web3.js
web3.js is a JavaScript library that allows developers to interact with EVM-compatible blockchain networks.
You can use web3.js to interact with smart contracts deployed on the Slice network.
Install
To install web3.js run the following command:
Setup
Before you can start using web3.js, you need to import it into your project.
Add the following line of code to the top of your file to import web3.js:
Connecting to Slice
You can connect to Slice by instantiating a new web3.js Web3
object with a RPC URL of the Slice network:
Accessing data
Once you have created a provider, you can use it to read data from the Slice network.
For example, you can use the getBlockNumber
method to get the latest block:
Deploying contracts
Before you can deploy a contract to the Slice network using web3.js, you must first create an account.
You can create an account by using web3.eth.accounts
:
INFO
PRIVATE_KEY
is the private key of the wallet to use when creating the account.
Interacting with smart contracts
You can use web3.js to interact with a smart contract on Slice by instantiating a Contract
object using the ABI and address of a deployed contract:
Once you have created a Contract
object, you can use it to call desired methods on the smart contract:
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