Call to account.signTransaction({...}) throw TypeError

[ericbinet]

Expected behavior

When supplying a fully defined transaction to account.signTransaction, a signed transaction should be returned.

Actual behavior

As it stands, the method throws a TypeError: this.signTransaction(...).bind is not a function. This is caused by the early return on line 230 of Accounts.js.

Steps to reproduce the behavior

const Web3 = require("web3");

const web3 = new Web3(Web3.givenProvider || "ws://localhost:8546");
let pk = "0x0e652850717658cfd360d2c97474f4b2d8db5a9222adef2ebce67788f75e58f8";
let account = web3.eth.accounts.privateKeyToAccount(pk);
let signedTx = account.signTransaction({
    nonce: "0",
    chainId: "1",
    to: account.address,
    data: web3.utils.toHex('msg'),
    value: "0",
    gasPrice: "0",
    gas: "0"}
    );

Error Logs

TypeError: this.signTransaction(...).bind is not a function

Versions

• NPM: 6.4.1
• Node: 10.15.0
• Web3.js: 1.0.0-beta.44
• OS: Windows 10

[nivida]

Thanks for submitting this issue. Because I had several problems with the accounts module do I refactor it to finally solve these issues.

[stefdelec]

Was it closed because there is a solution?

[ericbinet]

Does it still occur in beta50? If so, post repro steps and reopen.

[stefdelec]

Ok. I still have this issue (a bit different)

TypeError: this.accounts.signTransaction is not a function

[ericbinet]

Since the symptoms are not the same, it's best to create a new issue with the proper description and repro steps.

[stefdelec]

ok.