To submit a transaction to the Arweave Network, it first has to be signed using a private key. The sign() function is meant to replicate the behavior of the transactions.sign() function of , but instead of mutating the transaction object, it returns a new and signed transaction instance.
Argument
Type
Description
transaction
A valid Arweave transaction instance (without a keyfile)
options?
Arweave transaction signature options
Note: This function requires the permission.
Note: The options argument is optional, if it is not provided, the extension will use the default signature options (default salt length) to sign the transaction.
Tip: A better alternative to this function is using the transactions.sign() instead. Just omit the second parameter (JWK key) when calling the method, and will automatically use Wander.
Note: If you are trying to sign a larger piece of data (5 MB <), make sure to notify the user to not switch / close the browser tab. Larger transactions are split into chunks in the background and will take longer to sign.
Example usage
With arweave-js (recommended)
import Arweave from "arweave";
// create arweave client
const arweave = new Arweave({
host: "ar-io.net",
port: 443,
protocol: "https"
});
// connect to the extension
await window.arweaveWallet.connect(["SIGN_TRANSACTION"]);
// create a transaction
const transaction = await arweave.createTransaction({
data: '<html><head><meta charset="UTF-8"><title>Hello permanent world! This was signed via Wander!!!</title></head><body></body></html>'
});
// sign using arweave-js
await arweave.transactions.sign(transaction);
// TODO: post the transaction to the network
Directly using Wander
import Arweave from "arweave";
// create arweave client
const arweave = new Arweave({
host: "ar-io.net",
port: 443,
protocol: "https"
});
// connect to the extension
await window.arweaveWallet.connect(["SIGN_TRANSACTION"]);
// create a transaction
let transaction = await arweave.createTransaction({
data: '<html><head><meta charset="UTF-8"><title>Hello permanent world! This was signed via Wander!!!</title></head><body></body></html>'
});
// sign using arweave-js
const signedFields = await window.arweaveWallet.sign(transaction);
// update transaction fields with the
// signed transaction's fields
transaction.setSignature({
id: signedFields.id,
owner: signedFields.owner,
reward: signedFields.reward,
tags: signedFields.tags,
signature: signedFields.signature
});
// TODO: post the transaction to the network
