Cardano JS SDK

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Overview

A suite of TypeScript packages suitable for both Node.js and browser-based development.

• @cardano-sdk/core
• @cardano-sdk/crypto
• @cardano-sdk/input-selection
• @cardano-sdk/dapp-connector
• @cardano-sdk/governance
• @cardano-sdk/key-management
• @cardano-sdk/web-extension
• @cardano-sdk/wallet
• @cardano-sdk/projection
• @cardano-sdk/util-rxjs
• @cardano-sdk/util
• @cardano-sdk/util-dev
• @cardano-sdk/cardano-services
• @cardano-sdk/cardano-services-client

Supported Environments

Packages are distributed as both CommonJS and ESM modules.

• Node.js >=16.20.2
  • using with type="module" requires --experimental-specifier-resolution=node flag
• Browser via bundlers (see example webpack config)

Getting Started

The GETTING_STARTED guide provides a quick way to start experimenting.

Testing

• @cardano-sdk/golden-test-generator

Deployments

Automatic deployments are done for:

• dev-preview - On each push to master
• dev-preprod - On each release
• dev-mainnet - On each release

Manual deployments can be done via STD Workflow

• Click 'Run workflow'
• Select branch
• Check checkboxes for environments that should be deployed
• Click 'Run workflow'

Development

A Yarn Workspace maintaining a single version across all packages.

System Requirements

• nvm
• yarn
• Node.js 16 or later
• Docker Desktop 3.4 or later or a Docker installation that includes Compose V2

Clone

git clone \
  https://github.com/input-output-hk/cardano-js-sdk.git \
  && cd cardano-js-sdk

Install and Build

nvm install && \
nvm use && \
DETECT_CHROMEDRIVER_VERSION=true yarn global add chromedriver && \
yarn install && \
yarn build

The web extension e2e tests uses chromedriver. chromedriver and your Chrome browser versions should match, if they don’t the driver will error. If you have issues, try running yarn workspace @cardano-sdk/e2e remove chromedriver && yarn workspace @cardano-sdk/e2e add chromedriver to reinstall the latest version.

Run Tests

yarn test

or

yarn test:debug

Lint

yarn lint
yarn lint --fix

Cleanup

yarn cleanup

Update Cardano configuration subrepo

With yarn

Requires git-subrepo to be installed.

yarn config:update

With nix

Requires Nix, will install git-subrepo for you.

nix run .#config-update

Attic

Previously supported features, no longer supported, but packed with a reference branch.

• RabbitMQ tx-submit provider and worker

Distribute

Pack

./scripts/pack.sh

Publish to npm.org

./scripts/publish.sh

Generate Docs

yarn docs

📖 Documentation

Possible issues

• yarn build --mode=skip-build in Docker image