@cennznet/api

CENNZNet Api

The CENNZNet JavaScript SDK for browsers, RN and Node.js.

Install

$> npm i --save @cennznet/api

Usage

The cennznet's main network is residing at wss://cennznet.unfrastructure.io/public/ws. If you use this address to connect to our main network which is called Azalea, you automatically get connected to one of the cennznet's validator/full nodes. However you may want to run your own local node and connect to that for testing. To do so you can checkout the docker-compose script that we have provided in this project and also mentioned it later in this document. Alternatively you can have a look at Running a full cennznet node. In the case that you are connecting to Azalea, your connect snippet would look like:

const provider = 'wss://cennznet.unfrastructure.io/public/ws';
const api = await Api.create({provider});

But if you are connecting to your own local node, it can be as simple as:

const api = await Api.create();

// initialize Api and connect to dev network
const {Api} = require('@cennznet/api')
api = await Api.create({
    provider: 'wss://nikau.centrality.me/public/ws'
});
// For Rxjs
const {ApiRx} = require('@cennznet/api')
api = await ApiRx.create({
    provider: 'wss://nikau.centrality.me/public/ws'
}).toPromise();

We suggest passing provider as a string url, sdk will chose Provider Class based on url protocol. Or you can initialize the provider Instance yourself.

CennznetExtrinsic

All api.tx.<section>.<method>(...) return CennznetExtrinsic, which have

To set fee exchange options on a transaction, it should be included as an additional argument when signing e.g

const tx = api.tx.genericAsset.transfer(16000, 'some address', 1000000);

tx.signAndSend('sender address', {feeExchangeOpt}, callbackFn);

Dynamic

After connecting to CENNZNet, api will dynamically create queries and transaction methods.

• api.rpc.<section>.<method> provides access to actual RPC calls, be it for queries, submission or retrieving chain information
• api.query.<section>.<method> provides access to chain state queries. These are dynamically populated based on what the runtime provides
• api.derive.<section>.<method> provides access to build-in complex state queries which are combination of several basic state queries.
• api.tx.<section>.<method> provides the ability to create a transaction, like chain state, this list is populated from a runtime query

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