# Creating an outgoing transaction with a private key

Send Hycon from a wallet via a private key to another Hycon wallet. All transactions include a *n* HYC miner fee.

**Request Body - `Content-Type: application/json;charset=utf-8`**

| Parameter    | Type   | Required | Description                                            |
| ------------ | ------ | -------- | ------------------------------------------------------ |
| `privateKey` | string | Yes      | A Hycon wallet's generated private key                 |
| `to`         | string | Yes      | A Hycon wallet address of the receiver                 |
| `amount`     | string | Yes      | Amount of Hycon to send to recipient                   |
| `fee`        | string | Yes      | Transaction fee, in Hycon, to complete the transaction |
| `nonce`      | number | No       | The transaction number sent from the Hycon address     |

**Response - `200 OK, application/json`**

| Parameter | Type   | Description                                                |
| --------- | ------ | ---------------------------------------------------------- |
| `txHash`  | string | Hash representation of the transaction after it is created |

**Response Error Table**

| Status | Error               | Message                                         |
| ------ | ------------------- | ----------------------------------------------- |
| 404    | `INVALID_PARAMETER` | insufficient wallet balance to send transaction |
| 404    | `INVALID_PARAMETER` | could not queue transaction                     |

POST/api/v1/signedtx

**Example request body**

```
{
    "privateKey": "65b4f0c4e5594117e7a7951e60dc81e5701731c61830a30e1bd8199a469f6f90a",
    "to": "H3zYvzxTDGEF9fZtmzLV78h38J4BR2qnL",
    "amount": "25.995459977",
    "fee": "0.000001"
}
```

**Example request**

```
$ curl -X POST http://localhost:2442/api/v1/signedtx \
    -H 'Content-Type: application/json;charset=utf-8' \
    -d '{
	  "privateKey": "65b4f0c4e5594117e7a7951e60dc81e5701731c61830a30e1bd8199a469f6f90a",
      "to": "H3zYvzxTDGEF9fZtmzLV78h38J4BR2qnL",
      "amount": "25.995459977",
      "fee": "0.000001"
    }'
```

**Response (Success)**

```
{ "txHash": "A3CpvMaSm92mYbShhRwxFuXQYrNba1iZwBeCRrfhoeBn" }
```