cast send
NAME
cast-send - Sign and publish a transaction.
SYNOPSIS
cast send
[options] to [sig] [args…]
DESCRIPTION
Sign and publish a transaction.
The destination (to) can be an ENS name or an address.
The signature (sig) can be:
- A fragment:
someFunction(uint256,bytes32)
- A selector and encoded calldata:
0xcdba2fd40000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000007a69
- Only the function name: in this case Cast will try to fetch the function signature from Etherscan
OPTIONS
Transaction Options
--gas-limit
gas_limit
Gas limit for the transaction.
--gas-price
price
Gas price for the transaction, or max fee per gas for EIP1559 transactions.
--priority-gas-price
price
Max priority fee per gas for EIP1559 transactions.
--value
value
Ether to send in the transaction.
Either specified as an integer (wei), or as a string with a unit, for example:
- 1ether
- 10gwei
- 0.01ether
--nonce
nonce
Nonce for the transaction.
--legacy
Send a legacy transaction instead of an EIP1559 transaction.
This is automatically enabled for common networks without EIP1559.
--resend
Reuse the latest nonce of the sending account.
--create
code [sig args…]
Deploy a contract by specifying raw bytecode, in place of specifying a to address.
Receipt Options
--async
--cast-async
Do not wait for the transaction receipt if it does not exist yet.
Environment: CAST_ASYNC
-c
confirmations
--confirmations
confirmations
Wait a number of confirmations before exiting. Default: 1
.
WALLET OPTIONS - RAW:
-i
--interactive <NUM>
Open an interactive prompt to enter your private key. Takes a value for the number of keys to enter.
Defaults to 0
.
--mnemonic-derivation-path <PATHS>
The wallet derivation path. Works with both --mnemonic-path
and hardware wallets.
--mnemonic-indexes <INDEXES>
Use the private key from the given mnemonic index. Used with --mnemonic-paths.
Defaults to 0
.
--mnemonic-passphrase <PASSPHRASE>
Use a BIP39 passphrases for the mnemonic.
--mnemonic <PATHS>
Use the mnemonic phrases or mnemonic files at the specified paths.
--private-key <RAW_PRIVATE_KEY>
Use the provided private key.
--private-keys <RAW_PRIVATE_KEYS>
Use the provided private keys.
Wallet Options - Keystore
--keystore
path
Use the keystore in the given folder or file.
Environment: ETH_KEYSTORE
--account
account-name
Use a keystore from the default keystores folder (~/.foundry/keystores) by its filename.
Environment: ETH_KEYSTORE_ACCOUNT
--interactive
--password
password
The keystore password. Used with --keystore
.
Environment: ETH_PASSWORD
Wallet Options - Hardware Wallet
-t
--trezor
Use a Trezor hardware wallet.
-l
--ledger
Use a Ledger hardware wallet.
Wallet Options - Remote
-f
address
--from
address
Sign the transaction with the specified account on the RPC.
Environment: ETH_FROM
--unlocked
Send via eth_sendTransaction
using the --from
argument or $ETH_FROM
as sender.
RPC Options
--rpc-url
url
The RPC endpoint. Accepts a URL or an existing alias in the [rpc_endpoints] table, like mainnet
.
Environment: ETH_RPC_URL
--flashbots
Use the Flashbots RPC URL (https://rpc.flashbots.net).
Etherscan Options
--chain
chain_name
The Etherscan chain.
--etherscan-api-key
key
Etherscan API key, or the key of an Etherscan configuration table.
Environment: ETHERSCAN_API_KEY
Display Options
-j
--json
Print the deployment information as JSON.
Common Options
-h
--help
Prints help information.
EXAMPLES
-
Send some ether to Vitalik using your Ledger:
cast send --ledger vitalik.eth --value 0.1ether
-
Call
deposit(address token, uint256 amount)
on a contract:cast send --ledger 0x... "deposit(address,uint256)" 0x... 1
-
Call a function that expects a
struct
:contract Test { struct MyStruct { address addr; uint256 amount; } function myfunction(MyStruct memory t) public pure {} }
Structs are encoded as tuples (see struct encoding)
cast send 0x... "myfunction((address,uint256))" "(0x...,1)"
-
Send a transaction with hex data in the
input
field of the transaction object:cast send 0x... 0x68656c6c6f20776f726c64
SEE ALSO
cast, cast call, cast publish, cast receipt, cast mktx, struct encoding