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I'm trying to create a function in my smart contract that will invoke a payment from the user, for example when a button is clicked metamask will ask to confirm the 0.10 ETH payment to my contract, I understand payable functions and have tested this in remix and can pay my contract but I want to know how to 'invoke' a payment with a predefined amount of Ether and request it from the user. Thanks

JAG
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Contracts cannot invoke transactions from Externally Owned Accounts (EOA) - as initiating transactions requires an (EOA) to sign with their private key. Not sure your particular application, but could it be solved with an escrow contract? As the user could send funds to an escrow to hold until the main contract required and then possibly be sent. Also, if you only want to accept transactions that carry a certain value, you would use: 

function userSendsEth() {
     require(msg.value > someamount)
     //Any additional functionality
}
Karen S
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  • Thanks for that, would another option be sending Ether to the contract (done by the user) and using msg.value to check the amount they sent. If so how would they do this? – JAG Jan 29 '18 at 01:24
  • Yes, I updated the above, it would still require the user initiating the transaction - not the contract though. But it would ensure that the user sent whatever amount you specify as someamount. – Karen S Jan 29 '18 at 01:30
  • That's great, I have created a front end for my dapp. When the user goes to pay, how do they specify how much they want to send the contract? – JAG Jan 29 '18 at 01:36
  • You can include an input field for them to specify via the UI. Or if they are using MetaMask, they can include value input there as well. – Karen S Jan 29 '18 at 01:39