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web3-eth-abi
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This is a sub-package of web3.js.
This is the abi package used in the web3-eth package.
Please read the documentation for more.
npm install web3-eth-abi
const Web3EthAbi = require('web3-eth-abi');
Web3EthAbi.encodeFunctionSignature('myMethod(uint256,string)');
> '0x24ee0097'
All the TypeScript typings are placed in the types folder.
The ethers.js library is a complete and compact library for interacting with the Ethereum blockchain. It provides similar functionalities for encoding and decoding ABI data, but also includes additional features such as wallet management, contract interaction, and provider management. Ethers.js is known for its simplicity and ease of use.
The ethjs-abi package is a lightweight library for encoding and decoding Ethereum ABI data. It provides similar functionalities to web3-eth-abi but is designed to be minimal and efficient. It is part of the ethjs suite of tools, which are known for their modularity and small footprint.
FAQs
Web3 module encode and decode EVM in/output.
The npm package web3-eth-abi receives a total of 607,304 weekly downloads. As such, web3-eth-abi popularity was classified as popular.
We found that web3-eth-abi 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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