Official JavaScript driver for BigchainDB with some naive helpers to get you on your way making transactions in Node.js and the browser.
Compatibility
BigchainDB Server | BigchainDB JavaScript Driver |
---|
0.10 | 0.1.x |
1.0.0 | 0.3.x |
>= 1.3.0 | 3.x.x |
Breaking changes
Version 3.2 of BigchainDB JavaScript Driver introduces a new way of creating transfer transactions. Check older versions
Contents
Installation and Usage with package managers (npm/yarn)
npm install bigchaindb-driver
Example: Create a transaction
const driver = require('bigchaindb-driver')
const API_PATH = 'http://localhost:9984/api/v1/'
const alice = new driver.Ed25519Keypair()
const tx = driver.Transaction.makeCreateTransaction(
{ city: 'Berlin, DE', temperature: 22, datetime: new Date().toString() },
{ what: 'My first BigchainDB transaction' },
[ driver.Transaction.makeOutput(
driver.Transaction.makeEd25519Condition(alice.publicKey))
],
alice.publicKey
)
const txSigned = driver.Transaction.signTransaction(tx, alice.privateKey)
const conn = new driver.Connection(API_PATH)
conn.postTransaction(txSigned)
.then(() => conn.pollStatusAndFetchTransaction(txSigned.id))
.then(retrievedTx => console.log('Transaction', retrievedTx.id, 'successfully posted.'))
Use a pre-built image (browser only)
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<title>BigchainDB boilerplate</title>
<script src="https://unpkg.com/bigchaindb-driver@0.3.0/dist/browser/bigchaindb-driver.window.min.js"></script>
<script>
const API_PATH = 'http://localhost:9984/api/v1/'
const alice = new BigchainDB.Ed25519Keypair()
const tx = BigchainDB.Transaction.makeCreateTransaction(
{ city: 'Berlin, DE', temperature: 22, datetime: new Date().toString() },
{ what: 'My first BigchainDB transaction' },
[ BigchainDB.Transaction.makeOutput(
BigchainDB.Transaction.makeEd25519Condition(alice.publicKey))
],
alice.publicKey
)
const txSigned = BigchainDB.Transaction.signTransaction(tx, alice.privateKey)
let conn = new BigchainDB.Connection(API_PATH)
conn.postTransaction(txSigned)
.then(() => conn.pollStatusAndFetchTransaction(txSigned.id))
.then(res => {
const elem = document.getElementById('lastTransaction')
elem.href = API_PATH + 'transactions/' + txSigned.id
elem.innerText = txSigned.id
console.log('Transaction', txSigned.id, 'accepted')
})
</script>
</head>
<body id="home">
<h1>Hello BigchainDB</h1>
<p>Your transaction id is: <a id="lastTransaction" target="_blank"><em>processing</em></a></p>
</body>
</html>
BigchainDB Documentation
Speed Optimizations
This implementation plays "safe" by using JS-native (or downgradable) libraries for its crypto-related functions to keep compatibilities with the browser. If you do want some more speed, feel free to explore the following:
Authors
License
Copyright 2017 BigchainDB GmbH
Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
You may obtain a copy of the License at
http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
limitations under the License.