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bchaddrjs-slp
Advanced tools
BchAddr.js: Bitcoin Cash general purpose address translation for Node.js and web browsers.
Plug & Play JavaScript library for all Bitcoin Cash address format translation needs. Easy-to-use, thoroughly tested, and feature complete.
Support for the new Bitcoin Cash address format which improves upon BIP 173, as well as the Bitpay and Legacy formats.
Test out a demo address translator powered by BchAddr.js here.
Installation
Using NPM
$ npm install --save bchaddrjs-slp
Using Bower
$ bower install --save bchaddrjs-slp
Usage
In Node.js
import * as bchaddr from "bchaddrjs-slp";
var bchaddr = require('bchaddrjs-slp');
Browser
Script Tag
You may include a script tag in your HTML and the bchaddr module will be defined globally on subsequent scripts.
<html>
<head>
...
<script src="https://unpkg.com/bchaddrjs-slp@0.2.14/dist/bchaddrjs-slp-0.2.14.min.js" crossorigin="anonymous"></script>
</head>
...
</html>
Code Examples
Supported formats, networks and address types.
var Format = bchaddr.Format; // Legacy, Bitpay or Cashaddr.
var Network = bchaddr.Network; // Mainnet or Testnet.
var Type = bchaddr.Type; // P2PKH or P2SH.
Test for address format.
var isLegacyAddress = bchaddr.isLegacyAddress;
var isBitpayAddress = bchaddr.isBitpayAddress;
var isCashAddress = bchaddr.isCashAddress;
isLegacyAddress('1B9UNtBfkkpgt8kVbwLN9ktE62QKnMbDzR') // true
isLegacyAddress('qph5kuz78czq00e3t85ugpgd7xmer5kr7c5f6jdpwk') // false
isBitpayAddress('CScMwvXjdooDnGevHgfHjGWFi9cjk75Aaj') // true
isBitpayAddress('1B9UNtBfkkpgt8kVbwLN9ktE62QKnMbDzR') // false
isCashAddress('qph5kuz78czq00e3t85ugpgd7xmer5kr7c5f6jdpwk') // true
isCashAddress('CScMwvXjdooDnGevHgfHjGWFi9cjk75Aaj') // false
Test for address network.
var isMainnetAddress = bchaddr.isMainnetAddress;
var isTestnetAddress = bchaddr.isTestnetAddress;
isMainnetAddress('1P238gziZdeS5Wj9nqLhQHSBK2Lz6zPSke') // true
isMainnetAddress('mnbGP2FeRsbgdQCzDT35zPWDcYSKm4wrcg') // false
isTestnetAddress('qqdcsl6c879esyxyacmz7g6vtzwjjwtznsggspc457') // true
isTestnetAddress('CeUvhjLnSgcxyedaUafcyo4Cw9ZPwGq9JJ') // false
Test for address type.
var isP2PKHAddress = bchaddr.isP2PKHAddress;
var isP2SHAddress = bchaddr.isP2SHAddress;
isP2PKHAddress('1Mdob5JY1yuwoj6y76Vf3AQpoqUH5Aft8z') // true
isP2PKHAddress('2NFGG7yRBizUANU48b4dASrnNftqsNwzSM1') // false
isP2SHAddress('H92i9XpREZiBscxGu6Vx3M8jNGBKqscBBB') // true
isP2SHAddress('CeUvhjLnSgcxyedaUafcyo4Cw9ZPwGq9JJ') // false
Detect address format.
var detectAddressFormat = bchaddr.detectAddressFormat;
detectAddressFormat('qqdcsl6c879esyxyacmz7g6vtzwjjwtznsggspc457') // Format.Cashaddr
detectAddressFormat('CScMwvXjdooDnGevHgfHjGWFi9cjk75Aaj') // Format.Bitpay
Detect address network.
var detectAddressNetwork = bchaddr.detectAddressNetwork;
detectAddressNetwork('1P238gziZdeS5Wj9nqLhQHSBK2Lz6zPSke') // Network.Mainnet
detectAddressNetwork('qqdcsl6c879esyxyacmz7g6vtzwjjwtznsggspc457') // Network.Testnet
Detect address type.
var detectAddressType = bchaddr.detectAddressType;
detectAddressType('1P238gziZdeS5Wj9nqLhQHSBK2Lz6zPSke') // Type.P2PKH
detectAddressType('3NKpWcnyZtEKttoQECAFTnmkxMkzgbT4WX') // Type.P2SH
Translate address from any address format into a specific format.
var toLegacyAddress = bchaddr.toLegacyAddress;
var toBitpayAddress = bchaddr.toBitpayAddress;
var toCashAddress = bchaddr.toCashAddress;
toLegacyAddress('qph5kuz78czq00e3t85ugpgd7xmer5kr7c5f6jdpwk') // 1B9UNtBfkkpgt8kVbwLN9ktE62QKnMbDzR
toBitpayAddress('1B9UNtBfkkpgt8kVbwLN9ktE62QKnMbDzR') // CScMwvXjdooDnGevHgfHjGWFi9cjk75Aaj
toCashAddress('1B9UNtBfkkpgt8kVbwLN9ktE62QKnMbDzR') // bitcoincash:qph5kuz78czq00e3t85ugpgd7xmer5kr7c5f6jdpwk
Documentation
Generate and Browse Locally
$ npm run docs
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Browse automatically generated jsdocs online.
FAQs
Bitcoin Cash and SLP general purpose address translation.
The npm package bchaddrjs-slp receives a total of 6,459 weekly downloads. As such, bchaddrjs-slp popularity was classified as popular.
We found that bchaddrjs-slp 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.
Package last updated on 11 Apr 2021
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