Holochain Client - JavaScript

A JavaScript client for the Holochain Conductor API (works with browsers as well as Nodejs).

API Reference

Complete API reference

Installation

JS client v0.12.x is compatible with Holochain v0.1.x.

JS client v0.16.x is compatible with Holochain v0.2.x.

JS client v0.17.x is compatible with Holochain v0.3.x.

To install from NPM, run

npm install --save-exact @holochain/client

This code is under beta development and you may wish to lock to an exact version of the library for that reason, as shown in the above command.

Sample usage

Use AppAgentWebsocket with implicit zome call signing

import { ActionHash, AdminWebsocket, AppAgentWebsocket, CellType } from "@holochain/client";

const adminWs = await AdminWebsocket.connect({url: "ws://127.0.0.1:65000"});
const agent_key = await adminWs.generateAgentPubKey();
const role_name = "role";
const installed_app_id = "test-app";
const appInfo = await adminWs.installApp({
  agent_key,
  path: "path/to/happ/file",
  installed_app_id,
  membrane_proofs: {},
});
await adminWs.enableApp({ installed_app_id });
if (!(CellType.Provisioned in appInfo.cell_info[role_name][0])) {
  process.exit();
}
const { cell_id } = appInfo.cell_info[role_name][0][CellType.Provisioned];
await adminWs.authorizeSigningCredentials(cell_id);
await adminWs.attachAppInterface({ port: 65001 });
const appAgentWs = await AppAgentWebsocket.connect(installed_app_id, {url: "ws://127.0.0.1:65001"});

const zomeCallPayload: CallZomeRequest = {
  cell_id,
  zome_name: "zome_name",
  fn_name: "create_entry",
  provenance: agent_key,
  payload: "some_content",
};

const response: ActionHash = await appAgentWs.callZome(zomeCallPayload, 30000);

await appAgentWs.appWebsocket.client.close();
await adminWs.client.close();

Use AppWebsocket with implicit zome call signing

import { AdminWebsocket, AppWebsocket, CellType } from "@holochain/client";

const adminWs = await AdminWebsocket.connect({url: "ws://127.0.0.1:65000"});
const agent_key = await adminWs.generateAgentPubKey();
const installed_app_id = "test-app";
const appInfo = await adminWs.installApp({
  agent_key,
  path: "path/to/happ/file",
  installed_app_id,
  membrane_proofs: {},
});
await adminWs.enableApp({ installed_app_id });
if (!(CellType.Provisioned in appInfo.cell_info["role"][0])) {
  process.exit();
}
const { cell_id } = appInfo.cell_info["role"][0][CellType.Provisioned];
await adminWs.authorizeSigningCredentials(cell_id);
await adminWs.attachAppInterface({ port: 65001 });
const appWs = await AppWebsocket.connect({url: "ws://127.0.0.1:65001"});

let signalCb;
const signalReceived = new Promise<void>((resolve) => {
  signalCb = (signal) => {
    console.log("signal received", signal);
    // act on signal
    resolve();
  };
});

appWs.on("signal", signalCb);

// trigger an emit_signal
await appWs.callZome({
  cell_id,
  zome_name: "zome",
  fn_name: "emitter",
  provenance: agent_key,
  payload: null,
});
await signalReceived;

await appWs.client.close();
await adminWs.client.close();

Managing zome call signing credentials in a pure JavaScript browser application

Here is a pattern to manage signing keys for signing zome calls when running pure JavaScript web hApps in a web browser:

const cellIdB64 =
    encodeHashToBase64(cell_id[0]) + encodeHashToBase64(cell_id[1]);
// in case the zome call signing credentials are stored locally in the browser
const signingCredentialsJson = localStorage.getItem(cellIdB64);
let signingCredentials: SigningCredentials | null =
  signingCredentialsJson && JSON.parse(signingCredentialsJson);

if (!signingCredentials) {
  const [keyPair, signingKey] = generateSigningKeyPair();
  const capSecret = await admin.grantSigningKey(
    cell_id,
    { [GrantedFunctionsType.All]: null },
    signingKey
  );
  signingCredentials = {
    capSecret,
    keyPair,
    signingKey,
  };
}
setSigningCredentials(cell_id, signingCredentials);
// possibly store the zome call signing credentials locally in the browser
localStorage.setItem(cellIdB64, JSON.stringify(signingCredentials));

Running tests

You need a version (stable toolchain) of Rust available.

You need holochain and hc on your path, best to get them from nix with nix-shell.

To perform the pre-requisite DNA compilation steps, and run the Nodejs test, run:

nix-shell
./run-test.sh

Contribute

Holochain is an open source project. We welcome all sorts of participation and are actively working on increasing surface area to accept it. Please see our contribution guidelines for our general practices and protocols on participating in the community, as well as specific expectations around things like code formatting, testing practices, continuous integration, etc.

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License

Copyright (C) 2020-2023, Holochain Foundation

This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the license provided in the LICENSE file (CAL-1.0). This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.