Descent.create

You can configure the behavior of descent sdk by passing different arguments to Descent.create. The first argument is the name of a preset, and the second is an options object.

Presets

• 'browser' Use this preset when using the library in a browser environment. It will attempt to connect using window.ethereum or window.web3.

• 'https' Connect to a JSON-RPC node. Requires url to be set in the options.

const descentBrowser = await Descent.create('browser');
 
const descentHttp = await Descent.create('httpsRA_PROJECT_ID'
});
 
const descentTest = await Descent.create('test');

Options

• privateKey

  • Optional. The private key used to sign transactions. If this is omitted, the first account available from the Ethereum provider will be used. Only used with the 'https' preset.
  • If this is omitted and the provider does not have an unlocked account, the descent object will start in read-only mode.

• url

  • The URL of the node to connect to. Only used with the 'http' preset.

• ethereum

  • For advanced users. You can inject your own custom instance of a Web3 provider with this, instead of using the default HttpProvider.

// It doesn't necessarily make sense to set all these
// options at the same time (e.g. `url` and `inject`),
// this is just meant to illustrate the shape of the
// options object.
const descent = await Descent.create('https', {
  privateKey: YOUR_PRIVATE_KEY, // '0xabc...'
  url: 'http://some-ethereum-rpc-node.net',
  ethereum: someProviderInstance
  },
});

Read-only mode

As mentioned above, the Descent instance can be used in read-only mode, if you just want to read data from the blockchain without signing any transactions. Simply omit the privateKey option.