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The current release of eosjs is built for the last stable eos build Dawn 2.x

You can find the current stable branch of eos here: https://github.com/EOSIO/eos/tree/dawn-2.x

A Dawn 3.x pre-release version of eosjs is available: npm i eosjs@dawn3

You can run the latest Dawn 3.x node from the default master branch at: http://github.com/eosio/eos

Version	EOSIO/eosjs	Npm	EOSIO/eos	Docker	Node
dawn3	branch: master	npm install eosjs@dawn3	branch: master	eosio/eos:20180328	local docker
dawn2	branch: dawn2	npm install eosjs	branch: dawn-2.x	eosio/eos:dawn2x	http or https://t1readonly.eos.io

Eosjs

General purpose library for the EOS blockchain.

Usage (read-only)

Eos = require('eosjs') // Eos = require('./src')
 
// eos = Eos.Localnet() // 127.0.0.1:8888
eos = Eos.Testnet() // testnet at eos.io
 
// All API methods print help when called with no-arguments.
eos.getBlock()
 
// Next, your going to need eosd running on localhost:8888
 
// If a callback is not provided, a Promise is returned
eos.getBlock(1).then(result => {console.log(result)})
 
// Parameters can be sequential or an object
eos.getBlock({block_num_or_id: 1}).then(result => console.log(result))
 
// Callbacks are similar
callback = (err, res) => {err ? console.error(err) : console.log(res)}
eos.getBlock(1, callback)
eos.getBlock({block_num_or_id: 1}, callback)
 
// Provide an empty object or a callback if an API call has no arguments
eos.getInfo({}).then(result => {console.log(result)})
 

API methods and documentation are generated from:

• chain.json
• account_history.json

Configuration

Eos = require('eosjs') // Eos = require('./src')
 
// Optional configuration..
config = {
  keyProvider: ['PrivateKeys...'], // WIF string or array of keys..
  httpEndpoint: 'http://127.0.0.1:8888',
  mockTransactions: () => 'pass', // or 'fail'
  transactionHeaders: (expireInSeconds, callback) => {
    callback(null/*error*/, headers)
  },
  expireInSeconds: 60,
  broadcast: true,
  debug: false,
  sign: true
}
 
eos = Eos.Localnet(config)

• mockTransactions (optional)

  • pass - do not broadcast, always pretend that the transaction worked
  • fail - do not broadcast, pretend the transaction failed
  • null|undefined - broadcast as usual

• transactionHeaders (optional) - manually calculate transaction header. This may be provided so eosjs does not need to make header related API calls to eosd. This callback is called for every transaction. Headers are documented here eosjs-api#headers.

Options

Options may be provided immediately after parameters.

Example: eos.transfer(params, options)

options = {
  broadcast: true,
  sign: true,
  authorization: null
}

• authorization {array<auth>|auth} - identifies the signing account and permission typically in a multi-sig configuration. Authorization may be a string formatted as account@permission or an object<{actor: account, permission}>.
  • If missing default authorizations will be calculated.
  • If provided additional authorizations will not be added.
  • Sorting is always performed (by account name).

Usage (read/write)

If you use the Testnet, you'll need to replace the private key in keyProvider.

Eos = require('eosjs') // Eos = require('./src')
 
eos = Eos.Localnet({keyProvider: '5KQwrPbwdL6PhXujxW37FSSQZ1JiwsST4cqQzDeyXtP79zkvFD3'})
 
// Run with no arguments to print usage.
eos.transfer()
 
// Usage with options (options are always optional)
options = {broadcast: false}
eos.transfer({from: 'inita', to: 'initb', quantity: '1 EOS', memo: ''}, options)
 
// Object or ordered args may be used.
eos.transfer('inita', 'initb', '2 EOS', 'memo', options)
 
// A broadcast boolean may be provided as a shortcut for {broadcast: false}
eos.transfer('inita', 'initb', '1 EOS', '', false)

Read-write API methods and documentation are generated from this schema.

For more advanced signing, see keyProvider in eosjs-keygen or unit test.

Shorthand

Shorthand is available for some types such as Asset and Authority.

For example:

• deposit: '1 EOS' is shorthand for 1.0000 EOS
• owner: 'EOS6MRy..' is shorthand for {threshold: 1, keys: [key: 'EOS6MRy..', weight: 1]}
• recovery: inita or inita@active is shorthand
  • {{threshold: 1, accounts: [..actor: inita, permission: active, weight: 1]}}
  • inita@other would replace the permission active with other

Eos = require('eosjs') // Eos = require('./src')
 
initaPrivate = '5KQwrPbwdL6PhXujxW37FSSQZ1JiwsST4cqQzDeyXtP79zkvFD3'
initaPublic = 'EOS6MRyAjQq8ud7hVNYcfnVPJqcVpscN5So8BhtHuGYqET5GDW5CV'
keyProvider = initaPrivate
 
eos = Eos.Localnet({keyProvider})
 
eos.newaccount({
  creator: 'inita',
  name: 'mynewacct',
  owner: initaPublic,
  active: initaPublic,
  recovery: 'inita'
})
 

Contract

Deploy a smart contract.

The setcode command accepts WASM text and converts this to binary before signing and broadcasting. For this, the Binaryen library is used. Because this is a large library it is not included in eosjs by default.

Add binaryen to your project:

npm i binaryen

Import and include the library when you configure Eos:

binaryen = require('binaryen')
eos = Eos.Testnet({..., binaryen})

Complete example:

Eos = require('eosjs') // Eos = require('./src')
let {ecc} = Eos.modules
 
initaPrivate = '5KQwrPbwdL6PhXujxW37FSSQZ1JiwsST4cqQzDeyXtP79zkvFD3'
 
// New deterministic key for the currency account.  Only use a simple
// seedPrivate in production if you want to give away money.
currencyPrivate = ecc.seedPrivate('currency')
currencyPublic = ecc.privateToPublic(currencyPrivate)
 
keyProvider = [initaPrivate, currencyPrivate]
 
//  Requires a large library, separate from the eosjs bundle
// $ npm install binaryen
binaryen = require('binaryen')
 
eos = Eos.Localnet({keyProvider, binaryen})
 
eos.newaccount({
  creator: 'inita',
  name: 'currency',
  owner: currencyPublic,
  active: currencyPublic,
  recovery: 'inita'
})
 
contractDir = `${process.env.HOME}/eosio/dawn3/build/contracts/currency`
wast = fs.readFileSync(`${contractDir}/currency.wast`)
abi = fs.readFileSync(`${contractDir}/currency.abi`)
 
// Publish contract to the blockchain
eos.setcode('currency', 0, 0, wast)
eos.setabi('currency', JSON.parse(abi))
 
currency = null
// eos.contract(account<string>, [options], [callback])
eos.contract('currency').then(contract => currency = contract)
 
// Issue is one of the actions in currency.abi
currency.issue('inita', '1000.0000 CUR', {authorization: 'currency'})
 

Atomic Operations

Blockchain level atomic operations. All will pass or fail.

Eos = require('eosjs') // Eos = require('./src')
 
keyProvider = [
  '5KQwrPbwdL6PhXujxW37FSSQZ1JiwsST4cqQzDeyXtP79zkvFD3',
  Eos.modules.ecc.seedPrivate('currency')
]
 
eos = Eos.Localnet({keyProvider})
 
// if either transfer fails, both will fail (1 transaction, 2 messages)
eos.transaction(eos =>
  {
    eos.transfer('inita', 'initb', '1 EOS', '')
    eos.transfer('inita', 'initc', '1 EOS', '')
    // Returning a promise is optional (but handled as expected)
  }
  // [options],
  // [callback]
)
 
// transaction on a single contract
eos.transaction('currency', currency => {
  currency.transfer('inita', 'initb', '1 CUR', '')
})
 
// mix contracts in the same transaction
eos.transaction(['currency', 'eosio'], ({currency, eosio}) => {
  currency.transfer('inita', 'initb', '1 CUR', '')
  eosio.transfer('inita', 'initb', '1 EOS', '')
})
 
// contract lookups then transactions
eos.contract('currency').then(currency => {
  currency.transaction(cur => {
    cur.transfer('inita', 'initb', '1 CUR', '')
    cur.transfer('initb', 'initc', '1 CUR', '')
  })
  currency.transfer('inita', 'initb', '1 CUR', '')
})
 
// Note, the contract method does not take an array.  Just use Await or yield
// if multiple contracts are needed outside of a transaction.
 

Usage (manual)

A manual transaction provides for more flexibility.

Eos = require('eosjs') // Eos = require('./src')
 
eos = Eos.Localnet({keyProvider: '5KQwrPbwdL6PhXujxW37FSSQZ1JiwsST4cqQzDeyXtP79zkvFD3'})
 
// returns Promise
eos.transaction({
  actions: [
    {
      account: 'eosio',
      name: 'transfer',
      authorization: [{
        actor: 'inita',
        permission: 'active'
      }],
      data: {
        from: 'inita',
        to: 'initb',
        quantity: '7 EOS',
        memo: ''
      }
    }
  ]
})
 

Development

From time-to-time the eosjs and eosd binary format will change between releases so you may need to start eosd with the --skip-transaction-signatures parameter to get your transactions to pass.

Note, package.json has a "main" pointing to ./lib. The ./lib folder is for es2015 code built in a separate step. If your changing and testing code, import from ./src instead.

Eos = require('./src')
 
// Creating the instance `eos` means that common blockchain data-structures are
// available for a given network (Testnet, Mainnet, etc).
eos = Eos.Localnet()

• Fcbuffer

The eos instance can provide more convenient serialization:

// 'nonce' is a struct but could be any type or struct like: uint8 or transaction
nonce = {value: '..'}
nonceBuffer = eos.fc.toBuffer('nonce', nonce)
assert.deepEqual(nonce, eos.fc.fromBuffer('nonce', nonceBuffer))
 
// Serialization for a smart-contract's Abi:
eos.contract('currency', (error, c) => currency = c)
issue = {to: 'inita', quantity: '1.0000 CUR'}
issueBuffer = currency.fc.toBuffer('issue', issue)
assert.deepEqual(issue, eos.fc.fromBuffer('issue', issueBuffer))

Use Node v8+ to package-lock.json.

Related Libraries

These libraries are exported from eosjs or may be used separately.

var {api, ecc, json, Fcbuffer, format} = Eos.modules

• format ./format.md

  • Blockchain name validation
  • Asset string formatting

• eosjs-api [Github, NPM]

  • Remote API to an EOS blockchain node (eosd)
  • Use this library directly if you need read-only access to the blockchain (don't need to sign transactions).

• eosjs-ecc [Github, NPM]

  • Private Key, Public Key, Signature, AES, Encryption / Decryption
  • Validate public or private keys
  • Encrypt or decrypt with EOS compatible checksums
  • Calculate a shared secret

• eosjs-json [Github, NPM]

  • Blockchain definitions (api method names, blockchain operations, etc)
  • Maybe used by any language that can parse json
  • Kept up-to-date

• eosjs-keygen [Github, NPM]

  • private key storage and key management

• Fcbuffer [Github, NPM]

  • Binary serialization used by the blockchain
  • Clients sign the binary form of the transaction
  • Essential so the client knows what it is signing

Browser

git clone https://github.com/EOSIO/eosjs.git
cd eosjs
npm install
npm run build
# builds: ./dist/eos.js 

<script src="eos.js"></script>
<script>
var eos = Eos.Testnet()
//...
</script> 

Environment

Node 6+ and browser (browserify, webpack, etc)

React Native should work, create an issue if you find a bug.