eth-net-type

eth-net-type

Get infos about your current network type, supported networks so far: mainnet, morden, ropsten, kovan, rinkeby.

npm install eth-net-type --save

Note: Supported Node.js 4.0.0 and above

    const ethNetType = require('eth-net-type')
    ethNetType.guess(myWeb3Instance.eth.getBlock(0))

    // returns (kovan example):
    {
        'match': true,
        'block_hash': '0xa3c565fc15c7478862d50ccd6561e3c06b24cc509bf388941c25ea985ce32cb9',
        'network_id': 42,
        'name': 'kovan',
        'disused': false,
        'start_date': 1488459412
    }

API

ethNetType.guess(<Number / String>)

Get network type by the network id number or the the genesis block hash.

ethNetType.getByGenBlockHash(<String>)

Get network type by the genesis block hash (block number 0).

ethNetType.getByNetId(<Number>)

Get network type by the network id number.

All methods return a match parameter, true if there is a match otherwise false.

TESTS

Unit tests (chai+mocha) are included in test/general.js

npm run test

LICENSE

MIT