I’m a noob and only semi-technical. I’ve been having trouble figuring out the URL and any other authentication information I need for the mainnet for transfer transactions:
https://nemproject.github.io/#version-1-transfer-transactions
For that API, you need to use the path <ip>:<port>/transaction/prepare-announce and only ever with a locally running node that you trust. if possible you should even avoid using that api. there are a number of sdk’s that allow you to perform transactions with any node from the node list. with the api ‘/transaction/prepare-announce’ there is also the disadvantage that you can only transfer XEM. with version 2 transactions, you can also transfer mosaics. if there is any possibility you may need mosaic support, go with version 2 transactions and you will have support mosaics pretty much baked in already if needed…
Very good advice; I had not considered those nuances. Many thanks!