v1.0.0-beta.1

The new iota.js beta [source] is the Typescript port of iota.lib.js. It introduces support for promises and modularizes the existing codebase.

New npm packages

Package	Description
@iota/bundle-validator	Syntactically validates bundle structure and signatures.
@iota/bundle	Utilities for generating and signing bundles.
@iota/checksum	Add, remove and validate checksums.
@iota/converter	Methods for converting ascii, values & trytes to trits and back.
@iota/core	Core functionality to interact with the IOTA network: generate addresses, create, broadcast and monitor transactions.
@iota/curl	Curl sponge function
@iota/extract-json	Extracts JSON encoded messages from signature message fragments.
@iota/http-client	Send commands to IRI over HTTP.
@iota/kerl	IOTA-related cryptographic methods
@iota/multisig	Methods for generating multisig addresses and co-signing transactions.
@iota/pad	Padding utility
@iota/samples	Collection of samples useful in testing IOTA modules.
@iota/signing	IOTA Signing Scheme
@iota/transaction-converter	Converts transaction trytes to transaction objects and back.
@iota/transaction	Utilities and validators for transactions.
@iota/unit-converter	Converts value across different IOTA units.
@iota/validators	Collection of guards and validators, useful in IOTA development.

What's new:

• Getting access to API: const iota = core.composeAPI({ provider: 'http://localhost: 14265' })
• prepareTransfers works offline
• checkConsistency which is equivalent to isPromotable of iota.lib.js
• isPromotable has additional check for transactions falling below max depth
• generateAddress was added, for deterministic address generation
• Added asTransactionTrytes/Object (better naming than transactionTrytes/Object)
• asTransactionTrytes accepts trytes string or array of trytes
• Fixed extended ascii conversion issues (#243)
• extractJson conforms to JSON spec (#231)

Deprecations

The following methods & fields are deprecated and will be removed in v2.0.0:

• getBundlesFromAddresses
• isReattachable
• getTransfers
• total, returnAll & checksum options of getNewAddress
• transfers field of object returned by getAccountData