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eth_sign

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Method

• JSON-RPC method name: eth_sign
• JSON-RPC version: 2.0

Parameters

Name	Type	Required	Description
Address	string	yes
Message	string	yes

Parameter schema

{
  "Address": {
    "required": true,
    "schema": {
      "title": "hex encoded address",
      "type": "string",
      "pattern": "^0x[0-9a-fA-F]{40}$"
    }
  },
  "Message": {
    "required": true,
    "schema": {
      "title": "hex encoded bytes",
      "type": "string",
      "pattern": "^0x[0-9a-f]*$"
    }
  }
}

Result

• Name: Signature
• Type: string

Result schema

{
  "title": "65 hex encoded bytes",
  "type": "string",
  "pattern": "^0x[0-9a-f]{130}$"
}

Positional parameters

Parameter order:

1. Address
2. Message

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Errors

This method may return JSON-RPC standard errors (e.g. -32600, -32601, -32602, -32603) as well as application-specific errors.

TODO: Document method-specific error codes and conditions.

Named Parameters

{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "method": "eth_sign",
  "params": {
    "Address": "string",
    "Message": "string"
  },
  "id": 1
}

Successful Response

{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "result": "string",
  "id": 1
}

Positional Parameters

{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "method": "eth_sign",
  "params": [
    "string",
    "string"
  ],
  "id": 2
}

Successful Response

{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "result": "string",
  "id": 2
}