Solana JavaScript SDK
Use this to interact with accounts and programs on the Solana network through the Solana JSON RPC API.
Installation
For use in Node.js or a web application
$ npm install --save @solana/web3.js
For use in a browser, without a build system
<script src="https://unpkg.com/@solana/web3.js@latest/lib/index.iife.js"></script>
<script src="https://unpkg.com/@solana/web3.js@latest/lib/index.iife.min.js"></script>
Documentation and examples
Getting help
Have a question or a problem? Check the Solana Stack Exchange to see if anyone else is having the same one. If not, post a new question.
Include:
- A detailed description of what you're trying to achieve
- Source code, if possible
- The text of any errors you encountered, with stacktraces if available
Compatibility
This library requires a JavaScript runtime that supports BigInt
and the exponentiation operator. Both are supported in the following runtimes:
- Browsers, by release date:
- Chrome: May 2018
- Firefox: July 2019
- Safari: September 2020
- Mobile Safari: September 2020
- Edge: January 2020
- Opera: June 2018
- Samsung Internet: April 2019
- Runtimes, by version:
- Deno: >=1.0
- Node: >=10.4.0
- React Native:
Development environment setup
Testing
Unit tests
To run the full suite of unit tests, excute the following in the root:
$ npm test
Integration tests
Integration tests require a validator client running on your machine.
To install a test validator:
$ npm run test:live-with-test-validator:setup
To start the test validator and run all of the integration tests in live mode:
$ cd packages/library-legacy
$ npm run test:live-with-test-validator
Speed up build times with remote caching
Cache build artifacts remotely so that you, others, and the CI server can take advantage of each others' build efforts.
- Log the Turborepo CLI into the Solana Vercel account
pnpm turbo login
- Link the repository to the remote cache
pnpm turbo link
Contributing
If you found a bug or would like to request a feature, please file an issue. If, based on the discussion on an issue you would like to offer a code change, please make a pull request. If neither of these describes what you would like to contribute, read the getting help section above.
Disclaimer
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specifications, and performance measurements described in this project
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the reader to check and validate their accuracy and truthfulness.
Furthermore nothing in this project constitutes a solicitation for
investment.
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