Cannot create account using the EOSJS Create Account

Question

eosjs 20.0.0

cannot create new account using the eosjs rpc call see following code snippet below.

const addPrivateKey = "EOS8i1CXTY4Sz39XaQWX2RpccsCZ1nWM3w9zRhjCFChdci2Y65ck4";
const rpc = new eosjs_jsonrpc.JsonRpc('http:///[ip address]:8888');
const signatureProvider = new eosjs_jssig.JsSignatureProvider([addPrivateKey]);
const api = new eosjs_api.Api({ rpc, signatureProvider });

var returnmsg = "";
//alert("before async");

/(async () => {
try {
result = await rpc.get_info();
//const result = await rpc.get_account('alice');
//const result = await rpc.get_currency_balance('eosio.token', 'alice', 'SYS');
returnmsg += '\n\nTransaction pushed!\n\n' + JSON.stringify(result, null, 2);
console.log(returnmsg);
} catch (e) {
returnmsg = '\nCaught exception: ' + e;
if (e instanceof eosjs_jsonrpc.RpcError)
returnmsg += '\n\n' + JSON.stringify(e.json, null, 2);
console.log(returnmsg);
}
})();/

(async () => {
try {
const result = await api.transact({
actions: [{
account: 'eosio',
name: 'newaccount',
authorization: [{
actor: 'eosio',
permission: 'active',
}],
data: {
creator: 'eosio',
name: 'testnewaccount',
owner: {
threshold: 1,
keys: [{
key: 'EOS8i1CXTY4Sz39XaQWX2RpccsCZ1nWM3w9zRhjCFChdci2Y65ck4',
weight: 1
}],
accounts: [],
waits: []
},
active: {
threshold: 1,
keys: [{
key: 'EOS8i1CXTY4Sz39XaQWX2RpccsCZ1nWM3w9zRhjCFChdci2Y65ck4',
weight: 1
}],
accounts: [],
waits: []
},
},
}]
}, {
blocksBehind: 3,
expireSeconds: 30,
});
console.log(result);
} catch (e) {
returnmsg = '\nCaught exception: ' + e;
if (e instanceof eosjs_jsonrpc.RpcError)
returnmsg += '\n\n' + JSON.stringify(e.json, null, 2);
console.log(returnmsg);
}
}
)();

should be able to create an account using the following from web to /vi/chain/

OS/browser:

OS: [e.g. iOS]: Windows 10 Browser [e.g. chrome, safari]: Chrome Version [e.g. 22]: Version 73.0.3683.86 (Official Build) (64-bit)

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Are we missing some parameters in the above json request?

Answer 1

In the first line you're entering an EOS public key in what should be a private key

const addPrivateKey = "EOS8i1CXTY4Sz39XaQWX2RpccsCZ1nWM3w9zRhjCFChdci2Y65ck4";

Change this to the private key but as the comments say, be sure you keep this private, don't upload it or anything.