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ethers-svelte

Use the ethers js library library as a collection of readable stores for Svelte.

Inspired by the svelte-web3 library by clbrge.

Installation

1. Add the ethers-svelte package:

   npm i ethers-svelte

2. Add the ethers js library to your main HTML (public/index.html) file in your Svelte app.

<script src="https://cdn.ethers.io/lib/ethers-5.2.umd.min.js" type="application/javascript"></script>

Usage

There are 2 ways to use this library:

1. By connecting to any Web 3 Providers like MetaMask, Web3Modal with WalletConnect etc by using the useWeb3Provider function.

2. By connecting to any RPC provider like Infura or Alchemy directly or even to your local blockchain such as Hardhat or Ganache etc by using the useJsonRpcProvider function.

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Firstly we have to create a chain store. To do that, import the createChainStore function:

import { createChainStore } from 'ethers-svelte';

Invoking the createChainStore function gives us back multiple stores to read from and also other helpers that help intitate our connection to our providers.

const { useWeb3Provider, useJsonRpcProvider, chainStore, signer, provider } = createChainStore();

The useWeb3Provider and useJsonRpcProvider returned above are functions that we will use to connect to our provider. The chainstore is a svelte store we can subscribe to for different values. All these values are also exported as derived stores such as the signer and provider shown above.

All values are null by default until a connection to a provider is established.

Basic example (with Metamask)

Metamask by default provides window.ethereum in the global namespace

const { useWeb3Provider, useJsonRpcProvider, chainStore, signer, provider } = createChainStore();

useWeb3Provider(window.ethereum); //Activates Metamask popup

Once initialized we can use the chainStore to read multiple values:

$chainStore.account //The current account connected
$chainStore.network //The current network connected
$chainStore.chainId //The current chainId you are connected to
$chainStore.chainData //CAIP-2 representation of chain data
$chainStore.allAccounts //Equivalent to provider.listAccounts()
$chainStore.provider //EthersJs Provider Instance
$chainStore.signer //EthersJs Signer Instance

//All the above values are also exported as standalone derived stores when invoking the createChainStore() function. Example:

$account //The current account connected
$provider //EthersJs Provider Instance
$signer //EthersJs Signer Instance

We can then use the Ethers JS Provider/Signer instance as we would:

$provider.getBalance("0xsomeAddress");
$signer.sendTransaction({to, value, gasLimit});

 

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Ethers-Svelte provides a consistent interface. All values and usage is almost similar for whichever provider interface (web3/JsonRpc) you use.

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Web3Modal with Wallet Connect:

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import { createChainStore } from 'ethers-svelte';
const { useWeb3Provider, useJsonRpcProvider, chainStore, signer, provider } = createChainStore();

const Web3Modal = window.Web3Modal.default;
const WalletConnectProvider = window.WalletConnectProvider.default;

const web3Modal = new Web3Modal({
  providerOptions: {
    walletconnect: { package: WalletConnectProvider, options: { infuraId: 'infuraId' } } 
  }
});

web3Modal.connect().then((wcProvider) => {
  useWeb3Provider(wcProvider);
});

$: console.log($chainStore.account) //The current account connected

 

Connecting to our local blockchain (Hardhat or Ganache):

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import { createChainStore } from 'ethers-svelte';
const { useWeb3Provider, useJsonRpcProvider, chainStore, signer, provider } = createChainStore();

const hardhatNetwork = 'http://127.0.0.1:8545';

useJsonRpcProvider(hardhatNetwork);

$: console.log($chainStore.account);
$: console.log($signer);

By default, ethers-svelte will get the default signer at account #0. As a second argument, an index, address or wallet instance can be provided. This is useful when you don't just want to read from the blockchain but also write to it.

The useJsonRpcProvider also returns an object with a changeSigner function to change the signer for this store. Continuing from the above example:

useJsonRpcProvider(hardhatNetwork); // Selects the first account at account#0
useJsonRpcProvider(hardhatNetwork, 1); // Select the account at index 1
useJsonRpcProvider(hardhatNetwork, "0xsomeAddress"); // Select the account at address provided

//Any Ethersjs wallet instance can also be provided
const wallet = new ethers.Wallet('privateKeyForAWallet');
useJsonRpcProvider(hardhatNetwork, wallet);

//Finally we can also change the signer
useJsonRpcProvider(hardhatNetwork, 0).then({changeSigner} => {
  changeSigner(1);
  changeSigner("0xaddress");
  changeSigner(wallet);
});

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Create Contract Stores

You can use the createContractStore function from ethers-svelte to create a contract store.

import { createContractStore, createChainStore, ethers } from "ethers-svelte";
const { useWeb3Provider, signer, provider } = createChainStore();

//A contract store that can read from blockchain
const contractP = createContractStore(contractAddress, abi, provider);

//A contract store that can read/write to blockchain
const contractS = createContractStore(contractAddress, abi, signer);

//Functions can be invoked on that address following the 'Ethers' interface
$contractP.balanceOf("0xAddress");

const amount = ethers.utils.parseUnits(200, 18);
$contractS.transfer("0xAddress", amount);

Make sure a provider or signer store is provided to the createContractStore function and not instances.

createContractStore(contractAddress, abi, provider); //Correct
createContractStore(contractAddress, abi, signer); //Correct

createContractStore(contractAddress, abi, $provider); //Incorrect
createContractStore(contractAddress, abi, $chainStore.provider); //Incorrect

Whenever the provider or signer will change, the contractStore will automatically update to use the updated values.

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You can also save your chain store to retreive it later. Simply pass in a key/name when using the createCahinStore function. If no value is provided, it wont be saved.

import { createChainStore, getChainStore } from 'ethers-svelte';

const { useWeb3Provider, chainStore, signer, provider } = createChainStore('metamaskConnection');


const { useWeb3Provider, chainStore, signer, provider } = getChainStore('metamaskConnection'); //Can retreive it later

Finally ethers-svelte also exports the ethers library you imported via CDN and the getChainData function that returns a CAIP-2 formatted representation of the chain ID provided as an input.

import { ethers, getChainData } from 'ethers-svelte';

const ethereumChain = getChainData("1"); //ChainId for ethereum mainnet is 1

console.log(ethereumChain)

{
    "name": "Ethereum Mainnet",
    "chain": "ETH",
    "network": "mainnet",
    "icon": "ethereum",
    "rpc": ["https://mainnet.infura.io/v3/${INFURA_API_KEY}", "wss://mainnet.infura.io/ws/v3/${INFURA_API_KEY}", "https://api.mycryptoapi.com/eth", "https://cloudflare-eth.com"],
    "faucets": [],
    "nativeCurrency": { "name": "Ether", "symbol": "ETH", "decimals": 18 },
    "infoURL": "https://ethereum.org",
    "shortName": "eth",
    "chainId": 1,
    "networkId": 1,
    "slip44": 60,
    "ens": { "registry": "0x00000000000C2E074eC69A0dFb2997BA6C7d2e1e" },
    "explorers": [{ "name": "etherscan", "url": "https://etherscan.io", "standard": "EIP3091" }],
  }

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Examples

Let us know if you are using ethers-svelte to build an open source Dapp and want to be listed in this section.

Some basic examples can be found in the examples folder.

 

Happy BUIDLing !