Quickstart

For most of the following examples in this section, we will be assuming that the guides on each page are implemented as separate functions and files under a single project directory. To set up your project, follow the steps below.

1. Create Directory

   First, we need to create a directory to store our project files.

   mkdir initia-js-quickstart && cd initia-js-quickstart
   
2. Initialize Project

   Next, we need to initialize our project.

   npm init && npm add -D typescript @types/node ts-node && npx tsc --init && mkdir src && echo 'async function example() { console.log("Running example!")}; example()' > src/quickstart.ts
   
3. Install InitiaJS

   Now we need to install InitiaJS.

   npm add @initia/initia.js
   
4. Test Installation

   Once we have installed InitiaJS, we can test our installation. First, we will replace the contents of src/quickstart.ts with the following code.

   import { RESTClient, Coin } from '@initia/initia.js';
   
   const restClient = new RESTClient('https://rest.testnet.initia.xyz');
   
   (async () => { const chainId = await restClient.tendermint.chainId();
   console.log(chainId); })();
   
   

   Next, we will run the script.

   npx ts-node src/quickstart.ts
   

   If you get initiation-2 as the output, then your installation was successful!