@iota/http-client

Sends commands to IRI over HTTP. Allows to create a network provider compatible with functions in @iota/core.

Installation

Install using npm:

npm install @iota/http-client

or using yarn:

yarn add @iota/http-client

API Reference

• http-client

  • static

    • .createHttpClient([settings])

    • .send(command, [uri], [apiVersion])

  • inner

    • ~createHttpClient(command)

    • ~setSettings([settings])

http-client.createHttpClient([settings])

Summary: Creates an HTTP client to access the IRI API.

Param	Type	Default	Description
[settings]	Object	{}
[settings.provider]	String	http://localhost:14265	URI of an IRI node to connect to
[settings.apiVersion]	String | number	1	IOTA API version to be sent in the X-IOTA-API-Version header.
[settings.requestBatchSize]	number	1000	Number of search values per request

This method creates an HTTP client that you can use to send requests to the IRI API endpoints.

Related methods

To send requests to the IRI node, use the send() method.

Returns: HTTP client object
Example

let settings = {
 provider: 'http://mynode.eu:14265'
}

let httpClient = HttpClient.createHttpClient(settings);

http-client.send(command, [uri], [apiVersion])

Fulil: Object - Response
Reject: Error - Request error

Param	Type	Default
command	Command
[uri]	String	http://localhost:14265
[apiVersion]	String | Number	1

Sends an http request to a specified host.

Returns: Promise

http-client~createHttpClient(command)

Summary: Sends an API request to the connected IRI node.
Fulfil: Object response - The response from the IRI node
Reject: Object error - The connected IOTA node's API returned an error. See the list of error messages

Param	Type	Description
command	Object	The request body for the API endpoint

This method uses the HTTP client to send requests to the IRI API endpoints.

Related methods

To create an HTTP client, use the createHttpClient() method.

Example

let httpClient = HttpClient.createHttpClient(settings);
httpClient.send({command:'getNodeInfo'})
.then(response => {
  console.log(response);
})
.catch(error => {
  console.log(error);
})

http-client~setSettings([settings])

Summary: Updates the settings of an existing HTTP client.

Param	Type	Default	Description
[settings]	Object	{}
[settings.provider]	String	http://localhost:14265	URI of an IRI node to connect to
[settings.apiVersion]	String | number	1	IOTA API version to be sent in the X-IOTA-API-Version header.
[settings.requestBatchSize]	number	1000	Number of search values per request.

This method updates the settings of an existing HTTP client.

Related methods

To create an HTTP client, use the createHttpClient() method.

Example

let settings = {
  provider: 'https://nodes.devnet.thetangle.org:443'
  }

let httpClient = http.createHttpClient(settings);
httpClient.send({command:'getNodeInfo'}).then(res => {
  console.log(res)
}).catch(err => {
  console.log(err)
});

httpClient.setSettings({provider:'http://newnode.org:14265'});

httpClient.send({command:'getNodeInfo'}).then(res => {
  console.log(res)
}).catch(err => {
  console.log(err)
})