Using web3js apis for ethereum transactions

Question

I want to use Web3.js APIs to create an Ethereum transaction from an address (not a smart contract) to another address using sendTransaction method (https://web3js.readthedocs.io/en/1.0/web3-eth.html#sendtransaction)

Query:

Is it feasible?
If user has to provide it's private key for every transaction, wouldn't it breach the security? That is, it is possible to have multiple send transactions once private key is received.

Itération 122442 · Accepted Answer · 2018-06-11 09:17:09Z

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Yes check this
It is always a security risk if you share your private key. But in some cases you need to. You need to be more specific about your "security" in order to answer correctly this.

answered Jun 11, 2018 at 9:17

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Thanks for your response. Yes I have gone through the link provided. But I wish to create send transaction without creating contract Instance. Is it possible to generate transaction with the default eth account directly?
– Gagan
Jun 11, 2018 at 13:34
@Gagan It dependson what you want to do. If it's to send eth, yes. If it's to send transaction to a contract, then you need the instance
– Itération 122442
Jun 11, 2018 at 13:45

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