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@ethersproject/solidity
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@ethersproject/solidity is a part of the ethers.js library, which provides utilities for interacting with the Ethereum blockchain. This specific package focuses on Solidity-related functionalities, such as hashing and encoding data according to Solidity's rules.
Solidity Keccak256
This feature allows you to compute the Keccak256 hash of Solidity-encoded data. The example demonstrates hashing a string 'Hello, world!' using Solidity's encoding rules.
const { keccak256 } = require('@ethersproject/solidity');
const hash = keccak256(['string'], ['Hello, world!']);
console.log(hash);
Solidity Pack
This feature allows you to pack multiple Solidity types into a single byte array. The example shows how to pack a uint256 and an address into a byte array.
const { pack } = require('@ethersproject/solidity');
const packedData = pack(['uint256', 'address'], [12345, '0x742d35Cc6634C0532925a3b844Bc454e4438f44e']);
console.log(packedData);
Solidity AbiCoder
This feature provides an ABI coder for encoding and decoding Solidity data types. The example demonstrates encoding a uint256 and a string into ABI format.
const { AbiCoder } = require('@ethersproject/solidity');
const abiCoder = new AbiCoder();
const encoded = abiCoder.encode(['uint256', 'string'], [12345, 'Hello, world!']);
console.log(encoded);
web3-utils is a utility library that is part of the web3.js library. It provides similar functionalities for hashing, encoding, and decoding data according to Solidity's rules. Compared to @ethersproject/solidity, web3-utils is part of a larger library that includes many other utilities for interacting with the Ethereum blockchain.
ethjs-abi is a standalone library for encoding and decoding Ethereum ABI data. It offers similar functionalities to @ethersproject/solidity's AbiCoder but is more focused on ABI encoding/decoding. It is lightweight and can be used independently of other libraries.
solidity-sha3 is a library specifically designed for computing Solidity-compatible SHA3 (Keccak256) hashes. It provides a simple interface for hashing data according to Solidity's rules. While it focuses solely on hashing, it offers a similar feature to @ethersproject/solidity's keccak256 function.
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FAQs
Solidity coder for non-standard (tight) packing.
The npm package @ethersproject/solidity receives a total of 554,270 weekly downloads. As such, @ethersproject/solidity popularity was classified as popular.
We found that @ethersproject/solidity 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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