@oasisprotocol/client-ext-utils

Utilities related to browser extensions

This package contains a library for both building a browser extension and interacting with it from web content.

Developers, see this getting started guide.

Philosophy

A browser extension is a convenient place to implement a wallet so that it can be used with dApps. Prefer to have more responsibilities in the dApp, such as connecting to a node, estimating or configuring gas, setting nonces, and submitting transactions.

An extension that works by altering the JavaScript environment for all sites is a lot to trust. Prefer to have a dApp request to interact with an extension.

Inventory of what's here

1. A messaging protocol for web content to connect to a browser extension.
2. For use in web content, a ContextSigner implementation that forwards requests to a browser extension over the messaging protocol.
3. For use in browser extensions, a library that understands the messaging protocol and calls given callbacks.