In this section, you will learn how to transfer HBAR from your account to another on the Hedera test network.
- Completed the Introduction step.
- Completed the Environment Setup step.
- Completed the Created an Account step.
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Use your new account created in the "Create an account" section and transfer 1,000 tinybars from your account to the new account. The account sending the HBAR needs to sign the transaction using its private keys to authorize the transfer. Since you are transferring from the account associated with the client, you do not need to explicitly sign the transaction as the operator account(account transferring the HBAR) signs all transactions to authorize the payment of the transaction fee.
{% tabs %} {% tab title="Java" %}
//System.out.println("The new account balance is: " +accountBalance.hbars);
//-----------------------<enter code below>--------------------------------------
//Transfer HBAR
TransactionResponse sendHbar = new TransferTransaction()
.addHbarTransfer(myAccountId, Hbar.fromTinybars(-1000)) //Sending account
.addHbarTransfer(newAccountId, Hbar.fromTinybars(1000)) //Receiving account
.execute(client);{% endtab %}
{% tab title="JavaScript" %}
//console.log("The new account balance is: " +accountBalance.hbars.toTinybars() +" tinybar.");
//-----------------------<enter code below>--------------------------------------
//Create the transfer transaction
const sendHbar = await new TransferTransaction()
.addHbarTransfer(myAccountId, Hbar.fromTinybars(-1000)) //Sending account
.addHbarTransfer(newAccountId, Hbar.fromTinybars(1000)) //Receiving account
.execute(client);{% endtab %}
{% tab title="Go" %}
//Print the balance of tinybars
//fmt.Println("The account balance for the new account is ", accountBalance.Hbars.AsTinybar())
//-----------------------<enter code below>--------------------------------------
//Transfer hbar from your testnet account to the new account
transaction := hedera.NewTransferTransaction().
AddHbarTransfer(myAccountId, hedera.HbarFrom(-1000, hedera.HbarUnits.Tinybar)).
AddHbarTransfer(newAccountId,hedera.HbarFrom(1000, hedera.HbarUnits.Tinybar))
//Submit the transaction to a Hedera network
txResponse, err := transaction.Execute(client)
if err != nil {
panic(err)
}{% endtab %} {% endtabs %}
{% hint style="info" %} Note: The net value of the transfer must equal zero (the total number of HBAR sent by the sender must equal the total number of HBAR received by the recipient). {% endhint %}
To verify the transfer transaction reached consensus by the network, you will submit a request to obtain the receipt of the transaction. The receipt status will let you know if the transaction was successful (reached consensus) or not.
{% tabs %} {% tab title="Java" %}
System.out.println("The transfer transaction was: " +sendHbar.getReceipt(client).status);{% endtab %}
{% tab title="JavaScript" %}
//Verify the transaction reached consensus
const transactionReceipt = await sendHbar.getReceipt(client);
console.log("The transfer transaction from my account to the new account was: " + transactionReceipt.status.toString());{% endtab %}
{% tab title="Go" %}
//Request the receipt of the transaction
transferReceipt, err := txResponse.GetReceipt(client)
if err != nil {
panic(err)
}
//Get the transaction consensus status
transactionStatus := transferReceipt.Status
fmt.Printf("The transaction consensus status is %v\n", transactionStatus){% endtab %} {% endtabs %}
Your complete code file should look something like this:
Java
{% code title="HederaExamples.java" %}
import com.hedera.hashgraph.sdk.Hbar;
import com.hedera.hashgraph.sdk.Client;
import io.github.cdimascio.dotenv.Dotenv;
import com.hedera.hashgraph.sdk.AccountId;
import com.hedera.hashgraph.sdk.PublicKey;
import com.hedera.hashgraph.sdk.PrivateKey;
import com.hedera.hashgraph.sdk.AccountBalance;
import com.hedera.hashgraph.sdk.AccountBalanceQuery;
import com.hedera.hashgraph.sdk.TransferTransaction;
import com.hedera.hashgraph.sdk.TransactionResponse;
import com.hedera.hashgraph.sdk.ReceiptStatusException;
import com.hedera.hashgraph.sdk.PrecheckStatusException;
import com.hedera.hashgraph.sdk.AccountCreateTransaction;
import java.util.concurrent.TimeoutException;
public class HederaExamples {
public static void main(String[] args) throws TimeoutException, HederaPreCheckStatusException, HederaReceiptStatusException {
//Grab your Hedera testnet account ID and private key
AccountId myAccountId = AccountId.fromString(Dotenv.load().get("MY_ACCOUNT_ID"));
PrivateKey myPrivateKey = PrivateKey.fromString(Dotenv.load().get("MY_PRIVATE_KEY"));
// Create your connection to the Hedera network
const client = Client.forTestnet();
//Set your account as the client's operator
client.setOperator(myAccountId, myPrivateKey);
// Set default max transaction fee & max query payment
client.setMaxTransactionFee(new Hbar(100));
client.setMaxQueryPayment(new Hbar(50));
// Generate a new key pair
PrivateKey newAccountPrivateKey = PrivateKey.generateED25519();
PublicKey newAccountPublicKey = newAccountPrivateKey.getPublicKey();
//Create new account and assign the public key
TransactionResponse newAccount = new AccountCreateTransaction()
.setKey(newAccountPublicKey)
.setInitialBalance( Hbar.fromTinybars(1000))
.execute(client);
// Get the new account ID
AccountId newAccountId = newAccount.getReceipt(client).accountId;
System.out.println("\nNew account ID: " +newAccountId);
//Check the new account's balance
AccountBalance accountBalance = new AccountBalanceQuery()
.setAccountId(newAccountId)
.execute(client);
//Transfer HBAR
TransactionResponse sendHbar = new TransferTransaction()
.addHbarTransfer(myAccountId, Hbar.fromTinybars(-1000))
.addHbarTransfer(newAccountId, Hbar.fromTinybars(1000))
.execute(client);
System.out.println("The transfer transaction was: " +sendHbar.getReceipt(client).status);
}
}{% endcode %}
JavaScript
{% code title="index.js" %}
const {
Hbar,
Client,
PrivateKey,
AccountBalanceQuery,
TransferTransaction,
AccountCreateTransaction,
} = require("@hashgraph/sdk");
require("dotenv").config();
async function transferHbar() {
// Grab your Hedera testnet account ID and private key from your .env file
const myAccountId = process.env.MY_ACCOUNT_ID;
const myPrivateKey = process.env.MY_PRIVATE_KEY;
// If we weren't able to grab it, we should throw a new error
if (myAccountId == null || myPrivateKey == null) {
throw new Error(
"Environment variables myAccountId and myPrivateKey must be present"
);
}
// Create your connection to the Hedera network
const client = Client.forTestnet();
//Set your account as the client's operator
client.setOperator(myAccountId, myPrivateKey);
// Set default max transaction fee & max query payment
client.setDefaultMaxTransactionFee(new Hbar(100));
client.setDefaultMaxQueryPayment(new Hbar(50));
// Create new keys
const newAccountPrivateKey = PrivateKey.generateED25519();
const newAccountPublicKey = newAccountPrivateKey.publicKey;
// Create a new account with 1,000 tinybar starting balance
const newAccountTransactionResponse = await new AccountCreateTransaction()
.setKey(newAccountPublicKey)
.setInitialBalance(Hbar.fromTinybars(1000))
.execute(client);
// Get the new account ID
const getReceipt = await newAccountTransactionResponse.getReceipt(client);
const newAccountId = getReceipt.accountId;
console.log("\nNew account ID: " + newAccountId);
// Verify the account balance
const accountBalance = await new AccountBalanceQuery()
.setAccountId(newAccountId)
.execute(client);
console.log(
"\nNew account balance is: " +
accountBalance.hbars.toTinybars() +
" tinybars."
);
// Create the transfer transaction
const sendHbar = await new TransferTransaction()
.addHbarTransfer(myAccountId, Hbar.fromTinybars(-1000))
.addHbarTransfer(newAccountId, Hbar.fromTinybars(1000))
.execute(client);
// Verify the transaction reached consensus
const transactionReceipt = await sendHbar.getReceipt(client);
console.log(
"\nThe transfer transaction from my account to the new account was: " +
transactionReceipt.status.toString()
);
}
transferHbar();{% endcode %}
Go
package main
import (
"fmt"
"os"
"github.com/hashgraph/hedera-sdk-go/v2"
"github.com/joho/godotenv"
)
func main() {
//Loads the .env file and throws an error if it cannot load the variables from that file correctly
err := godotenv.Load(".env")
if err != nil {
panic(fmt.Errorf("Unable to load environment variables from .env file. Error:\n%v\n", err))
}
//Grab your testnet account ID and private key from the .env file
myAccountId, err := hedera.AccountIDFromString(os.Getenv("MY_ACCOUNT_ID"))
if err != nil {
panic(err)
}
myPrivateKey, err := hedera.PrivateKeyFromString(os.Getenv("MY_PRIVATE_KEY"))
if err != nil {
panic(err)
}
//Create your testnet client
client := hedera.ClientForTestnet()
client.SetOperator(myAccountId, myPrivateKey)
// Set default max transaction fee & max query payment
client.SetDefaultMaxTransactionFee(hedera.HbarFrom(100, hedera.HbarUnits.Hbar))
client.SetDefaultMaxQueryPayment(hedera.HbarFrom(50, hedera.HbarUnits.Hbar))
//Generate new keys for the account you will create
newAccountPrivateKey, err := hedera.PrivateKeyGenerateEd25519()
if err != nil {
panic(err)
}
newAccountPublicKey := newAccountPrivateKey.PublicKey()
//Create new account and assign the public key
newAccount, err := hedera.NewAccountCreateTransaction().
SetKey(newAccountPublicKey).
SetInitialBalance(hedera.HbarFrom(1000, hedera.HbarUnits.Tinybar)).
Execute(client)
//Request the receipt of the transaction
receipt, err := newAccount.GetReceipt(client)
if err != nil {
panic(err)
}
//Get the new account ID from the receipt
newAccountId := *receipt.AccountID
//Print the new account ID to the console
fmt.Printf("The new account ID is %v\n", newAccountId)
//Create the account balance query
query := hedera.NewAccountBalanceQuery().
SetAccountID(newAccountId)
//Sign with client operator private key and submit the query to a Hedera network
accountBalance, err := query.Execute(client)
if err != nil {
panic(err)
}
//Print the balance of tinybars
fmt.Println("The account balance for the new account is", accountBalance.Hbars.AsTinybar())
//Transfer hbar from your testnet account to the new account
transaction := hedera.NewTransferTransaction().
AddHbarTransfer(myAccountId, hedera.HbarFrom(-1000, hedera.HbarUnits.Tinybar)).
AddHbarTransfer(newAccountId, hedera.HbarFrom(1000, hedera.HbarUnits.Tinybar))
//Submit the transaction to a Hedera network
txResponse, err := transaction.Execute(client)
if err != nil {
panic(err)
}
//Request the receipt of the transaction
transferReceipt, err := txResponse.GetReceipt(client)
if err != nil {
panic(err)
}
//Get the transaction consensus status
transactionStatus := transferReceipt.Status
fmt.Printf("The transaction consensus status is %v\n", transactionStatus)
}New account ID: 0.0.4382765
New account balance is: 1000 tinybars.
The transfer transaction from my account to the new account was: SUCCESS{% hint style="info" %} Have a question? Ask it on StackOverflow {% endhint %}