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dYdX Chain Client for Javascript

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The v4-Client Typescript client is used for placing transactions and querying the dYdX chain.

Repository:

Development

v4-client-js uses node v18 for development. You can use nvm to manage different versions of node.

nvm install
nvm use
nvm alias default $(nvm version) # optional

You can run the following commands to ensure that you are running the correct node and npm versions.

node -v # expected: v18.x.x (should match .nvmrc)
npm -v  # expected: 8.x.x

Single-JS for mobile apps

Mobile apps needs to load JS as a single JS file. To build, run

npm run webpack

The file is generated in native/ios/v4-native-client.js Pending: Different configurations may be needed to generate JS for Android app

Release

Using the npm version command will update the appropriate version tags within the package locks and also will add a git tag with the version number.. For example npm version minor will perform the necessary changes for a minor version release. After the change is merged, a GitHub action will the new release.

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