@stacks/blockchain-api-client

@stacks/blockchain-api-client

A JS Client for the Stacks Blockchain API

Features

This package provides the ability to:

• Execute REST API requests against the Stacks Blockchain API
• Subscribe to WebSockets for real-time Stacks updates (for addresses or transactions)
• Full type safety for WebSocket and API requests and responses

Installation

You can install this package using NPM:

npm install --save-dev @stacks/blockchain-api-client

Usage

Here is an example code that connects with the WebSocket server and subscribes to updates for a specific Stacks address:

import { connectWebSocketClient } from '@stacks/blockchain-api-client';

const client = await connectWebSocketClient('ws://stacks-node-api.blockstack.org/');

const sub = await client.subscribeAddressTransactions('ST3GQB6WGCWKDNFNPSQRV8DY93JN06XPZ2ZE9EVMA', event =>
  console.log(event);
  /*
    {
      address: 'ST3GQB6WGCWKDNFNPSQRV8DY93JN06XPZ2ZE9EVMA',
      tx_id: '0x8912000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000',
      tx_status: 'success',
      tx_type: 'token_transfer',
    }
  */
);

await sub.unsubscribe();

Documentation

You can find full references here.

Known Issues

• The TypeScript definitions for several objects involving type unions, including transactions, are incorrectly specified as only object.

Changelog

0.25.2 (2020-10-02)

Bug Fixes

• faucet node override vars missing in tx submission call (0d0b76c)