Generating a Key pair

Key pair

The Key pair is a pair of private and public keys. The private key is used to sign transactions, and the public key is used to verify the signature. In the starknet.py you need to use the KeyPair class to be able to create an Account and StarkCurveSigner object.

Generating random key pair

Method generate() allows to generate cryptographically strong pseudo-random numbers suitable for managing secrets such as account authentication, tokens, and similar.

from starknet_py.net.signer.key_pair import KeyPair

key_pair = KeyPair.generate()

Creating key pair from private Key

To create a key pair from a private key, use the from_private_key() method.

from starknet_py.net.signer.key_pair import KeyPair

key_pair = KeyPair.from_private_key("0x1234abcd")

Reading key pair from keystore file

Using from_keystore() method there is possibility to import a key pair from a keystore file. The keystore file should follow the Ethereum keystore format.

from starknet_py.net.signer.key_pair import KeyPair

key_pair = KeyPair.from_keystore("path/to/keystore", "password")