## prepareTicketCreate

`prepareTicketCreate(address: string, ticketCount: number, instructions: object): Promise<object>`

Prepare a ticket transaction. The prepared transaction can then be [signed](#sign) and [submitted](#submit).

Ticket functionality requires the [TicketBatch amendment](https://github.com/ripple/xrpl-dev-portal/issues/898). As of 2020-11-24, this amendment is not activated on the Mainnet, Testnet, or Devnet.

### Parameters

<%- renderSchema("input/prepare-ticket-create.json") %>

### Return Value

This method returns a promise that resolves with an object with the following structure:

<aside class="notice">
All "prepare*" methods have the same return type.
</aside>

<%- renderSchema("output/prepare.json") %>

### Example

```javascript
const address = 'r9cZA1mLK5R5Am25ArfXFmqgNwjZgnfk59';
return api.prepareTicketCreate(address, 2).then(prepared => {
    /* ... */
  }).catch(error => {
    /* ... as with all prepare* methods, use a Promise catch block to handle errors ... */
  })
```

<%- renderFixture("responses/prepareTicketCreate.json") %>