-chain contract is capable of validating this message, provided as a checksummed address or in native bytes.
• primitive (bytes or int) – the binary message to be signed
• hexstr (str) – the message encoded as hex
• text (str) – the message as a series of unicode characters (a normal Py3 str)

Returns:

The EIP-191 encoded message, ready for signing

eth_account.messages.encode_structured_data(primitive: Union[bytes, int, collections.abc.Mapping] = None, *, hexstr: str = None, text: str = None) → eth_account.messages.SignableMessage

Encode an EIP-712 message.

EIP-712 is the “structured data” approach (ie~ version 1 of an EIP-191 message).

Supply the message as exactly one of the three arguments:

• primitive, as a dict that defines the structured data
• primitive, as bytes
• text, as a json-encoded string
• hexstr, as a hex-encoded (json-encoded) string

Warning

Note that this code has not gone through an external audit, and the test cases are incomplete. Also, watch for updates to the format, as the EIP is still in DRAFT.

Parameters:

• primitive (bytes or int or Mapping (eg~ dict )) – the binary message to be signed
• hexstr – the message encoded as hex
• text – the message as a series of unicode characters (a normal Py3 str)

Returns:

The EIP-191 encoded message, ready for signing