@zilliqa-js/util

@zilliqa-js/util

Utility functions useful in Zilliqa-related programs.

Classes

BN

See documentation at bn.js. This is simply a re-export of that library to prevent bloating other @zilliqa-js packages, most of which depend on bn.js in small ways.

Long

See documentation at long.js. This is simply a re-export for similar reasons. Note that long is only required if you need to serialise integers with size greater than or equal to 2^53.

Functions

intToHexArray(int: number, size: number): string[]

Converts an integer to an array of hexadecimal strings (little endian). Size is the total length of bytes to pad to.

Parameters

• int: number - the decimal number to convert.

Returns

• string[] - hexadecimal array representation of the decimal number.

intToByteArray(num: number, size: number): Uint8Array

Converts an integer to a Uint8Array (i.e., byte array).

Parameters

• num: number - the decimal number to convert

Returns

• Uint8Array - byte array, padded to size.

hexToByteArray(hex: string): Uint8Array

Converts a hex-encoded string to a Uint8Array. Endianess is not important.

Parameters

• hex: string

Returns

• Uint8Array

hexToIntArray(hex: string): number[]

Converts a hex-encoded string to an array of integers.

Parameters

• hex: string

Returns

• number[]

compareBytes(a: string, b: string): boolean

Performs a constant time comparison of two hexadecimal values. This avoids timing attacks.

Parameters

• a: string - hex-encoded string.
• b: string - hex-encoded string.

Returns

• boolean - true if the values are equal.

isHex(str: string): boolean

Determines if a given string is hex-encoded.

Parameters

• str: string.

Returns

• boolean - true if the string is hex-encoded.

isAddress(address: string): boolean

Determines if a given string is a valid address.

Parameters

• address: string.

Returns

• boolean - true if the string is an address.

isPrivateKey(privateKey: string): boolean

Determines if a given string is a valid private key.

Parameters

• privateKey: string.

Returns

• boolean - true if the string is a valid private key.

isPubKey(pubKey: string): boolean

Determines if a given string is a valid uncompressed public key.

Parameters

• pubKey: string.

Returns

• boolean - true if the string is a valid public key.

isSignature(sig: string): boolean

Determines if a given string is a valid Schnorr signature.

Parameters

• sig: string

Returns

• boolean - true if the string is a valid signature.

isNumber(x: unknown): boolean

Determines if a given value is a valid JS number.

Parameters

• x: unknown

Returns

• boolean - true if the string is a valid signature.

isBN(x: unknown): boolean

Determines if a given value is an instance of BN.js.

Parameters

• x: unknown

Returns

• boolean - true if the value is a BN instance.

isString(x: unknown): boolean

Determines if a given value is a valid JS string.

Parameters

• x: unknown

Returns

• boolean - true if the value is a string.

isPlainObject(x: unknown): boolean

Determines if a given value is a plain JS object (i.e. directly below Object in the prototype chain).

Parameters

• x: unknown

Returns

• boolean - true if the value is a plain object.

matchesObject(x: unknown, test: { [key: string]: Validator[] }): boolean

Determines if a value has the shape specified by test.

Parameters

• x: unknown
• test: { [key: string]: Validator[] }

Returns

• boolean - true if the value matches test.

fromQa(qa: BN, unit: Units, options: Options)

Converts from qa (smallest unit) to zil or li.

Parameters

• qa: BN - the value to convert from.
• unit: Units - the unit to be converted to ('zil' | 'qa').
• options: Options - an object specifying options.

toQa(input: string | number | BN, unit: Units)

Converts zil or li to qa (smallest unit).

Parameters

• input: string | number | BN - the value to convert from.
• unit: Units - the unit to be converted from ('zil' | 'li').