Sending Transactions

Sending transactions using InitiaJS is straightforward. First, we need to import the necessary classes and functions.

import {
  Wallet,
  RESTClient,
  MnemonicKey,
  MsgSend,
  Tx,
  WaitTxBroadcastResult,
} from '@initia/initia.js'

Next, we need to set up our environment variables. We will need the following:

• MNEMONIC: The mnemonic of the account that will be sending the transaction.
• REST_URL: The URL of the Initia REST.
• GAS_PRICES: The gas prices for the transaction.
• SENDER_ADDRESS: The address of the account that will be sending the transaction.
• RECIPIENT_ADDRESS: The address of the account that will be receiving the transaction.
• AMOUNT: The amount of tokens to send.

if (!process.env.MNEMONIC) {
  throw new Error('MNEMONIC environment variable is required')
}
const mnemonic = process.env.MNEMONIC
const restUrl = process.env.REST_URL || 'https://rest.testnet.initia.xyz'
const gasPrices = process.env.GAS_PRICES || '0.015uinit' // Will be INIT for mainnet

const senderAddress =
  process.env.SENDER_ADDRESS || 'init1w4cqq6udjqtvl5xx0x6gjeyzgwtze8c05kysnu'
const recipientAddress =
  process.env.RECIPIENT_ADDRESS || 'init1w4cqq6udjqtvl5xx0x6gjeyzgwtze8c05kysnu'
const amount = process.env.AMOUNT || '1000uinit'

We can then use the use these variables to ultimately create the wallet client, as well as the sendMsg object. Since for this example we’re making a token transfer, we’ll use the MsgSend object. But the SDK provides many other message types for different actions related to staking, governance, and more.

const key: MnemonicKey = new MnemonicKey({ mnemonic }) // Create a key from the mnemonic
const restClient: RESTClient = new RESTClient(restUrl, { gasPrices })
const wallet: Wallet = new Wallet(restClient, key)

const sendMsg: MsgSend = new MsgSend(senderAddress, recipientAddress, amount)

Finally, we can create the function to send the transaction.

• We first create the transaction by calling wallet.createAndSignTx. This function takes in the raw message object, signs it using the wallet, and returns a signed transaction object.
• We then broadcast the transaction by calling restClient.tx.broadcast. This function takes in the signed transaction object and broadcasts it to the network.

async function sendTransaction(): Promise<WaitTxBroadcastResult> {
  try {
    const signedTx: Tx = await wallet.createAndSignTx({
      msgs: [sendMsg],
      memo: 'memo',
    })

    const result: WaitTxBroadcastResult =
      await restClient.tx.broadcast(signedTx)
    console.log('Transaction successful')
    console.log('Transaction hash:', result.txhash)
    return result
  } catch (error: unknown) {
    if (error instanceof Error) {
      console.error('Transaction failed:', error.message)
    } else {
      console.error('Transaction failed with an unknown error')
    }
    throw error
  }
}

Finally, we can call the function to send the transaction.

sendTransaction()
  .then(() => process.exit(0))
  .catch(() => process.exit(1))

If you then run the script using npx ts-node src/sending-transactions.ts, you should see an output similar to the following:

Transaction successful
Transaction hash: 4F0B810D15FA7D6A2B9EC2B98B263B0A20E791A8DABCB549620445941B25C699

Full Example

src/sending-transactions.ts

import {
  Wallet,
  RESTClient,
  MnemonicKey,
  MsgSend,
  Tx,
  WaitTxBroadcastResult,
} from '@initia/initia.js'

const mnemonic = process.env.MNEMONIC
const restUrl = process.env.REST_URL || 'https://rest.testnet.initia.xyz'
const gasPrices = process.env.GAS_PRICES || '0.015uinit' // Will be INIT for mainnet

const senderAddress =
  process.env.SENDER_ADDRESS || 'init1w4cqq6udjqtvl5xx0x6gjeyzgwtze8c05kysnu'
const recipientAddress =
  process.env.RECIPIENT_ADDRESS || 'init1w4cqq6udjqtvl5xx0x6gjeyzgwtze8c05kysnu'
const amount = process.env.AMOUNT || '1000uinit'

const key: MnemonicKey = new MnemonicKey({ mnemonic })
const restClient: RESTClient = new RESTClient(restUrl, { gasPrices })
const wallet: Wallet = new Wallet(restClient, key)

const sendMsg: MsgSend = new MsgSend(senderAddress, recipientAddress, amount)

async function sendTransaction(): Promise<WaitTxBroadcastResult> {
  try {
    const signedTx: Tx = await wallet.createAndSignTx({
      msgs: [sendMsg],
      memo: 'memo',
    })

    const result: WaitTxBroadcastResult =
      await restClient.tx.broadcast(signedTx)
    console.log('Transaction successful')
    console.log('Transaction hash:', result.txhash)
    return result
  } catch (error: unknown) {
    if (error instanceof Error) {
      console.error('Transaction failed:', error.message)
    } else {
      console.error('Transaction failed with an unknown error')
    }
    throw error
  }
}

sendTransaction()
  .then(() => process.exit(0))
  .catch(() => process.exit(1))