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Using the Kit

The following are some examples of the capabilities of the ContractKit, assuming it is already connected to a node. If you aren't connected, here is a refresher.

Setting Default Tx Options#

kit allows you to set default transaction options:

import { CeloContract } from '@celo/contractkit'
let accounts = await kit.web3.eth.getAccounts()kit.defaultAccount = accounts[0]// paid gas in cUSDawait kit.setFeeCurrency(CeloContract.StableToken)

Getting the Total Balance#

This method from the kit will return the CELO, locked CELO, cUSD and total balance of the address

let totalBalance = await kit.getTotalBalance(myAddress)

Deploy a contract#

Deploying a contract with the default account already set. Simply send a transaction with no to: field. See more about sending custom transactions below.

You can verify the deployment on the Alfajores block explorer here. Wait for the receipt and log it to get the transaction details.

let bytecode = '0x608060405234...' // compiled Solidity deployment bytecode
let tx = await kit.sendTransaction({    data: bytecode})
let receipt = tx.waitReceipt()console.log(receipt)

Sending Custom Transactions#

Celo transaction object is not the same as Ethereum's. There are three new fields present:

  • feeCurrency (address of the ERC20 contract to use to pay for gas and the gateway fee)
  • gatewayFeeRecipient (coinbase address of the full serving the light client's trasactions)
  • gatewayFee (value paid to the gateway fee recipient, denominated in the fee currency)

This means that using web3.eth.sendTransaction or myContract.methods.transfer().send() should be avoided.

Instead, contractkit provides an utility method to send transaction in both scenarios. If you use contract wrappers, there is no need to use this.

For a raw transaction:

const tx = kit.sendTransaction({  from: myAddress,  to: someAddress,  value: oneGold,})const hash = await tx.getHash()const receipt = await tx.waitReceipt()

When interacting with a web3 contract object:

const goldtoken = await kit._web3Contracts.getGoldToken()const oneGold = kit.web3.utils.toWei('1', 'ether')
const txo = await goldtoken.methods.transfer(someAddress, oneGold)const tx = await kit.sendTransactionObject(txo, { from: myAddress })const hash = await tx.getHash()const receipt = await tx.waitReceipt()

Interacting with Custom contracts#

You can use ContractKit to interact with any deployed smart contract, provided you have the contract address and the ABI. To do so, you will initialize a new web3 Contract instance. Then you can call functions on the contract instance to read state or send transactions to update the contract. You can see some code snippets below. For a more comprehensive example, see the Interacting with Custom Contracts section of the Deploy a Contract code example.

let contract = new kit.web3.eth.Contract(ABI, address)       // Init a web3.js contract instancelet name = await instance.methods.getName().call()       // Read contract state call
const txObject = await instance.methods.setName(newName) // Encoding a transaction object call to the contractawait kit.sendTransactionObject(txObject, { from: account.address }) // Send the transaction

Selling CELO only if the rate is favorable#

// This is at lower price I will accept in cUSD for every CELOconst favorableAmount = 100const amountToExchange = kit.web3.utils.toWei('10', 'ether')const oneGold = kit.web3.utils.toWei('1', 'ether')const exchange = await kit.contracts.getExchange()
const amountOfcUsd = await exchange.quoteGoldSell(oneGold)
if (amountOfcUsd > favorableAmount) {  const goldToken = await kit.contracts.getGoldToken()  const approveTx = await goldToken.approve(exchange.address, amountToExchange).send()  const approveReceipt = await approveTx.waitReceipt()
  const usdAmount = await exchange.quoteGoldSell(amountToExchange)  const sellTx = await exchange.sellGold(amountToExchange, usdAmount).send()  const sellReceipt = await sellTx.waitReceipt()}

Buying all the CELO I can, with the cUSD in my account#

const stableToken = await this.contracts.getStableToken()const exchange = await this.contracts.getExchange()
const cUsdBalance = await stableToken.balanceOf(myAddress)
const approveTx = await stableToken.approve(exchange.address, cUsdBalance).send()const approveReceipt = await approveTx.waitReceipt()
const goldAmount = await exchange.quoteUsdSell(cUsdBalance)const sellTx = await exchange.sellDollar(cUsdBalance, goldAmount).send()const sellReceipt = await sellTx.waitReceipt()