Create a topic
A transaction that creates a new topic recognized by the Hedera network. The newly generated topic can be referenced by its
topicId. The topicId is used to identify a unique topic to submit messages to. You can obtain the new topic ID by requesting the receipt of the transaction. All messages within a topic are sequenced with respect to one another and are provided a unique sequence number.You can also create a private topic where only authorized parties can submit messages to that topic. To create a private topic you would need to set the
submitKey property of the transaction. The submitKey value is then shared with the authorized parties and is required to successfully submit messages to the private topic.Field | Description |
|---|---|
Admin Key | Access control for updateTopic/deleteTopic. Anyone can increase the topic's expirationTime regardless of the adminKey. If no adminKey is specified, updateTopic may only be used to extend the topic's expirationTime, and deleteTopic is disallowed. |
Submit Key | Access control for submitMessage. If unspecified, no access control is performed to submit messages (all submissions are allowed). |
Topic Memo | Set a short publicly visible memo on the new topic and is stored with the topic. (100 bytes) |
Auto Renew Account | Optional account to be used at the topic's expirationTime to extend the life of the topic. The topic lifetime will be extended up to a maximum of the autoRenewPeriod or however long the topic can be extended using all funds on the account (whichever is the smaller duration/amount and if any extension is possible with the account's funds). Currently, rent is not enforced for topics so auto-renew payments will not be made. |
Auto Renew Period | The initial lifetime of the topic and the amount of time to attempt to extend the topic's lifetime by automatically at the topic's expirationTime. Currently, rent is not enforced for topics so auto-renew payments will not be made.
NOTE: The minimum period of time is approximately 30 days (2592000 seconds) and the maximum period of time is approximately 92 days (8000001 seconds). Any other value outside of this range will return the following error: AUTORENEW_DURATION_NOT_IN_RANGE. |
Transaction Signing Requirements:
- If an admin key is specified, the admin key must sign the transaction
- If not admin key is specified the topic is immutable
- If an auto-renew account is specified, that account must also sign this transaction
Transaction Fees
Method | Type | Requirements |
|---|---|---|
setAdminKey(<adminKey>) | Key | Optional |
setSubmitKey(<submitKey>) | Key | Optional |
setTopicMemo(<memo>) | String | Optional |
setAutoRenewAccountId(<accountId>) | AccountId | Optional |
setAutoRenewPeriod(<autoRenewPeriod>) | Duration | Optional |
Java
JavaScript
Go
//Create the transaction
TopicCreateTransaction transaction = new TopicCreateTransaction();
//Sign with the client operator private key and submit the transaction to a Hedera network
TransactionResponse txResponse = transaction.execute(client);
//Request the receipt of the transaction
TransactionReceipt receipt = txResponse.getReceipt(client);
//Get the topic ID
TopicId newTopicId = receipt.topicId;
System.out.println("The new topic ID is " + newTopicId);
//v2.0.0
//Create the transaction
const transaction = new TopicCreateTransaction();
//Sign with the client operator private key and submit the transaction to a Hedera network
const txResponse = await transaction.execute(client);
//Request the receipt of the transaction
const receipt = await txResponse.getReceipt(client);
//Get the topic ID
const newTopicId = receipt.topicId;
console.log("The new topic ID is " + newTopicId);
//v2.0.0
//Create the transaction
transaction := hedera.NewTopicCreateTransaction()
//Sign with the client operator private key and submit the transaction to a Hedera network
txResponse, err := transaction.Execute(client)
if err != nil {
panic(err)
}
//Request the receipt of the transaction
transactionReceipt, err := txResponse.GetReceipt(client)
if err != nil {
panic(err)
}
//Get the topic ID
newTopicID := *transactionReceipt.TopicID
fmt.Printf("The new topic ID is %v\n", newTopicID)
//v2.0.0
Method | Type | Requirements |
|---|---|---|
getAdminKey(<adminKey>) | Key | Optional |
getSubmitKey(<submitKey>) | Key | Optional |
getTopicMemo(<memo>) | String | Optional |
getAutoRenewAccountId() | AccountId | Required |
getAutoRenewPeriod() | Duration | Required |
Java
JavaScript
Go
//Create the transaction
TopicCreateTransaction transaction = new TopicCreateTransaction()
.setAdminKey(adminKey);
//Get the admin key from the transaction
Key getKey = transaction.getAdminKey();
//V2.0.0
//Create the transaction
const transaction = new TopicCreateTransaction()
.setAdminKey(adminKey);
//Get the admin key from the transaction
const topicAdminKey = transaction.adminKey;
//Create the transaction
transaction := hedera.NewTopicCreateTransaction().
SetAdminKey(adminKey)
getKey := transaction.GetAdminKey()
//V2.0.0
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