Web3.js
Using web3.js with harmony protocol.
Web3.js is a set of libraries that allow developers to interact with Ethereum nodes using HTTP, IPC or WebSocket protocols. Harmony has an Ethereum-like API available that is fully compatible with Ethereum-style JSON RPC invocations. Therefore, developers can leverage this compatibility and use the web3.js library to interact with a Harmony node as if they were doing so on Ethereum.
To get started with the web3.js library, we first need to install it using the following command:
npm install web3
Once done, the simplest setup to start using the library and its methods is the following:
const Web3 = require('web3');
//Create web3 instance
const web3 = new Web3(HMY_RPC_URL);
Depending on which network you want to connect to, you can set the
HMY_RPC_URL
to the following values:For Mainnet:
HMY_RPC_URL = https://api.s0.t.hmny.io
For Testnet:
HMY_RPC_URL = https://api.s0.b.hmny.io
In the case that you are interested in a more detailed step-by-step guide, you can go to our specific tutorials on using web3.js on a Harmony:
The steps can also be adapted to deploy on the Harmony Testnet, by using the correct
RPC_URL
as mentioned before.Last modified 2yr ago