# Solana JavaScript API

This is the Solana Javascript API built on the Solana JSON RPC API

Latest API Documentation

## Installation

### Yarn

    $ yarn add @solana/web3.js

### npm

    $ npm install --save @solana/web3.js

### Browser bundle

    <script src="https://github.com/solana-labs/solana-web3.js/releases/download/v0.0.6/solanaWeb3.min.js"></script>

### Development Environment Setup

To build and run tests:

1. Install Rust from https://rustup.rs/
2. Install the latest Solana release from https://docs.solana.com/cli/install-solana-cli-tools

## Usage

### Javascript

    const solanaWeb3 = require('@solana/web3.js');
    console.log(solanaWeb3);

### ES6

    import solanaWeb3 from '@solana/web3.js';
    console.log(solanaWeb3);

### Browser bundle

    // `solanaWeb3` is provided in the global namespace by the `solanaWeb3.min.js` script bundle.
    console.log(solanaWeb3);

## Flow

A Flow library definition is provided at module.flow.js. Add the following line under the [libs] section of your project's .flowconfig to activate it:

    [libs]
    node_modules/@solana/web3.js/module.flow.js

## Examples

See the examples/ directory for small snippets.

Standalone examples:

- Message feed (BPF Rust and C): https://github.com/solana-labs/example-messagefeed
- Tic-tac-toe (BPF C): https://github.com/solana-labs/example-tictactoe
- Web wallet: https://github.com/solana-labs/example-webwallet

## Releases

Releases are available on Github and npmjs.com

Each Github release features a tarball containing API documentation and a minified version of the module suitable for direct use in a browser environment (<script> tag)

## Deprecated

### Local Network

Please use `solana-test-validator` from the latest Solana release instead of the information in this section

The `solana-localnet` program is provided to easily start a test Solana cluster locally on your machine. Docker must be installed. The JSON RPC endpoint of the local cluster is `http://localhost:8899`.

To start, first fetch the latest Docker image by running:

    $ npx solana-localnet update

Then run the following command to start the cluster

    $ npx solana-localnet up

While the cluster is running logs are available with:

    $ npx solana-localnet logs -f

Stop the cluster with:

    $ npx solana-localnet down

### BPF program development

Please use `cargo build-bpf` from the latest Solana release instead of the information in this section

The Solana BPF SDK is located in the `bpf-sdk/` subdirectory if you installed solana-web3.js from npmjs.com.

From a git clone, run `npm run bpf-sdk:install` to fetch the latest BPF SDK.

Additionally Rust must be installed to build Rust BPF programs such as `examples/bpf-rust-noop/`. See https://www.rust-lang.org/install.html for installation details.