From 752303432fa6be290d362cc86e042cd47b0a722c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Madhur Shrimal <madhur.shrimal@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 26 Jul 2024 12:54:01 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] return rawTx when signer is not preset and noSend is true

---
 accounts/abi/bind/base.go | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/accounts/abi/bind/base.go b/accounts/abi/bind/base.go
index c8972a9dff..3abf32e10f 100644
--- a/accounts/abi/bind/base.go
+++ b/accounts/abi/bind/base.go
@@ -414,6 +414,10 @@ func (c *BoundContract) transact(opts *TransactOpts, contract *common.Address, i
 	}
 	// Sign the transaction and schedule it for execution
 	if opts.Signer == nil {
+		if opts.NoSend {
+			// If no signer is provided, return the raw transaction
+			return rawTx, nil
+		}
 		return nil, errors.New("no signer to authorize the transaction with")
 	}
 	signedTx, err := opts.Signer(opts.From, rawTx)