Register an Identity

The purpose of this tutorial is to walk through the steps necessary to register an identity.

Overview

Identities serve as the basis for interactions with Dash Platform. They consist primarily of a public key used to register a unique entity on the network. Additional details regarding identities can be found in the Identity description.

Prerequisites

• General prerequisites (Node.js / Dash SDK installed)

• A wallet mnemonic with some funds in it: How to Create and Fund a Wallet

• A configured client: Setup SDK Client

Code

📘 Wallet Sync

Since the SDK does not cache wallet information, lengthy re-syncs (5+ minutes) may be required for some Core chain wallet operations. See Wallet Operations for options.

const setupDashClient = require('../setupDashClient');

const client = setupDashClient();

const createIdentity = async () => {
  return client.platform.identities.register();
};

createIdentity()
  .then((d) => console.log('Identity:\n', d.toJSON()))
  .catch((e) => console.error('Something went wrong:\n', e))
  .finally(() => client.disconnect());

The Identity will be output to the console. The Identity will need to have one confirmation before it is accessible via client.platform.identity.get.

👍

Make a note of the returned identity id as it will be used used in subsequent tutorials throughout the documentation.

What’s Happening

After connecting to the Client, we call platform.identities.register. This will generate a keypair and submit an Identity Create State Transaction. After the Identity is registered, we output it to the console.