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web3-core-helpers
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Web3 core tools helper for sub packages. This is an internal package.
The web3-core-helpers package is a part of the Web3.js library, which provides utility functions and helpers for interacting with the Ethereum blockchain. It includes features for managing errors, formatting data, and other core functionalities that support the main Web3.js modules.
Error Management
This feature provides utilities for managing and formatting errors that occur during interactions with the Ethereum blockchain.
const { errors } = require('web3-core-helpers');
try {
// Some code that might throw an error
} catch (error) {
const formattedError = errors.ErrorResponse(error);
console.error(formattedError);
}
Data Formatting
This feature includes functions for formatting data, such as converting between different units of Ethereum (e.g., from Wei to Ether).
const { formatters } = require('web3-core-helpers');
const weiValue = '1000000000000000000';
const etherValue = formatters.fromWei(weiValue, 'ether');
console.log(etherValue); // Outputs: 1
Utility Functions
This feature provides various utility functions, such as checking if a string is a valid Ethereum address.
const { utils } = require('web3-core-helpers');
const isAddress = utils.isAddress('0x742d35Cc6634C0532925a3b844Bc454e4438f44e');
console.log(isAddress); // Outputs: true
The ethers.js library is a complete and compact library for interacting with the Ethereum blockchain. It provides similar functionalities to web3-core-helpers, including error management, data formatting, and utility functions, but is known for its smaller size and ease of use.
Ethjs is a highly modular and lightweight library for Ethereum. It offers similar functionalities to web3-core-helpers, such as data formatting and utility functions, but is designed to be more modular and minimalistic.
The web3-utils package is another part of the Web3.js library that provides utility functions for Ethereum. It overlaps with some of the functionalities of web3-core-helpers, such as data formatting and utility functions.
This is a sub package of web3.js
The Helper functions are used in all web3.js packages. Please read the documentation for more.
npm install web3-core-helpers
import {errors, formatters} from 'web3-core-helpers';
All the typescript typings are placed in the types folder.
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Web3 core tools helper for sub packages. This is an internal package.
The npm package web3-core-helpers receives a total of 322,011 weekly downloads. As such, web3-core-helpers popularity was classified as popular.
We found that web3-core-helpers demonstrated a healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released less than a year ago. It has 4 open source maintainers collaborating on the project.
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