Zilliqa-JavaScript-Library API

Installation

To use Zilliqa's Javascript API library, run ONE of the following commands from the root of your project directory.

Yarn

yarn add zilliqa-js

NPM

npm install zilliqa-js

Build Project

To build the project, run the following commands:

yarn install
yarn build

This runs the TypeScript source files through Webpack, that in turn relies on Babel to transpile them to a browser-friendly bundle. Type definitions are also automatically generated.

Run Tests

yarn test

Will run all test suites in any folder __tests__ within the src directory.

Usage

Getting Started

To get started, you have to specify the network and set some function definitions. Once that is done, you can start to call the APIs. Here are some examples to get you started:

 
/* 
    Setting Up 
*/ 
 
let { Zilliqa } = require('zilliqa-js');
 
//For local testing, use URL = 'http://localhost:4201'
//To connect to the external network, use URL = 'https://api-scilla.zilliqa.com'
let URL = 'https://api-scilla.zilliqa.com'
let zilliqa = new Zilliqa({
    nodeUrl: URL
});
 
let node = zilliqa.getNode();
 
 
// callback receives 2 parameters, error and result
function callback (err, data) {
    if (err || data.error) {
        console.log('Error')
    } else {
        console.log(data.result)
    }
}
 
// generate a private key and its public address. You can change these to point to your own wallet if you have. 
let privateKey = zilliqa.util.generatePrivateKey();
let address = zilliqa.util.getAddressFromPrivateKey(privateKey);
 
/* 
    APIs 
*/
 
node.getBalance({ address: 'E8A67C0B1F19DF61A28E8E8FB5D830377045BCC7' }, callback);
 

Other than getBalance(address), you can also try to create a transaction or deploy a contract.

Example: Create a Transaction

// always use BN for `amount` to prevent overflows.
import BN from 'bn.js'
 
// transaction details
const txnDetails = {
    version: 0,
    nonce: 1,
    to: 'E8A67C0B1F19DF61A28E8E8FB5D830377045BCC7',
    amount: new BN(0),
    gasPrice: 1,
    gasLimit: 1
};
 
// sign the transaction using util methods
let txn = zilliqa.util.createTransactionJson(privateKey, txnDetails);
 
// send the transaction to the node
node.createTransaction(txn, callback);

Example: Deploy a Contract

// contains the scilla code as a string
let code = "Scilla Code";
 
// the immutable initialisation variables
let initParams = [
{
    "vname" : "owner",
    "type" : "Address",
    "value" : "0x1234567890123456789012345678901234567890"
},
    {
    "vname" : "total_tokens",
    "type" : "Uint128",
    "value" : "10000"
}];
 
// transaction details
let txnDetails = {
    version: 0,
    nonce: 1,
    to: '0000000000000000000000000000000000000000',
    amount: 0,
    gasPrice: 1,
    gasLimit: 50,
    code: code,
    data: JSON.stringify(initParams).replace(/\\"/g, '"')
};
 
// sign the transaction using util methods
let txn = zilliqa.util.createTransactionJson(privateKey, txnDetails);
 
// send the transaction to the node
node.createTransaction(txn, callback);

API Methods

• getNetworkId
• createTransaction
• getTransaction
• getDsBlock
• getTxBlock
• getLatestDsBlock
• getLatestTxBlock
• getBalance
• getSmartContractState
• getSmartContractCode
• getSmartContractInit
• getSmartContracts
• getBlockchainInfo
• isConnected

Util Methods

• generatePrivateKey
• verifyPrivateKey
• getAddressFromPrivateKey
• getPubKeyFromPrivateKey
• createTransactionJson
• getAddressFromPublicKey
• isPubKey
• isAddress
• intToByteArray
• compressPublicKey

Library Methods

• getLibraryVersion
• setNode
• currentNode

API Reference

getNetworkId

Returns the current network id

Parameters

none

Returns

result: String - The current network id name

Usage

zilliqa.node.getNetworkId(function(err, data) {
    if (err || !data.result) {
        console.log(err)
    } else {
        console.log(data.result)
    }
})

createTransaction

Creates a new transaction or a contract creation, if the data field contains code

Parameters

• version (32 bits): the current version
• nonce (64 bits): Counter equal to the number of transactions sent by the sender of this transaction. It's value is always (current account nonce + 1).
• to (160 bits): Destination account address. Incase of new contract account, set as 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
• pubkey (264 bits): An EC-Schnorr public key that should be used to verify the signature. Determines the sending address of the transaction
• amount (128 bits): Transaction amount to be transferred to the destination address.
• gasPrice (128 bits): amount that the sender is willing to pay per unit of gas for computations incurred in transaction processing
• gasLimit (128 bits): the maximum amount of gas that should be used while processing this transaction
• code (unlimited): expandable byte array that specifies the contract code. It is present only when the transaction creates a new contract account
• data (unlimited): expandable byte array that specifies the data that should be used to process the transaction, present only when the transaction invokes a call to a contract at the destination address.
• signature (512 bits): An EC-Schnorr signature of the entire object

Each transaction is uniquely identified by a transaction ID — a SHA3-256 digest of the transaction data that excludes the signaturefield.

Returns

result: String - transaction id of the newly created transaction

Usage

let txn = zilliqa.util.createTransactionJson(privateKey, {
    version: 0,
    nonce: 1,
    to: address,
    amount: 0,
    gasPrice: 1, // default
    gasLimit: 1 // 1 - send tokens, 10 - contract invocation, 50 - contract creation
})
 
zilliqa.node.createTransaction(txn, function(err, data) {
    if (err || data.error) {
        console.log(err)
    } else {
        console.log(data.result)
    }
})

getTransaction

Returns the information about a transaction requested by transaction hash

Parameters

txHash: String - the transaction ID to retrieve details of

Returns

result: Object - A transaction object

• version (32 bits): the current version
• nonce (64 bits): Counter equal to the number of transactions sent by the sender of this transaction
• to (160 bits): Destination account address
• from (160 bits): Sender account address
• amount (128 bits): Transaction amount transferred from sender to destination
• pubKey (264 bits): An EC-Schnorr public key that should be used to verify the signature. The pubkey field also determines the sending address of the transaction
• signature (512 bits): An EC-Schnorr signature of the entire object

Usage

let txnId = 'c699d0ea1d4a447762bb0617f742a43b8de6792d06c56f9a2a109f0e06532f1c' // sample 64-char hex id
zilliqa.node.getTransaction({ txHash: txnId }, function(err, data) {
    if (err || data.result.error || !data.result['ID']) {
        console.log(err)
    } else {
        console.log(data.result)
    }
})

getDsBlock

Returns information about a Directory Service block by block number.

Parameters

blockNumber: String - Block number to fetch details of

Returns

result: Object - A block object with header and signature fields

header:

• version (32 bits): Current version.
• previous hash (256 bits): The SHA3-256 digest of its parent's block header
• pubkey (264 bits): The public key of the miner who did PoW on this block header
• difficulty (64 bits): This can be calculated from the previous block’s difficulty and the block number. It stores the difficulty of the PoW puzzle.
• number (256 bits): The number of ancestor blocks. The genesis block has a block number of 0
• timestamp (64 bits): Unix’s time() at the time of creation of this block
• mixHash (256 bits): A digest calculated from nonce which allows detecting DoS attacks
• nonce (64 bits): A solution to the PoW

signature:

• signature (512 bits): The signature is an EC-Schnorr based multisignature on the DS-Block header signed by DS nodes
• bitmap (1024 bits): It records which DS nodes participated in the multisignature. We denote the bitmap by a bit vector B, where, B[i] = 1 if the i-th node signed the header else B[i] = 0.

Usage

zilliqa.node.getDsBlock({ blockNumber: 5 }, function(err, data) {
    if (err || !data.result) {
        console.log(err)
    } else {
        console.log(data.result)
    }
})

getTxBlock

Returns information about a Transaction block by block number.

Parameters

blockNumber: String - Block number to fetch details of

Returns

result: Object - A block object with header and signature fields

header:

• type (8 bits): A TX-Block is of two types, micro block (0x00) and final block (0x01)
• version (32 bits): Current version
• previous hash (256 bits): The SHA3-256 digest of its parent block header
• gas limit (128 bits): Current limit for gas expenditure per block
• gas used (128 bits): Total gas used by transactions in this block
• number (256 bits): The number of ancestor blocks. The genesis block has a block number of 0
• timestamp (64 bits): Unix’s time() at the time of creation of this block
• state root (256 bits): It is a SHA3-256 digest that represents the global state after all transactions are executed and finalized. If the global state is stored as a trie, then state root is the digest of the root of the trie
• transaction root (256 bits): It is a SHA3-256 digest that represents the root of the Merkle tree that stores all transactions that are present in this block
• tx hashes (each 256 bits): A list of SHA3-256 digests of the transactions. The signature part of the transaction is also hashed
• pubkey (264 bits): It is the EC-Schnorr public key of the leader who proposed the block
• pubkey micro blocks (unlimited): It is a list of EC-Schnorr public keys (each 264 bits in length). The list contains the public keys of the leaders who proposed transactions. The field is present only if it is a final block
• parent block hash (256 bits): It is the SHA3-256 digest of the previous final block header
• parent ds hash (256 bits): It is the SHA3-256 digest of its parent DS-Block header
• parent ds block number (256 bits): It is the parent DS-Block number

data:

• tx count (32 bits): The number of transactions in this block
• tx list (unlimited): A list of transactions

signature:

• signature (512 bits): The signature is an EC-Schnorr based multisignature on the TX-Block header signed by a set of nodes. The signature is produced by a different set of nodes depending on whether it is a micro block or a final block
• bitmap (1024 bits): It records which nodes participated in the multisignature. We denote the bitmap by a bit vector B, where, B[i] = 1 if the i-th node signed the header else B[i] = 0

Usage

zilliqa.node.getTxBlock({ blockNumber: 5 }, function(err, data) {
    if (err || !data.result) {
        console.log(err)
    } else {
        console.log(data.result)
    }
})

getLatestDsBlock

Returns the most recent DS block

Parameters

none

Returns

result: Object - DS Block object

Usage

zilliqa.node.getLatestDsBlock(function(err, data) {
    if (err || !data.result) {
        console.log(err)
    } else {
        console.log(data.result)
    }
})

getLatestTxBlock

Returns the most recent TX block

Parameters

none

Returns

result: Object - TX Block object

Usage

zilliqa.node.getLatestTxBlock(function(err, data) {
    if (err || !data.result) {
        console.log(err)
    } else {
        console.log(data.result)
    }
})

getBalance

Returns the balance of a given address

Parameters

address: String (40 chars) - address to fetch balance and nonce of

Returns

result.balance - the current balance in ZIL result.nonce - the current nonce of the account

Usage

zilliqa.node.getBalance({ address: 'E8A67C0B1F19DF61A28E8E8FB5D830377045BCC7' }, function(err, data) {
    if (err || data.error) {
        console.log(err)
    } else {
        console.log(data.result)
    }
})

getSmartContractState

Returns the state variables (mutable) of a given smart contract address

Parameters

address: String (40 chars) - smart contract address

Returns

result - json object of all the state variables

Usage

zilliqa.node.getSmartContractState({ address: 'E8A67C0B1F19DF61A28E8E8FB5D830377045BCC7' }, function(err, data) {
    if (err || (data.result && data.result.Error)) {
        console.log(err)
    } else {
        console.log(data.result)
    }
})

getSmartContractCode

Returns the smart contract code of a given address smart contract address

Parameters

address: String (40 chars) - smart contract address

Returns

result.code - string containing the code of the smart contract

Usage

zilliqa.node.getSmartContractCode({ address: 'E8A67C0B1F19DF61A28E8E8FB5D830377045BCC7' }, function(err, data) {
    if (err || (data.result && data.result.Error)) {
        console.log(err)
    } else {
        console.log(data.result)
    }
})

getSmartContractInit

Returns the initialization parameters (immutable) of a given smart contract address

Parameters

address: String (40 chars) - smart contract address

Returns

result - json object containing the initialization parameters of the smart contract

Usage

zilliqa.node.getSmartContractInit({ address: 'E8A67C0B1F19DF61A28E8E8FB5D830377045BCC7' }, function(err, data) {
    if (err || (data.result && data.result.Error)) {
        console.log(err)
    } else {
        console.log(data.result)
    }
})

getSmartContracts

Returns the list of smart contracts created by an account

Parameters

address: String (40 chars) - address that deployed the smart contracts

Returns

result: Array - list of smart contract addresses created by the given address

Usage

zilliqa.node.getSmartContracts({ address: 'E8A67C0B1F19DF61A28E8E8FB5D830377045BCC7' }, function(err, data) {
    if (err || data.error) {
        console.log(err)
    } else {
        console.log(data.result)
    }
})

getBlockchainInfo

Returns statistics about the zilliqa node currently connected to

Parameters

empty object

Returns

Object - json object containing various properties

• NumPeers :
• NumTxBlocks :
• NumDSBlocks :
• NumTransactions :
• TransactionRate :
• TxBlockRate :
• DSBlockRate :
• CurrentMiniEpoch :
• CurrentDSEpoch :
• NumTxnsDSEpoch :
• NumTxnsTxEpoch :

Usage

zilliqa.node.getBlockchainInfo({}, function(err, data) {
    if (err) {
        console.log(err)
    } else {
        console.log(data.result)
    }
})

isConnected

Checks whether a node is connected or not

Parameters

none

Returns

Bool

Usage

zilliqa.node.isConnected(function(err, data) {
    if (err) {
        console.log(err)
    } else {
        // connected
    }
})

Util Methods

generatePrivateKey

Generate a new private key using the secp256k1 curve

Parameters

none

Returns

Buffer - private key object

Usage

let pk = zilliqa.util.generatePrivateKey();
console.log(pk.toString('hex'));

verifyPrivateKey

Verify if a private key is valid for the secp256k1 curve

Parameters

String/Buffer - the private key to verify

Returns

Bool - true if input string/Buffer is a valid private key else false

Usage

let pk = zilliqa.util.generatePrivateKey();
console.log(zilliqa.util.verifyPrivateKey(pk)); // true
console.log(zilliqa.util.verifyPrivateKey("abcxyz")); // false

getAddressFromPrivateKey

Get the public address of an account using its private key

Parameters

String/Buffer - the private key to get the public address of

Returns

Buffer - the public address of the input private key

Usage

let address = zilliqa.util.getAddressFromPrivateKey(privateKey);
console.log(address.toString('hex'));

getPubKeyFromPrivateKey

Get the public key of an account using its private key

Parameters

String/Buffer - the private key to get the public key of

Returns

Buffer - the public key of the input private key

Usage

let pubkey = zilliqa.util.getPubKeyFromPrivateKey(privateKey);
console.log(pubkey.toString('hex'));

createTransactionJson

Construct the transaction object for use in createTransaction API

Parameters

String/Buffer - the private key of the account creating the transaction, used to sign the transaction Object - object containing the following transaction details:

• version - current version (set as 0)
• nonce - counter equal to the number of transactions created by the transaction sender
• to - destination account address. Incase of new contract account, set as 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
• amount - transaction amount to be transferred to the destination address.
• gasPrice - amount that the sender is willing to pay per unit of gas for computations incurred in transaction processing (default 1)
• gasLimit - the amount of gas that should be used while processing this transaction (1 for regular transaction, 10 for contract invocation, 50 for contract creation)
• code (optional) - string specifying the contract code. Present only when creating a new contract account
• data (optional) - stringified JSON object specifying initialization parameters

Returns

result: String - number of transactions in the latest DS block

Usage

let privateKey = zilliqa.util.generatePrivateKey();
 
// transaction details
let txnDetails = {
    version: 0,
    nonce: 1,
    to: 'E8A67C0B1F19DF61A28E8E8FB5D830377045BCC7',
    amount: 0,
    gasPrice: 1,
    gasLimit: 1
};
 
// sign the transaction using util methods
let txn = zilliqa.util.createTransactionJson(privateKey, txnDetails);

getAddressFromPubKey

Get the public address of an account using its public key

Parameters

String/Buffer - the public key to get the public address of

Returns

Buffer - the public address of the input private key

Usage

let address = zilliqa.util.getAddressFromPubKey(pubKey);
console.log(address.toString('hex'));

isAddress

Verify if an address syntax is valid

Parameters

String/Buffer - the address to verify

Returns

Bool - true if input string/buffer is a valid address syntax

Usage

let pk = zilliqa.util.generatePrivateKey();
let address = zilliqa.util.getAddressFromPrivateKey(pk);
console.log(zilliqa.util.isAddress(address)); // true
console.log(zilliqa.util.isAddress('0'.repeat(30))); // false

isPubKey

Verify if an public key syntax is valid

Parameters

String/Buffer - the public key to verify

Returns

Bool - true if input string/buffer is a valid public key syntax

Usage

let pk = zilliqa.util.generatePrivateKey();
let pubKey = zilliqa.util.getPubKeyFromPrivateKey(pk);
console.log(zilliqa.util.isPubKey(pubKey)); // true
console.log(zilliqa.util.isPubKey('0'.repeat(30))); // false

intToByteArray

Converts number to array representing the padded hex form

Parameters

• number: Integer to be converted into bytes
• paddedSize: Integer specifying the padded size

Returns

• byteArray: Byte array of integer

Usage

let nonceStr = zilliqa.util.intToByteArray(nonce, 64).join("");

compressPublicKey

Compresses a public key into fewer bytes

Parameters String - the public key to be compressed

Returns String - Compressed version of the public key

Library Methods

getLibraryVersion

Returns the library version number

Parameters

none

Returns

String - the library version

setNode

Sets the node to connect to

Parameters

String - http url of the node

Returns

null

getNode

Returns the node currently connected to

Parameters

none

Returns

Object - the currently connected node object

Licence

You can view our licence here.