JavaScript API libraries

1// A Web3Provider wraps a standard Web3 provider, which is
2// what Metamask injects as window.ethereum into each page
3const provider = new ethers.providers.Web3Provider(window.ethereum)
4
5// The Metamask plugin also allows signing transactions to
6// send ether and pay to change state within the blockchain.
7// For this, we need the account signer...
8const signer = provider.getSigner()
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1var web3 = new Web3("http://localhost:8545")
2// or
3var web3 = new Web3(new Web3.providers.HttpProvider("http://localhost:8545"))
4
5// change provider
6web3.setProvider("ws://localhost:8546")
7// or
8web3.setProvider(new Web3.providers.WebsocketProvider("ws://localhost:8546"))
9
10// Using the IPC provider in node.js
11var net = require("net")
12var web3 = new Web3("/Users/myuser/Library/Ethereum/geth.ipc", net) // mac os path
13// or
14var web3 = new Web3(
15  new Web3.providers.IpcProvider("/Users/myuser/Library/Ethereum/geth.ipc", net)
16) // mac os path
17// on windows the path is: "\\\\.\\pipe\\geth.ipc"
18// on linux the path is: "/users/myuser/.ethereum/geth.ipc"
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1// Create a wallet instance from a mnemonic...
2mnemonic =
3  "announce room limb pattern dry unit scale effort smooth jazz weasel alcohol"
4walletMnemonic = Wallet.fromMnemonic(mnemonic)
5
6// ...or from a private key
7walletPrivateKey = new Wallet(walletMnemonic.privateKey)
8
9walletMnemonic.address === walletPrivateKey.address
10// true
11
12// The address as a Promise per the Signer API
13walletMnemonic.getAddress()
14// { Promise: '0x71CB05EE1b1F506fF321Da3dac38f25c0c9ce6E1' }
15
16// A Wallet address is also available synchronously
17walletMnemonic.address
18// '0x71CB05EE1b1F506fF321Da3dac38f25c0c9ce6E1'
19
20// The internal cryptographic components
21walletMnemonic.privateKey
22// '0x1da6847600b0ee25e9ad9a52abbd786dd2502fa4005dd5af9310b7cc7a3b25db'
23walletMnemonic.publicKey
24// '0x04b9e72dfd423bcf95b3801ac93f4392be5ff22143f9980eb78b3a860c4843bfd04829ae61cdba4b3b1978ac5fc64f5cc2f4350e35a108a9c9a92a81200a60cd64'
25
26// The wallet mnemonic
27walletMnemonic.mnemonic
28// {
29//   locale: 'en',
30//   path: 'm/44\'/60\'/0\'/0/0',
31//   phrase: 'announce room limb pattern dry unit scale effort smooth jazz weasel alcohol'
32// }
33
34// Note: A wallet created with a private key does not
35//       have a mnemonic (the derivation prevents it)
36walletPrivateKey.mnemonic
37// null
38
39// Signing a message
40walletMnemonic.signMessage("Hello World")
41// { Promise: '0x14280e5885a19f60e536de50097e96e3738c7acae4e9e62d67272d794b8127d31c03d9cd59781d4ee31fb4e1b893bd9b020ec67dfa65cfb51e2bdadbb1de26d91c' }
42
43tx = {
44  to: "0x8ba1f109551bD432803012645Ac136ddd64DBA72",
45  value: utils.parseEther("1.0"),
46}
47
48// Signing a transaction
49walletMnemonic.signTransaction(tx)
50// { Promise: '0xf865808080948ba1f109551bd432803012645ac136ddd64dba72880de0b6b3a7640000801ca0918e294306d177ab7bd664f5e141436563854ebe0a3e523b9690b4922bbb52b8a01181612cec9c431c4257a79b8c9f0c980a2c49bb5a0e6ac52949163eeb565dfc' }
51
52// The connect method returns a new instance of the
53// Wallet connected to a provider
54wallet = walletMnemonic.connect(provider)
55
56// Querying the network
57wallet.getBalance()
58// { Promise: { BigNumber: "42" } }
59wallet.getTransactionCount()
60// { Promise: 0 }
61
62// Sending ether
63wallet.sendTransaction(tx)
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1contract Test {
2    uint a;
3    address d = 0x12345678901234567890123456789012;
4
5    function Test(uint testInt)  { a = testInt;}
6
7    event Event(uint indexed b, bytes32 c);
8
9    event Event2(uint indexed b, bytes32 c);
10
11    function foo(uint b, bytes32 c) returns(address) {
12        Event(b, c);
13        return d;
14    }
15}
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1[{
2    "type":"constructor",
3    "payable":false,
4    "stateMutability":"nonpayable"
5    "inputs":[{"name":"testInt","type":"uint256"}],
6  },{
7    "type":"function",
8    "name":"foo",
9    "constant":false,
10    "payable":false,
11    "stateMutability":"nonpayable",
12    "inputs":[{"name":"b","type":"uint256"}, {"name":"c","type":"bytes32"}],
13    "outputs":[{"name":"","type":"address"}]
14  },{
15    "type":"event",
16    "name":"Event",
17    "inputs":[{"indexed":true,"name":"b","type":"uint256"}, {"indexed":false,"name":"c","type":"bytes32"}],
18    "anonymous":false
19  },{
20    "type":"event",
21    "name":"Event2",
22    "inputs":[{"indexed":true,"name":"b","type":"uint256"},{"indexed":false,"name":"c","type":"bytes32"}],
23    "anonymous":false
24}]
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1// Get the balance of an account (by address or ENS name)
2balance = await provider.getBalance("ethers.eth")
3// { BigNumber: "2337132817842795605" }
4
5// Often you will need to format the output for the user
6// which prefer to see values in ether (instead of wei)
7ethers.utils.formatEther(balance)
8// '2.337132817842795605'
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