Sign & Deploy contract via sendRawTransaction with web3 0.20.x

sign-n-deploy-sendRawTransaction-web3-v0.20.x.js

/**
pragma solidity >=0.4.25;

contract MyContract {
    string someVariable;

    constructor(string memory _someVariable) public {
        someVariable = _someVariable;
    }

    function getSomeVariable() public view returns(string memory) {
        return someVariable;
    }
}
**/
const Web3 = require('web3')
const Tx = require('ethereumjs-tx')
const Sleep = require('sleep')

let web3 = new Web3(new Web3.providers.HttpProvider('https://kovan.infura.io/v3/a376...'))
let privateKey = '49D8743ACA595EAF28963D38D42...'
let deployAddress = '0x668A2abb760aa8965...'

let contract = new web3.eth.contract([ { "constant": true, "inputs": [], "name": "getSomeVariable", "outputs": [ { "name": "", "type": "string" } ], "payable": false, "stateMutability": "view", "type": "function" }, { "inputs": [ { "name": "_someVariable", "type": "string" } ], "payable": false, "stateMutability": "nonpayable", "type": "constructor" } ]);
let byteData = contract.new.getData("whatever", {data: '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'})

let nonce = web3.eth.getTransactionCount(deployAddress, 'pending')
let balance = web3.eth.getBalance(deployAddress).toString()
let gasPrice = web3.eth.gasPrice.toString()

console.log("nonce: ", nonce)
console.log('balance: ', balance)
console.log('gasPrice: ', gasPrice)

let rawTx = {
  nonce: web3.toHex(nonce),
  to: null,
  data: byteData,
  gasPrice: web3.toHex(web3.toWei('2', 'gwei')),
  gas: web3.toHex((320000)),
  value: '0x00'
}

privateKey = new Buffer.from(privateKey, 'hex')
let transaction = new Tx(rawTx)
transaction.sign(privateKey)
let deployBytecode =  '0x' + transaction.serialize().toString('hex')
let transactionHash = web3.eth.sendRawTransaction(deployBytecode)
console.log('transaction: ', transactionHash)
let receipt
while(null === (receipt = web3.eth.getTransactionReceipt(transactionHash))) {
  console.log('waiting for receipt...')
  Sleep.sleep(1)
}

console.log("contract address: ", receipt.contractAddress)