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Getting Started
Installing
/home/ricmoo> npm install --save ethers
Importing
Node.js
const { ethers } = require("ethers");
import { ethers } from "ethers";
Web Browser
<script type="module">
import { ethers } from "https://cdn.ethers.io/lib/ethers-5.0.esm.min.js";
// Your code here...
</script>
<script src="https://cdn.ethers.io/lib/ethers-5.0.umd.min.js"
type="application/javascipt"></script>
Common Terminology
Common Terms
Connecting to Ethereum: Metamask
// 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.
// For this, you need the account signer...
const signer = provider.getSigner()
Connecting to Ethereum: RPC
// 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()
Querying the Blockchain
// Look up the current block number
provider.getBlockNumber()
// { Promise: 10819010 }
// Get the balance of an account (by address or ENS name, if supported by network)
balance = await provider.getBalance("ethers.eth")
// { BigNumber: "2337132817842795605" }
// Often you need to format the output to something more user-friendly,
// such as in ether (instead of wei)
ethers.utils.formatEther(balance)
// '2.337132817842795605'
// If a user enters a string in an input field, you may need
// to convert it from ether (as a string) to wei (as a BigNumber)
ethers.utils.parseEther("1.0")
// { BigNumber: "1000000000000000000" }
Writing to the Blockchain
// Send 1 ether to an ens name.
const tx = signer.sendTransaction({
to: "ricmoo.firefly.eth",
value: ethers.utils.parseEther("1.0")
});
Contracts
// You can also use an ENS name for the contract address
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 = [
// Some details about the token
"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);
Read-Only Methods
// Get the ERC-20 token name
daiContract.name()
// { Promise: 'Dai Stablecoin' }
// Get the ERC-20 token synbol (for tickers and UIs)
daiContract.symbol()
// { Promise: 'DAI' }
// Get the balance of an address
balance = await daiContract.balanceOf("ricmoo.firefly.eth")
// { BigNumber: "11386855832278858351495" }
// Format the DAI for displaying to the user
ethers.utils.formatUnits(balance, 18)
// '11386.855832278858351495'
State Changing Methods
// The DAI Contract is currently connected to the Provider,
// which is read-only. You need to connect to a Signer, so
// that you can pay to send state-changing transactions.
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);
Listening to Events
// 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)
// {
// address: 'dai.tokens.ethers.eth',
// topics: [
// '0xddf252ad1be2c89b69c2b068fc378daa952ba7f163c4a11628f55a4df523b3ef',
// null,
// '0x0000000000000000000000008ba1f109551bd432803012645ac136ddd64dba72'
// ]
// }
// 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 }.`);
});
Query Historic Events
// Get the address of the Signer
myAddress = await signer.getAddress()
// '0x8ba1f109551bD432803012645Ac136ddd64DBA72'
// Filter for all token transfers to me
filterFrom = daiContract.filters.Transfer(myAddress, null);
// {
// address: 'dai.tokens.ethers.eth',
// topics: [
// '0xddf252ad1be2c89b69c2b068fc378daa952ba7f163c4a11628f55a4df523b3ef',
// '0x0000000000000000000000008ba1f109551bd432803012645ac136ddd64dba72'
// ]
// }
// Filter for all token transfers from me
filterTo = daiContract.filters.Transfer(null, myAddress);
// {
// address: 'dai.tokens.ethers.eth',
// topics: [
// '0xddf252ad1be2c89b69c2b068fc378daa952ba7f163c4a11628f55a4df523b3ef',
// null,
// '0x0000000000000000000000008ba1f109551bd432803012645ac136ddd64dba72'
// ]
// }
// List all transfers sent from me a specific block range
daiContract.queryFilter(filterFrom, 9843470, 9843480)
// { Promise: [
// {
// address: '0x6B175474E89094C44Da98b954EedeAC495271d0F',
// args: [
// '0x8ba1f109551bD432803012645Ac136ddd64DBA72',
// '0x8B3765eDA5207fB21690874B722ae276B96260E0',
// { BigNumber: "4750000000000000000" }
// ],
// blockHash: '0x8462eb2fbcef5aa4861266f59ad5f47b9aa6525d767d713920fdbdfb6b0c0b78',
// blockNumber: 9843476,
// data: '0x00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000041eb63d55b1b0000',
// decode: [Function],
// event: 'Transfer',
// eventSignature: 'Transfer(address,address,uint256)',
// getBlock: [Function],
// getTransaction: [Function],
// getTransactionReceipt: [Function],
// logIndex: 69,
// removeListener: [Function],
// removed: false,
// topics: [
// '0xddf252ad1be2c89b69c2b068fc378daa952ba7f163c4a11628f55a4df523b3ef',
// '0x0000000000000000000000008ba1f109551bd432803012645ac136ddd64dba72',
// '0x0000000000000000000000008b3765eda5207fb21690874b722ae276b96260e0'
// ],
// transactionHash: '0x1be23554545030e1ce47391a41098a46ff426382ed740db62d63d7676ff6fcf1',
// transactionIndex: 81
// },
// {
// address: '0x6B175474E89094C44Da98b954EedeAC495271d0F',
// args: [
// '0x8ba1f109551bD432803012645Ac136ddd64DBA72',
// '0x00De4B13153673BCAE2616b67bf822500d325Fc3',
// { BigNumber: "250000000000000000" }
// ],
// blockHash: '0x8462eb2fbcef5aa4861266f59ad5f47b9aa6525d767d713920fdbdfb6b0c0b78',
// blockNumber: 9843476,
// data: '0x00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000003782dace9d90000',
// decode: [Function],
// event: 'Transfer',
// eventSignature: 'Transfer(address,address,uint256)',
// getBlock: [Function],
// getTransaction: [Function],
// getTransactionReceipt: [Function],
// logIndex: 70,
// removeListener: [Function],
// removed: false,
// topics: [
// '0xddf252ad1be2c89b69c2b068fc378daa952ba7f163c4a11628f55a4df523b3ef',
// '0x0000000000000000000000008ba1f109551bd432803012645ac136ddd64dba72',
// '0x00000000000000000000000000de4b13153673bcae2616b67bf822500d325fc3'
// ],
// transactionHash: '0x1be23554545030e1ce47391a41098a46ff426382ed740db62d63d7676ff6fcf1',
// transactionIndex: 81
// }
// ] }
//
// The following have had the results omitted due to the
// number of entries; but they provide some useful examples
//
// List all transfers sent in the last 10,000 blocks
daiContract.queryFilter(filterFrom, -10000)
// List all transfers ever sent to me
daiContract.queryFilter(filterTo)
Signing Messages
// To sign a simple string, which are used for
// logging into a service, such as CryptoKitties,
// pass the string in.
signature = await signer.signMessage("Hello World");
// '0x94fac815fc18f295c4860128d8960dfdb1d88acf891a48e345368f3f4d52c95e59d0f8b35d05d554905a39c63c11b66f61abf0211fcaba36bef5dfaf1ea5f1331c'
//
// 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)
//
// This string is 66 characters long
message = "0xddf252ad1be2c89b69c2b068fc378daa952ba7f163c4a11628f55a4df523b3ef"
// This array representation is 32 bytes long
messageBytes = ethers.utils.arrayify(message);
// Uint8Array [ 221, 242, 82, 173, 27, 226, 200, 155, 105, 194, 176, 104, 252, 55, 141, 170, 149, 43, 167, 241, 99, 196, 161, 22, 40, 245, 90, 77, 245, 35, 179, 239 ]
// To sign a hash, you most often want to sign the bytes
signature = await signer.signMessage(messageBytes)
// '0xa77f9018a3ad3078056d529d5ccaca8796cdb5bc84e799d13b63a53646ab73f87f0895df7bbe2ee6016c95eb78a2e77013ab8f8d4855143d3567932cb5331e881c'