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_section: Getting Started @<getting-started>
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_subsection: Installing @<installing>
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Ethers' various Classes and Functions are available to import
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manually from sub-packages under the [@ethersproject](link-ethers-npm)
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organization but for most projects, the umbrella package is the
easiest way to get started.
_code: @lang<shell>
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/home/ricmoo> npm install --save ethers
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_subsection: Importing @<importing>
_heading: Node.js
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_code: node.js require @lang<script>
const { ethers } = require("ethers");
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_code: ES6 or TypeScript @lang<script>
import { ethers } from "ethers";
_heading: Web Browser
It is generally better practice (for security reasons) to copy the
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[ethers library](link-ethers-js) to your own webserver and serve it
yourself.
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For quick demos or prototyping though, you can load it in your
Web Applications from our CDN.
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_code: ES6 in the Browser @lang<html>
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<script type="module">
import { ethers } from "https://cdn.ethers.io/lib/ethers-5.2.esm.min.js";
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// Your code here...
</script>
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_code: ES3 (UMD) in the Browser @lang<html>
<script src="https://cdn.ethers.io/lib/ethers-5.2.umd.min.js"
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type="application/javascript"></script>
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_subsection: Common Terminology @<getting-started--glossary>
This section needs work...
_table: Common Terms
$Provider: A Provider (in ethers) is a class which provides an abstraction
for a connection to the Ethereum Network. It provides read-only
access to the Blockchain and its status.
$Signer: A Signer is a class which (usually) in some way directly or
indirectly has access to a private key, which can sign messages
and transactions to authorize the network to charge your account
ether to perform operations.
$Contract: A Contract is an abstraction which represents a connection to a
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specific contract on the Ethereum Network, so that applications
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can use it like a normal JavaScript object.
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| **Provider** | $Provider |
| **Signer** | $Signer |
| **Contract** | $Contract |
_subsection: Connecting to Ethereum: Metamask @<getting-started--connecting>
The quickest and easiest way to experiment and begin developing on
Ethereum is to use [[link-metamask]], which is a browser extension
that provides:
- A connection to the Ethereum network (a [[Provider]])
- Holds your private key and can sign things (a [[Signer]])
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_code: Connecting to Metamask @lang<script>
// A Web3Provider wraps a standard Web3 provider, which is
// what Metamask injects as window.ethereum into each page
const provider = new ethers.providers.Web3Provider(window.ethereum)
// The Metamask plugin also allows signing transactions to
// send ether and pay to change state within the blockchain.
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// For this, you need the account signer...
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const signer = provider.getSigner()
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_subsection: Connecting to Ethereum: RPC @<getting-started--connecting-rpc>
The [JSON-RPC API](link-jsonrpc) is another popular method for interacting
with Ethereum and is available in all major Ethereum node implementations
(e.g. [[link-geth]] and [[link-parity]]) as well as many
third-party web services (e.g. [[link-infura]]). It typically provides:
- A connection to the Ethereum network (a [[Provider]])
- Holds your private key and can sign things (a [[Signer]])
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_code: Connecting to an RPC client @lang<script>
// If you don't specify a //url//, Ethers connects to the default
// (i.e. ``http:/\/localhost:8545``)
const provider = new ethers.providers.JsonRpcProvider();
// The provider also allows signing transactions to
// send ether and pay to change state within the blockchain.
// For this, we need the account signer...
const signer = provider.getSigner()
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_heading: Querying the Blockchain @<getting-started--querying>
Once you have a [[Provider]], you have a read-only connection to the
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blockchain, which you can use to query the current state, fetch historic
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logs, look up deployed code and so on.
_code: Basic Queries @lang<javascript>
// Look up the current block number
//_result:
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await provider.getBlockNumber()
//_log:
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// Get the balance of an account (by address or ENS name, if supported by network)
//_result:
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balance = await provider.getBalance("ethers.eth")
//_log:
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// Often you need to format the output to something more user-friendly,
// such as in ether (instead of wei)
//_result:
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ethers.utils.formatEther(balance)
//_log:
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// If a user enters a string in an input field, you may need
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// to convert it from ether (as a string) to wei (as a BigNumber)
//_result:
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ethers.utils.parseEther("1.0")
//_log:
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_heading: Writing to the Blockchain @<getting-started--sending>
_code: Sending Ether @lang<script>
// Send 1 ether to an ens name.
const tx = signer.sendTransaction({
to: "ricmoo.firefly.eth",
value: ethers.utils.parseEther("1.0")
});
_subsection: Contracts @<getting-started--contracts>
A Contract is an abstraction of program code which lives on the
Ethereum blockchain.
The [[Contract]] object makes it easier to use an on-chain
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Contract as a normal JavaScript object, with the methods
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mapped to encoding and decoding data for you.
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If you are familiar with Databases, this is similar to an //Object Relational Mapper// (ORM).
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In order to communicate with the Contract on-chain, this class
needs to know what methods are available and how to encode and
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decode the data, which is what the //Application Binary Interface// (ABI)
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provides.
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This class is a //meta-class//, which means its methods are constructed
at runtime, and when you pass in the ABI to the constructor it uses it
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to determine which methods to add.
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While an on-chain Contract may have many methods available, you can safely ignore
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any methods you don't need or use, providing a smaller subset of the ABI to
the contract.
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An ABI often comes from the Solidity or Vyper compiler, but you can use the
Human-Readable ABI in code, which the following examples use.
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_code: Connecting to the DAI Contract @lang<javascript>
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// You can also use an ENS name for the contract address
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const daiAddress = "dai.tokens.ethers.eth";
// The ERC-20 Contract ABI, which is a common contract interface
// for tokens (this is the Human-Readable ABI format)
const daiAbi = [
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// Some details about the token
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"function name() view returns (string)",
"function symbol() view returns (string)",
// Get the account balance
"function balanceOf(address) view returns (uint)",
// Send some of your tokens to someone else
"function transfer(address to, uint amount)",
// An event triggered whenever anyone transfers to someone else
"event Transfer(address indexed from, address indexed to, uint amount)"
];
// The Contract object
const daiContract = new ethers.Contract(daiAddress, daiAbi, provider);
//_hide: _page.daiAbi = daiAbi;
//_hide: _page.daiContract = daiContract;
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_heading: Read-Only Methods @<getting-started--reading>
_code: Querying the DAI Contract @lang<javascript>
//_hide: const daiContract = _page.daiContract;
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// Get the ERC-20 token name
//_result:
await daiContract.name()
//_log:
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// Get the ERC-20 token symbol (for tickers and UIs)
//_result:
await daiContract.symbol()
//_log:
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// Get the balance of an address
balance = await daiContract.balanceOf("ricmoo.firefly.eth")
//_log: balance
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// Format the DAI for displaying to the user
//_result:
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ethers.utils.formatUnits(balance, 18)
//_log:
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_heading: State Changing Methods @<getting-started--writing>
_code: Sending DAI @lang<script>
// The DAI Contract is currently connected to the Provider,
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// which is read-only. You need to connect to a Signer, so
// that you can pay to send state-changing transactions.
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const daiWithSigner = contract.connect(signer);
// Each DAI has 18 decimal places
const dai = ethers.utils.parseUnits("1.0", 18);
// Send 1 DAI to "ricmoo.firefly.eth"
tx = daiWithSigner.transfer("ricmoo.firefly.eth", dai);
_heading: Listening to Events @<getting-started--events>
_code: Listening to Events @lang<javascript>
//_hide: const daiContract = _page.daiContract;
//_hide: const formatEther = ethers.utils.formatEther;
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// Receive an event when ANY transfer occurs
daiContract.on("Transfer", (from, to, amount, event) => {
console.log(`${ from } sent ${ formatEther(amount) } to ${ to}`);
// The event object contains the verbatim log data, the
// EventFragment and functions to fetch the block,
// transaction and receipt and event functions
});
// A filter for when a specific address receives tokens
myAddress = "0x8ba1f109551bD432803012645Ac136ddd64DBA72";
filter = daiContract.filters.Transfer(null, myAddress)
//_log: filter
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// Receive an event when that filter occurs
daiContract.on(filter, (from, to, amount, event) => {
// The to will always be "address"
console.log(`I got ${ formatEther(amount) } from ${ from }.`);
});
//_hide: daiContract.removeAllListeners(); /* Don't want to block the docs from compiling... */
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_heading: Query Historic Events @<getting-started--history>
_code: Filtering Historic Events @lang<javascript>
//_hide: const signer = new ethers.VoidSigner("0x8ba1f109551bD432803012645Ac136ddd64DBA72");
//_hide: const daiContract = _page.daiContract;
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// Get the address of the Signer
myAddress = await signer.getAddress()
//_log: myAddress
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// Filter for all token transfers from me
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filterFrom = daiContract.filters.Transfer(myAddress, null);
//_log: filterFrom
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// Filter for all token transfers to me
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filterTo = daiContract.filters.Transfer(null, myAddress);
//_log: filterTo
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// List all transfers sent from me a specific block range
//_result:
await daiContract.queryFilter(filterFrom, 9843470, 9843480)
//_log:
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//
// The following have had the results omitted due to the
// number of entries; but they provide some useful examples
//
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// List all transfers sent in the last 10,000 blocks
await daiContract.queryFilter(filterFrom, -10000)
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// List all transfers ever sent to me
await daiContract.queryFilter(filterTo)
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_subsection: Signing Messages @<getting-started--signing>
_code: Signing Messages @lang<javascript>
//_hide: const signer = ethers.Wallet.createRandom();
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// To sign a simple string, which are used for
// logging into a service, such as CryptoKitties,
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// pass the string in.
signature = await signer.signMessage("Hello World");
//_log: signature
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//
// A common case is also signing a hash, which is 32
// bytes. It is important to note, that to sign binary
// data it MUST be an Array (or TypedArray)
//
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// This string is 66 characters long
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message = "0xddf252ad1be2c89b69c2b068fc378daa952ba7f163c4a11628f55a4df523b3ef"
// This array representation is 32 bytes long
messageBytes = ethers.utils.arrayify(message);
//_log: messageBytes
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// To sign a hash, you most often want to sign the bytes
signature = await signer.signMessage(messageBytes)
//_log: signature