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@plenaconnect/client
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Client for PlenaConnect
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yarn add @plenaconnect/client
# OR
npm install --save @plenaconnect/client
import PlenaConnect from "@plenaconnect/client";
// Create a connector
const connector = new PlenaConnect({
bridge: "https://bridge.plenaconnect.org", // Required
});
connector.on("session_update", (error, payload) => {
if (error) {
throw error;
}
// Get updated accounts and chainId
const { accounts, chainId } = payload.params[0];
});
connector.on("disconnect", (error, payload) => {
if (error) {
throw error;
}
// Delete connector
});
const { accounts, chainId } = await connector.connect();
// Draft transaction
const tx = {
from: "0xbc28Ea04101F03aA7a94C1379bc3AB32E65e62d3", // Required
to: "0x89D24A7b4cCB1b6fAA2625Fe562bDd9A23260359", // Required (for non contract deployments)
data: "0x", // Required
gasPrice: "0x02540be400", // Optional
gasLimit: "0x9c40", // Optional
value: "0x00", // Optional
nonce: "0x0114", // Optional
};
// Send transaction
connector
.sendTransaction(tx)
.then(result => {
// Returns transaction id (hash)
console.log(result);
})
.catch(error => {
// Error returned when rejected
console.error(error);
});
// Draft transaction
const tx = {
from: "0xbc28Ea04101F03aA7a94C1379bc3AB32E65e62d3", // Required
to: "0x89D24A7b4cCB1b6fAA2625Fe562bDd9A23260359", // Required (for non contract deployments)
data: "0x", // Required
gasPrice: "0x02540be400", // Optional
gasLimit: "0x9c40", // Optional
value: "0x00", // Optional
nonce: "0x0114", // Optional
};
// Sign transaction
connector
.signTransaction(tx)
.then(result => {
// Returns signed transaction
console.log(result);
})
.catch(error => {
// Error returned when rejected
console.error(error);
});
// Draft Message Parameters
const message = "My email is john@doe.com - 1537836206101"
const msgParams = [
convertUtf8ToHex(message) // Required
"0xbc28ea04101f03ea7a94c1379bc3ab32e65e62d3", // Required
];
// Sign personal message
connector
.signPersonalMessage(msgParams)
.then((result) => {
// Returns signature.
console.log(result)
})
.catch(error => {
// Error returned when rejected
console.error(error);
})
// Draft Message Parameters
const message = "My email is john@doe.com - 1537836206101";
const msgParams = [
"0xbc28ea04101f03ea7a94c1379bc3ab32e65e62d3", // Required
keccak256("\x19Ethereum Signed Message:\n" + len(message) + message)) // Required
];
// Sign message
connector
.signMessage(msgParams)
.then((result) => {
// Returns signature.
console.log(result)
})
.catch(error => {
// Error returned when rejected
console.error(error);
})
// Draft Message Parameters
const typedData = {
types: {
EIP712Domain: [
{ name: "name", type: "string" },
{ name: "version", type: "string" },
{ name: "chainId", type: "uint256" },
{ name: "verifyingContract", type: "address" },
],
Person: [
{ name: "name", type: "string" },
{ name: "account", type: "address" },
],
Mail: [
{ name: "from", type: "Person" },
{ name: "to", type: "Person" },
{ name: "contents", type: "string" },
],
},
primaryType: "Mail",
domain: {
name: "Example Dapp",
version: "1.0.0-beta",
chainId: 1,
verifyingContract: "0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000",
},
message: {
from: {
name: "Alice",
account: "0xaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa",
},
to: {
name: "Bob",
account: "0xbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb",
},
contents: "Hey, Bob!",
},
};
const msgParams = [
"0xbc28ea04101f03ea7a94c1379bc3ab32e65e62d3", // Required
typedData, // Required
];
// Sign Typed Data
connector
.signTypedData(msgParams)
.then(result => {
// Returns signature.
console.log(result);
})
.catch(error => {
// Error returned when rejected
console.error(error);
});
// Draft Custom Request
const customRequest = {
id: 1337,
jsonrpc: "2.0",
method: "eth_signTransaction",
params: [
{
from: "0xbc28Ea04101F03aA7a94C1379bc3AB32E65e62d3",
to: "0x89D24A7b4cCB1b6fAA2625Fe562bDd9A23260359",
data: "0x",
gasPrice: "0x02540be400",
gasLimit: "0x9c40",
value: "0x00",
nonce: "0x0114",
},
],
};
// Send Custom Request
connector
.sendCustomRequest(customRequest)
.then(result => {
// Returns request result
console.log(result);
})
.catch(error => {
// Error returned when rejected
console.error(error);
});
import PlenaConnect from "@plenaconnect/browser";
import PlenaConnectQRCodeModal from "@plenaconnect/qrcode-modal";
// Create a connector
const connector = new PlenaConnect();
// Draft Instant Request
const instantRequest = {
id: 1,
jsonrpc: "2.0",
method: "eth_signTransaction",
params: [
{
from: "0xbc28ea04101f03ea7a94c1379bc3ab32e65e62d3",
to: "0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000",
nonce: 1,
gas: 100000,
value: 0,
data: "0x0",
},
],
};
// Create Instant Request
connector
.createInstantRequest(instantRequest)
.then(result => {
// Get Instant Request Result
console.log(result);
})
.catch(error => {
// Handle Error or Rejection
console.error(error);
});
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Client for PlenaConnect
We found that @plenaconnect/client 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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