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The web3-eth package is a sub-package of the web3.js library that provides functionalities to interact with the Ethereum blockchain. It allows developers to interact with Ethereum nodes, manage accounts, send transactions, and interact with smart contracts.
Connecting to an Ethereum Node
This feature allows you to connect to an Ethereum node using an HTTP provider. In this example, we are connecting to the Ethereum mainnet using Infura.
const Web3 = require('web3');
const web3 = new Web3('https://mainnet.infura.io/v3/YOUR_INFURA_PROJECT_ID');
Getting the Balance of an Account
This feature allows you to get the balance of a specific Ethereum account. The balance is returned in Wei, the smallest unit of Ether.
web3.eth.getBalance('0x742d35Cc6634C0532925a3b844Bc454e4438f44e').then(console.log);
Sending a Transaction
This feature allows you to send a transaction from one Ethereum account to another. You need to specify the sender's address, recipient's address, amount of Ether to send, and gas limit.
const tx = {
from: '0xYourAddress',
to: '0xRecipientAddress',
value: web3.utils.toWei('0.1', 'ether'),
gas: 2000000
};
web3.eth.sendTransaction(tx).then(console.log);
Interacting with Smart Contracts
This feature allows you to interact with smart contracts deployed on the Ethereum blockchain. You need the contract's ABI and address to create a contract instance and call its methods.
const contractABI = [/* ABI array */];
const contractAddress = '0xContractAddress';
const contract = new web3.eth.Contract(contractABI, contractAddress);
contract.methods.myMethod().call().then(console.log);
The ethers.js library is a complete and compact library for interacting with the Ethereum blockchain and its ecosystem. It provides similar functionalities to web3-eth, such as connecting to Ethereum nodes, managing accounts, sending transactions, and interacting with smart contracts. Ethers.js is known for its smaller size and better documentation.
Ethjs is a highly modular and lightweight library for interacting with the Ethereum blockchain. It provides similar functionalities to web3-eth, including sending transactions, managing accounts, and interacting with smart contracts. Ethjs is designed to be simple and easy to use, with a focus on modularity.
Truffle-contract is a library for managing and interacting with Ethereum smart contracts. It provides a higher-level abstraction for working with contracts compared to web3-eth. Truffle-contract is part of the Truffle Suite, which includes tools for developing, testing, and deploying smart contracts.
This is a sub-package of web3.js.
This Eth package is used within some web3.js packages.
Please read the documentation for more.
npm install web3-eth
const Web3Eth = require('web3-eth');
const eth = new Web3Eth('ws://localhost:8546');
All the TypeScript typings are placed in the types
folder.
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Web3 module to interact with the Ethereum blockchain and smart contracts.
The npm package web3-eth receives a total of 346,248 weekly downloads. As such, web3-eth popularity was classified as popular.
We found that web3-eth 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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