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@binance-chain/javascript-sdk
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The Binance Chain JavaScript SDK allows browsers and node.js clients to interact with Binance Chain. It includes the following core components:
The Binance Chain JavaScript SDK allows browsers and node.js clients to interact with Binance Chain. It includes the following core components:
Windows users: Please install windows-build-tools first.
Linux users: You may need some dev packages to be installed on your system for USB support. For Debian-based systems (Ubuntu):
$ sudo apt-get install libudev-dev libusb-dev usbutils
Install the NPM package:
$ npm i @binance-chain/javascript-sdk
For up-to-date API documentation, please check the wiki.
All new code changes should be covered with unit tests. You can run the tests with the following command:
$ npm run test
Tests for the Ledger hardware wallet integration have their own suite that runs in both node and in the browser:
$ npm run test:ledger
$ npm run test:ledger:browser
Contributions to the Binance Chain JavaScript SDK are welcome. Please ensure that you have tested the changes with a local client and have added unit test coverage for your code.
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The BNB Beacon Chain JavaScript SDK allows browsers and Node.js clients to interact with BNB Beacon Chain. It includes the following core components.
The npm package @binance-chain/javascript-sdk receives a total of 2,244 weekly downloads. As such, @binance-chain/javascript-sdk popularity was classified as popular.
We found that @binance-chain/javascript-sdk demonstrated a not healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released a year ago. It has 1 open source maintainer collaborating on the project.
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