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diff --git a/cmd/ethtest/README.md b/cmd/ethtest/README.md new file mode 100644 index 000000000..865b62c6b --- /dev/null +++ b/cmd/ethtest/README.md @@ -0,0 +1,79 @@ +# Ethereum JavaScript API + +This is the Ethereum compatible JavaScript API using `Promise`s +which implements the [Generic JSON RPC](https://github.com/ethereum/wiki/wiki/Generic-JSON-RPC) spec. It's available on npm as a node module and also for bower and component as an embeddable js + +[![NPM version][npm-image]][npm-url] [![Build Status][travis-image]][travis-url] [![dependency status][dep-image]][dep-url] [![dev dependency status][dep-dev-image]][dep-dev-url] + +<!-- [](https://ci.testling.com/ethereum/ethereum.js) --> + +## Installation + +### Node.js + + npm install ethereum.js + +### For browser +Bower + + bower install ethereum.js + +Component + + component install ethereum/ethereum.js + +* Include `ethereum.min.js` in your html file. +* Include [es6-promise](https://github.com/jakearchibald/es6-promise) or another ES6-Shim if your browser doesn't support ECMAScript 6. + +## Usage +Require the library: + + var web3 = require('web3'); + +Set a provider (QtProvider, WebSocketProvider, HttpRpcProvider) + + var web3.setProvider(new web3.providers.WebSocketProvider('ws://localhost:40404/eth')); + +There you go, now you can use it: + +``` +web3.eth.coinbase.then(function(result){ + console.log(result); + return web3.eth.balanceAt(result); +}).then(function(balance){ + console.log(web3.toDecimal(balance)); +}).catch(function(err){ + console.log(err); +}); +``` + + +For another example see `example/index.html`. + +## Building + +* `gulp build` + + +### Testing + +**Please note this repo is in it's early stage.** + +If you'd like to run a WebSocket ethereum node check out +[go-ethereum](https://github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum). + +To install ethereum and spawn a node: + +``` +go get github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/ethereum +ethereum -ws -loglevel=4 +``` + +[npm-image]: https://badge.fury.io/js/ethereum.js.png +[npm-url]: https://npmjs.org/package/ethereum.js +[travis-image]: https://travis-ci.org/ethereum/ethereum.js.svg +[travis-url]: https://travis-ci.org/ethereum/ethereum.js +[dep-image]: https://david-dm.org/ethereum/ethereum.js.svg +[dep-url]: https://david-dm.org/ethereum/ethereum.js +[dep-dev-image]: https://david-dm.org/ethereum/ethereum.js/dev-status.svg +[dep-dev-url]: https://david-dm.org/ethereum/ethereum.js#info=devDependencies
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