Getting Error while creating new account using EOSjs on Jungle-testnet

Question

I am creating accounnt using EOSjs(20.0.0-beta1).My account_creat function goes like this:

const createNewAccount = async (
  account_name,
  owner_publicKey,
  active_publicKey
) => {
  try {
    const result = await api.transact (
      {
        actions: [
          {
            account: 'eosio',
            name: 'newaccount',
            authorization: [
              {
                actor: 'nirdxxxxxxxx',
                permission: 'active',
              },
            ],
            data: {
              creator: 'nirdxxxxxxxx',
              name: account_name,
              owner: {
                threshold: 1,
                keys: [
                  {
                    key: owner_publicKey,
                    weight: 1,
                  },
                ],
                accounts: [],
                waits: [],
              },
              active: {
                threshold: 1,
                keys: [
                  {
                    key: active_publicKey,
                    weight: 1,
                  },
                ],
                accounts: [],
                waits: [],
              },
            },
          },
          {
            account: 'eosio',
            name: 'buyrambytes',
            authorization: [
              {
                actor: 'nirdxxxxxxxx',
                permission: 'active',
              },
            ],
            data: {
              payer: 'nirdxxxxxxxx',
              receiver: account_name,
              bytes: 8192,
            },
          },
          {
            account: 'eosio',
            name: 'delegatebw',
            authorization: [
              {
                actor: 'nirdxxxxxxxx',
                permission: 'active',
              },
            ],
            data: {
              from: 'nirdxxxxxxxx',
              receiver: account_name,
              stake_net_quantity: '1.0000 EOS',
              stake_cpu_quantity: '1.0000 EOS',
              transfer: false,
            },
          },
        ],
      },
      {
        blocksBehind: 3,
        expireSeconds: 30,
      }
    );
    console.log ('transaction_id is : ', result.transaction_id);
    return trans_id;
  } catch (err) {
    console.log ('error is : ___', err);
  }
};

when I execute the code it gives error:

missing newaccount.newact (type=name)
    at Object.serializeStruct [as serialize] (/home/nirdesh.kumar/node_modules/eosjs/dist/eosjs-serialize.js:566:27)

Is this error due to version(20.0.0-beta)? Did jungle net changed something because this code working 2 days ago?

Answer 1

This error is caused by recent updates to the EOSIO system contract, and is not a bug caused by the new eosjs v20 beta. In versions 1.4.0 & 1.5.0, the name field within eosio::newaccount has been changed to newact. And, then, in their respective follow-up version 1.4.1 & 1.5.1, the field was reverted back to name.

You can fix this bug by changing the transaction newaccount actions, as follows...

        account: 'eosio',
        name: 'newaccount',
        authorization: [
          {
            actor: 'nirdxxxxxxxx',
            permission: 'active',
          },
        ],
        data: {
          creator: 'nirdxxxxxxxx',
          newact: account_name, // <--- Field key changed from 'name'

Answer 2

I have Installed eosjs(16.0.x) and also I use promises apply some other changes, If someone goes through this problem, you can see

I defined my config file like :

let config = {
  chainId: '038f4b0fc8ff18a4f0842a8f0564611f6e96e8535901dd45e43ac8691a1c4dca', // 32 byte (64 char) hex string
  keyProvider: [creator_account_active_key], // WIF string or array of keys..
  httpEndpoint: 'http://dev.cryptolions.io:38888',
  expireInSeconds: 60,
  broadcast: true,
  verbose: false, // API activity
  sign: true,
};

As I am using jungeltest net to test my code, I provide the endpoint of test net. Now it's time for account creation function:

const eos = Eos (config);

function createaccount (name_of_new_account, owner_publicKey, active_publicKey) {
  return new Promise (async function (resolve, reject) {
    eos
      .transaction (tr => {
        tr.newaccount ({
          creator: EOS_acount_of_creator,
          name: name_of_new_account,
          owner: owner_publicKey,
          active: active_publicKey,
        });
        tr.buyrambytes ({
          payer: EOS_acount_of_creator,
          receiver: name_of_new_account,
          bytes: 3000,
        });
        tr.delegatebw ({
          from: EOS_acount_of_creator,
          receiver: name_of_new_account,
          stake_net_quantity: '0.0500 EOS',
          stake_cpu_quantity: '0.1500 EOS',
          transfer: 0,
        });
      })
      .then (data => {
        resolve (data.transaction_id);
      })
      .catch (error => {
        reject (error);
      });

  });
}

Remember your account should be 12 characters long,if you pass a valid name and keys this function return transaction_id. You can use this transaction_id to see your transaction on jungle test net.