viem

TypeScript Interface for Ethereum

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TypeScript Interface for Ethereum

Features


Abstractions over the JSON-RPC API to make your life easier
First-class APIs for interacting with Smart Contracts
Language closely aligned to official Ethereum terminology
Import your Browser Extension, WalletConnect or Private Key Wallet
Browser native BigInt , instead of large BigNumber libraries
Utilities for working with ABIs (encoding/decoding/inspection)
TypeScript ready (infer types from ABIs and EIP-712 Typed Data)
First-class support for Anvil , Hardhat & Ganache
Test suite running against forked Ethereum network

... and a lot lot more.

Overview


  1. ``` ts
  2. // 1. Import modules.
  3. import { createPublicClient, http } from 'viem';
  4. import { mainnet } from 'viem/chains';

  6. // 2. Set up your client with desired chain & transport.
  7. const client = createPublicClient({
  8.   chain: mainnet,
  9.   transport: http(),
  10. });

  12. // 3. Consume an action!
  13. const blockNumber = await client.getBlockNumber();
  14. ```

Documentation


Head to the documentation to read and learn more about viem.

Community


Check out the following places for more viem-related content:

Follow @wagmi_sh , @jakemoxey , and @awkweb on Twitter for project updates
Join the discussions on GitHub
Share your project/organization that uses viem

Support


GitHub Sponsors
Gitcoin Grant
wevm.eth

Contributing


If you're interested in contributing, please read the contributing docs before submitting a pull request.

Authors


@jxom (jxom.eth, Twitter )
@tmm (awkweb.eth, Twitter )

License


MIT License