sgcdexweb3
v0.17.0-beta
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Ethereum JavaScript API, middleware to talk to a ethereum node over RPC
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Migration 0.13.0 -> 0.14.0
web3.js version 0.14.0 supports multiple instances of web3 object. To migrate to this version, please follow the guide:
-var web3 = require('web3');
+var Web3 = require('web3');
+var web3 = new Web3();
Ethereum JavaScript API
This is the Ethereum compatible JavaScript API which implements the Generic JSON RPC spec. It's available on npm as a node module, for bower and component as an embeddable js and as a meteor.js package.
You need to run a local Ethereum node to use this library.
Installation
Node.js
npm install web3
Meteor.js
meteor add ethereum:web3
As Browser module
Bower
bower install web3
Component
component install ethereum/web3.js
- Include
web3.min.js
in your html file. (not required for the meteor package)
Usage
Use the web3
object directly from global namespace:
console.log(web3); // {eth: .., shh: ...} // it's here!
Set a provider (HttpProvider)
web3.setProvider(new web3.providers.HttpProvider('http://localhost:8545'));
There you go, now you can use it:
var coinbase = web3.eth.coinbase;
var balance = web3.eth.getBalance(coinbase);
You can find more examples in example
directory.
Contribute!
Requirements
- Node.js
- npm
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install nodejs
sudo apt-get install npm
sudo apt-get install nodejs-legacy
Building (gulp)
npm run-script build
Testing (mocha)
npm test