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I'm trying to run a service that processes a bunch of ETH private keys and need to create send transactions via the command line. I know about geth, but are there other easier to use command line apps that just can pass in a private key, sender address, and amount as a parameter.
Metamask for command line would be nice as one can import a private key into the wallet and make transactions.
The eth-cli project is what you are searching for.
This is a command-line tool that gives you some shortcut to do common tasks, and in particular, there is the transaction:send method that takes precisely the three parameters you have (private key, recipient, amount):
eth transaction:send --pk 3daa79a26454a5528a3523f9e6345efdbd636e63f8c24a835204e6ccb5c88f9e --to 0x828DaF877f46fdFB5F1239cd9cB8f0D6E1adfb80 --value 1000000000000000000
Please note that you need to connect to a node to send the transactions created this way.
network command to add your custom network (github.com/protofire/eth-cli/blob/master/docs/…) and then specity that when sending transactions.
Jan 23, 2022 at 21:57
The dapp.tools has a command line tool called seth. I can recommend a video by Mariano Conti on how to set it up:
You can send ether by running:
seth send --value 0.1 to-address
In my opinion, the official documentation lacks a quickstart, but the Maker team has created a nice section about the tool.
You should also install duppgrade to take full advantage of the suite and join the chat!
Unfortunately, JRPC is the only widely adopted way to interact with the blockchain.
The "easiest" would be to setup a default environment with something like hardhat, and writing a javascript script to do what you want.
