cleos-js

A helper tool to help develop EOS smart contracts.

Installation:

npm i -g cleos-js

Why?

Deploying a smart contract for development involves a lot of steps, which are fairly mundane. This tool will help you with some of the plumbing. You can use this tool to speed up your development process. To deploy a contract, you simply need to create the cpp files and, this will handle the compiling and deployment part for you.

Prerequisites:

• Locally running eosio node. More info on how to get started here - EOS Docker Quickstart.
• eosio.cdt.
• Optional. You can use the default eosio development keys provided too. One account on the blockchain. How to create an account.

How to use:

• Create a config file first by cleos-js -i
• Edit the file:

{
    "api": "http://localhost:7777", // The HTTP endpoint for EOS node
    "contractDir": "", // Absolute path to the directory having contracts
    "owner": {
        "name": "", // Account name
        "key": "" // Account private key
    }
}

• Import changes by cleos-js -c
• Verify that the config has been imported by cleos-js --view-config

Contracts directory:

This directory has all the smart contracts. To create a new contract named hello, create a directory named hello in your given contracts dir. It must contain a hello.cpp file in the root, in order to be compiled by eosio-cpp.

Usage:

• Create a new account:

cleos-js --create-account=helloworld

• Deploy a contract to an account:

cleos-js --deploy-name=helloworld --deploy-dir=helloworld

If you omit the --deploy-dir param, it will assume the contract directory name to be same as the --deploy-name. If --deploy-name account doesn't exist, it will create one.

• Deploy current working directory contract to an account:

cleos-js -d=accountname

This will deploy the contract in the current working directory. If left blank, the account name will be assumed as the directory name.