SDK

Authereum SDK

Using Authereum as a Web3 provider is recommended, but you can also use the Authereum SDK directly.

Example of initializing Authereum SDK:

import Authereum from 'authereum

const authereum = new Authereum('kovan')

Options:

Networks
- mainnet
- kovan
- rinkeby
- ropsten
- goerli
Configuration object and overrides
- config
  - networkName - default: mainnet
  - apiKey - default: null use your API key
  - rpcUri - default: https://mainnet.rpc.authereum.com
  - webUri - default: https://authereum.com
  - xsUri - default: https://x.authereum.com
  - disableNotifications - default: false
  - blockedPopupRedirect - default true
  - forceRedirect - default false

Example:

const authereum = new Authereum({
  networkName: 'kovan',
  disableNotifications: true
})

Example:

const authereum = new Authereum({
  rpcUri: 'https://kovan.infura.io'
})

NOTE: Using private chains or custom local RPC urls are not supported at the moment. Read the FAQ for more info.

Events

ready
- Emitted when SDK is ready to be used
iframeReady
- Emitted when iframe connection is ready
openPopup
Emitted when popup has opened, typically from a login request.
closePopup
- Emitted when popup has closed, typically from logging in.
popupBlocked
- Emitted when the login popup is blocked by the browser.
login
- Emitted when user successfully logged in.
logout
- Emitted when user logs out.
dappKeyExpired
- Emitted when the dapp key expires.
error
- Emitted when ever there's an error.

Methods

login()
- Show login window to authenticate.
logout()
- Logout from dapp.
showWidget(bool?)
- Show Authereum widget on page.
hideWidget()
- Hide Authereum widget from page.
getDappKey()
- Get logged in user's dapp key info like public address
getTransactionReceipt(transactionHash)
- Returns the transaction receipt with receipt.status being false if the top-level transaction failed or any of the internal transactions failed. The receipt status will be true if both the top-level transaction succeeded and all the internal transactions succeeded.
hasRecoveryEnabled()
- Returns true if user has a recovery option set.
waitForTransactionReceipt(transactionHash)
- Will wait for transaction to be mined to return transaction receipt.
signMessageWithSigningKey(message)
- Sign a message using a persistent key dedicated for signing message. Check browser compatibility before using this method since it relies on cross-site storage.
getSigningKeyAddress()
- Returns the public address of the signing key.
isAuthenticated()
- Returns true if user is logged into dapp with Authereum.
isContractDeployed(accountAddress?)
- Returns true if account address is a deployed contract.
addFunds(options?)
- Render a fiat on-ramp modal to buy ETH or DAI.
- The optional options object is for filtering the payment options available.
  - countryCode : 2-letter country code (ie 'US', 'GB', etc)
  - tokenSymbol : Token symbol (ie 'ETH', 'DAI' ,etc)
  - sourceAmount : Source fiat amount (ie 25, 100, etc)
  - Example:
    authereum.addFunds({ countryCode: 'US', tokenSymbol: 'DAI', sourceAmount: 25 })
version()
- Returns the SDK version.

Browserify example

Install authereum sdk:

npm i authereum

Install browserify globally:

npm i -g browserify

Initialize authereum sdk in index.js

const { Authereum } = require('authereum')

const authereum = new Authereum()
authereum.login()

Browserify index.js to create a bundled file which can be ran in the browser:

browserify index.js > bundle.js

Include the script tag with bundle.js in your html:

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en-US">
<head>
  <meta charset="UTF-8">
  <title></title>
</head>
<body>
  <script src="bundle.js"></script>
</body>
</html>

Examples

Logging in:

import Authereum from 'authereum

const authereum = new Authereum('kovan')
await authereum.login()

Getting account address:

import Authereum from 'authereum

const authereum = new Authereum('kovan')
const address = await authereum.getAccountAddress()

Events:

import Authereum from 'authereum

const authereum = new Authereum('kovan')

authereum
.on('ready', () => {
  console.log('ready')
})
.on('error', err => {
  console.error(err)
})

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