/wallet/updateaccount

Update an account's name (account_name). The field is not unique.

• Source: framework/src/main/java/org/tron/core/services/http/UpdateAccountServlet.java
• Method: POST (GET is not implemented)
• Contract: protocol.AccountUpdateContract (account_contract.proto)

Request parameters

Field	Type	Required	Description
owner_address	string	Yes	Account address
account_name	string	Yes	New account name (UTF-8 encoded as hex)
permission_id	int32	No	Multi-sig permission ID
visible	bool	No	Format for addresses and text fields

Example:

curl --request POST \
     --url https://nile.trongrid.io/wallet/updateaccount \
     --header 'accept: application/json' \
     --header 'content-type: application/json' \
     --data '
{
  "owner_address": "41dd791d6b49e190062d650e6a23c575510d35f2f9",
  "account_name": "6e69636b6e616d65"
}
'

Response

Returns an unsigned protocol.Transaction.

Response example (txID, ref_block_*, expiration, timestamp, and raw_data_hex vary by the moment of construction):

{
  "visible": false,
  "txID": "cc4a646f211c1f92a6b1491ee625c7f6d055d031eba38e3fe8bfe2075ecc11c9",
  "raw_data": {
    "contract": [
      {
        "parameter": {
          "value": {
            "account_name": "6e69636b6e616d65",
            "owner_address": "41dd791d6b49e190062d650e6a23c575510d35f2f9"
          },
          "type_url": "type.googleapis.com/protocol.AccountUpdateContract"
        },
        "type": "AccountUpdateContract"
      }
    ],
    "ref_block_bytes": "2704",
    "ref_block_hash": "f6ca8374136773d8",
    "expiration": 1777445880000,
    "timestamp": 1777445820842
  },
  "raw_data_hex": "0a0227042208f6ca8374136773d840c0819fc0dd335a5b080a12570a32747970652e676f6f676c65617069732e636f6d2f70726f746f636f6c2e4163636f756e74557064617465436f6e747261637412210a086e69636b6e616d65121541dd791d6b49e190062d650e6a23c575510d35f2f970aab39bc0dd33"
}

Error responses

Trigger	Response
Request body exceeds node.maxMessageSize	{"Error": "class java.lang.Exception : body size is too big, the limit is <N>"}
Request body is not valid JSON / field type mismatch	{"Error": "class com.alibaba.fastjson.JSONException : <parser info>"} or {"Error": "class org.tron.core.services.http.JsonFormat$ParseException : <decoder info>"}
account_name exceeds 200 bytes	{"Error": "class org.tron.core.exception.ContractValidateException : Invalid accountName"}
owner_address is not a valid 21-byte address	{"Error": "class org.tron.core.exception.ContractValidateException : Invalid ownerAddress"}
owner_address does not exist on chain	{"Error": "class org.tron.core.exception.ContractValidateException : Account does not exist"}
Account already has an account_name and AllowUpdateAccountName=0	{"Error": "class org.tron.core.exception.ContractValidateException : This account name is already existed"}
The account_name is already taken by another account and AllowUpdateAccountName=0	{"Error": "class org.tron.core.exception.ContractValidateException : This name is existed"}
Other exceptions	{"Error": "<exceptionClass> : <message>"}

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