Create Address

POST /byron-wallets/{walletId}/addresses

status: stable

⚠️ This endpoint is available for random wallets only. Any attempt to call this endpoint on another type of wallet will result in a 403 Forbidden error from the server.

Path parameters

walletId string(hex) Required

Minimum length is 40, maximum length is 40.

application/json

Body Required

passphrase string Required

A master passphrase to lock and protect the wallet for sensitive operation (e.g. sending funds)

Minimum length is 0, maximum length is 255.
address_index number

An address derivation index.

Minimum value is 0, maximum value is 4294967295.

Responses

415 application/json

Unsupported Media Type
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- message string Required
  
  A descriptive error message.
- code string Required
  
  A specific error code for this error, more precise than HTTP ones.
406 application/json

Not Acceptable
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- message string Required
  
  May occur when providing an invalid 'Accept' header.
- code string Required
  
  Value is not_acceptable.
403 application/json

Forbidden
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- message string Required
  
  A descriptive error message.
- code string Required
  
  A specific error code for this error, more precise than HTTP ones.
400 application/json

Bad Request
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- message string Required
  
  May occur when a request is not well-formed; that is, it fails to parse successfully. This could be the case when some required parameters are missing or, when malformed values are provided.
- code string Required
  
  Value is bad_request.
201 application/json

Created
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- id string(base58|bech32) Required
  
  A sequence of characters that encodes (in Base58 or Bech32) a sequence of bytes which represents an address on the Cardano blockchain. Sequences in Base58 encoding are expected to be legacy Byron addresses, whereas sequences in Bech32 encoding correspond to current Shelley addresses.
  
  For more details, see CIP-0019 — Cardano addresses .
- state string Required
  
  Values are used or unused.
- derivation_path array[string] Required
  
  An individual segment within a derivation path.
  
  The H suffix indicates a Hardened child private key, which means that children of this key cannot be derived from the public key. Indices without a H suffix are called Soft.
  
  At least 1 element.

POST /byron-wallets/{walletId}/addresses

curl \
 --request POST 'https://localhost:8090/v2/byron-wallets/{walletId}/addresses' \
 --header "Content-Type: application/json" \
 --data '{"passphrase":"Secure Passphrase","address_index":42.0}'

Request examples

{
  "passphrase": "Secure Passphrase",
  "address_index": 42.0
}

Response examples (415)

{
  "message": "string",
  "code": "an_error_code"
}

Response examples (406)

{
  "message": "string",
  "code": "not_acceptable"
}

Response examples (403)

{
  "message": "string",
  "code": "an_error_code"
}

Response examples (400)

{
  "message": "string",
  "code": "bad_request"
}

Response examples (201)

{
  "id": "addr1sjck9mdmfyhzvjhydcjllgj9vjvl522w0573ncustrrr2rg7h9azg4cyqd36yyd48t5ut72hgld0fg2xfvz82xgwh7wal6g2xt8n996s3xvu5g",
  "state": "used",
  "derivation_path": [
    "1852H"
  ]
}