web3-providers-http

[4.0.0-alpha.0]

Note: Yarn is resolving to some old deprecated package versions for 4.0.0-alpha.0 instead of latest alpha versions. A patch bump is posted so yarn users should use 4.0.1-alpha.0 for testing.

Added

web3-errors

• web3-errors new package is created, it has Web3 Error codes and classes

web3-types

• web3-types new package is created, it provides the common data structures and interfaces for web3 modules

web3-validator

• web3-validator new package is created, it has JSON-Schema compatible validator functionality for Web3

Removed

web3-bzz

• This Package is deprecated

web3-shh

• This Package is deprecated

web3-core-helpers

• This Package is removed, errors are moved to web3-errors package and formatters are moved in web3-core package

web3-core-method

• This Package is removed, and web3-core-method functionality is moved to web3-eth package

web3-core-promieevent

• This Package is removed, and core promi events functionality is moved to web3-core package

web3-core-requestmanager

• This Package is removed, batch requests and request manager functionality is moved to web3-core package

web3-core-subscription

• This Package is removed, and core subscription functionality is moved to web3-core package

Changed

web3

• Passing callbacks to functions is no longer supported, except for event listeners.
• Method extend is deprecated

web3-core

• The function outputBigNumberFormatter in web3-core-helper renamed to outputBigIntFormatter under web3-core
• Removed this.defaultBlock context from inputDefaultBlockNumberFormatter in web3-core-helper and converted to additional parameter
• Removed this.defaultBlock context from inputTransactionFormatter in web3-core-helper and converted to additional parameter

web3-utils

• The following functions soliditySha3 soliditySha3Raw encodePacked now includes type validation and requires type specification, instead of guessing the value type
• The functions soliditySha3, soliditySha3Raw and encodePacked did not support BN; But, now supports BigInt
• The functions flattenTypes and jsonInterfaceMethodToString moved to the web3-eth-abi package
• The function isAddress now includes an optional parameter checkChecksum type boolean
• isBoolean now accept 1, and 0 as valid values to test. Ref: web3-validator

web3-eth-accounts

• create function does not take in the optional parameter entropy
• Wallet.create function doesn't accept entropy param

web3-validator

• isBoolean now accept 1, and 0 as valid values to test.

web3-eth-contract

• Event logs do not support types for indexed properties, but named properties are supported.
• Types for overloaded ABI functions are not yet supported.
• signTransaction will not fill any default values, and it will only sign and return result. For filling default values, use web3-eth package
• recover function's last param is boolean hashed, it is used to indicate if data provided is already hashed or not. By default, this function will assume data is not hashed.
• The Wallet no longer supports address/number indexing. Have to use wallet.get instead.
• Wallet.create function doesn't accept entropy param
• contract.method.send() will resolve to transaction receipt instead of transactionHash. User can use receipt.transactionHash instead.

web3-net

• Package will not support web3.bzz.net and web3.shh.net

web3-eth-iban

• IBAN constructor now has validation checks for indirect/direct iban.
• isDirect, isValid, isIndirect are now also included as static methods.

web3-eth-ens

• setMultihash is not supported in web3-eth-ens 4.x as it's deprecated in ENS public resolver (https://github.com/ensdomains/resolvers/blob/master/contracts/PublicResolver.sol)
• setContent is not supported in web3-eth-ens 4.x as it's deprecated in ENS public resolver (https://github.com/ensdomains/resolvers/blob/master/contracts/PublicResolver.sol)
• getContent is not supported in web3-eth-ens 4.x as it's deprecated in ENS public resolver.
• getMultihash is not supported in web3-eth-ens 4.x as it's deprecated in ENS public resolver.

web3-eth-abi

• internalType was renamed to baseType in all abi types

web3-eth

• givenProvider default value is undefined
• defaultHardfork default value is 'london'
• defaultAccount default value is undefined
• defaultNetworkId default value is undefined
• When sending a transaction, if Ethereum Node does not respond within transactionSendTimeout, throw an Error.

web3-eth-subscribe

• clearSubscriptions Instead of returning true , clearSubscriptions now returns array of subscription's ids

web3-eth-personal

• givenProvider default value is undefined
• currentProvider default value is undefined