createrawtransaction

Create a transaction spending the given inputs and creating new outputs. Outputs can be addresses or data. Returns hex-encoded raw transaction. Note that the transaction's inputs are not signed, and it is not stored in the wallet or transmitted to the network.

Arguments:

  1. "inputs" (array, required) A json array of json objects [ { "txid":"id", (string, required) The transaction id "vout":n, (numeric, required) The output number "sequence":n (numeric, optional) The sequence number } ,... ]
  2. "outputs" (object, required) a json object with outputs { "address": x.xxx, (numeric or string, required) The key is the bitcoin address, the numeric value (can be string) is the BTC amount "data": "hex" (string, required) The key is "data", the value is hex encoded data ,... }
  3. locktime (numeric, optional, default=0) Raw locktime. Non-0 value also locktime-activates inputs
  4. replaceable (boolean, optional, default=false) Marks this transaction as BIP125 replaceable. Allows this transaction to be replaced by a transaction with higher fees. If provided, it is an error if explicit sequence numbers are incompatible.

Request

curl 'https://rpc.web3api.io?x-api-key=YOUR-API-KEY' \
    -X POST \
    -H 'x-amberdata-blockchain-id: bitcoin-mainnet' \
    -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"createrawtransaction","params":[...]}'

Response

[{"txid":"myid","vout":0}]