# Sending a Transaction

To send a transaction, you must construct a valid transaction object and then prompt the user to sign the transaction with their private key.

## Direct Sending

Triggering this directly would look make use of the provider `request` function and look like this:

```javascript
const result = await provider.request({
        method: 'eth_sendTransaction',
        params: [
          {
            from: address,
            to: '0x6aDdF38602487b7a159D926bc08151eBaEEF2B70',
            value: '0x0',
            gasLimit: '0x5028',
            gasPrice: '0x2540be400',
            type: '0x0',
          },
        ],
});
```

However, there are several other parts of a transaction object that might need to be specfied, and therefore it is suggested to make use of a web3 library that abstracts away a lot of this complexity, like [ethers.js](https://docs.ethers.org/v5/)

## Using Ethers.js

Below is a code example that builds out a valid transaction object and prompts the transaction to send with permission from the signer, utilizing ethers.js

```typescript
import { TransactionResponse, Web3Provider } from "@ethersproject/providers";
import { utils } from "ethers";

/**
 * Send 1 wei from the connected wallet to itself
 * @param {Web3Provider} provider a web3 provider
 * @returns {Promise<TransactionResponse>} a raw transaction object
 */
export async function sendTransaction(
  provider: Web3Provider
): Promise<TransactionResponse> {
  try {
    const signer = provider.getSigner();
    const address = await signer.getAddress();
    const gasPrice = await provider.getGasPrice();
    const transactionParameters = {
      nonce: await provider.getTransactionCount(address),
      gasPrice,
      gasLimit: utils.hexlify(100000),
      to: address,
      from: address,
      value: utils.parseUnits("1", "wei"),
    };
    return signer.sendTransaction(transactionParameters);
  } catch (error) {
    console.warn(error);
    throw new Error("Error sending transaction");
  }
}

```

You'll notice a lot more structure with the parameters needed to invoke `signer.sendTransaction` . Due to the abstraction and wide use of libraries like ethers, we recommend this method when constructing your evm transactions. &#x20;


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