Solana web3.js Client

Docs

• The client page
• API
• V1 Source Code
• V2 Source Code and the API review
  • V2 Codecs Source Code
• Examples

Installation

1. Install NodeJS
2. Enable Corepack: corepack enable
3. Enable Corepack, that will make Yarn available: corepack enable
4. Install the Solana Web3.js client: yarn add @solana/web3.js
5. Install Typescript: npm install -g typescript
6. Install the BN JavaScript library and it's Typescript definitions: npm install bn.js @types/bn.js --save
7. Run the tsc --init command in the scripts directory to generate the default TypeScript configuration file. It will setup some helpful flags. Consider commenting out the "strict": true to disable strict type checking.

Usage Examples

• From the Cookbook
  • Data Serialization
• From the Docs
  • Retrieve the most recent block
  • Create and send a transaction
  • Interacting with Custom Programs
• From the V1 Source Code
• Experimental from the V2 Source Code
  • V2 Transactions
  • V2 Codecs

Build and Run

1. To generate the JavaScript file, run tsc in the scripts directory. It will pick up the TypeScript compiler configuration from the tsconfig.json file and compile all TypeScript files.
2. Run the JavaScript file: node <SCRIPT_NAME.js>

CLI

• List of NodeJS modules: npm ls.