Quick Start

Installing Taquito using npm

For quick-start, you may also like to try out our template/boilerplate app here

The following instructions assume you have a project already created, and you have npm installed and operable.

npm install @taquito/taquito

Import the library in your project

Import TezosToolkit from @taquito/taquito and instantiate it

The constructor of the TezosToolkit class takes an RPC URL as a parameter. It can be a string or a RpcClient object. A list of community-run nodes can be accessed here.

import { TezosToolkit } from '@taquito/taquito';

const tezos = new TezosToolkit('https://YOUR_PREFERRED_RPC_URL');

In some cases, it can be useful to make more than one instance of Taquito, perhaps if you wanted to communicate with two different RPC nodes or offer other Signing options. You can now up separate instances with various providers or configurations per instance.

Configuration

Changing the underlying signer

Taquito's Contract API supports different signers. There is no default signer configured. A signer is required if you intend to inject operations into the Tezos blockchain.

You can set which signer you wish to use as follows:

import { TezosToolkit } from '@taquito/taquito';
import { RemoteSigner } from '@taquito/remote-signer';

const Tezos = new TezosToolkit('https://YOUR_PREFERRED_RPC_URL');

Tezos.setProvider({
  signer: new RemoteSigner(pkh, rootUrl, { headers: requestHeaders });,
});

Alternatively, you can use a WalletProvider to interact with a wallet. Please refer to the Wallet API documentation for more information.

Examples

Get the current Tezos spendable balance for an address

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// import { TezosToolkit } from '@taquito/taquito'; // const Tezos = new TezosToolkit('https://ghostnet.tezos.ecadinfra.com'); Tezos.tz .getBalance('tz1h3rQ8wBxFd8L9B3d7Jhaawu6Z568XU3xY') .then((balance) => console.log(`${balance.toNumber() / 1000000} ꜩ`)) .catch((error) => console.log(JSON.stringify(error)));

// import { TezosToolkit } from '@taquito/taquito';
// const Tezos = new TezosToolkit('https://ghostnet.tezos.ecadinfra.com');

Tezos.tz
  .getBalance('tz1h3rQ8wBxFd8L9B3d7Jhaawu6Z568XU3xY')
  .then((balance) => console.log(`${balance.toNumber() / 1000000} ꜩ`))
  .catch((error) => console.log(JSON.stringify(error)));

Result

Using the inMemory Signer and Importing a key

The InMemorySigner package is useful for development and testing. It's an easy way to get started with Tezos when you don't need to interact with a user's wallet. The InMemorySigner is suitable for testing and development. Should you be writing code for production that deals with real value tokens, we strongly recommend that you use a RemoteSigner that an HSM backs.

This feature will import your private key in memory and sign operations using this key.

Importing a Private key

If you have a private key, you can import it as follows:

import { TezosToolkit } from '@taquito/taquito';
import { InMemorySigner, importKey } from '@taquito/signer';

const Tezos = new TezosToolkit('https://YOUR_PREFERRED_RPC_URL');

Tezos.setProvider({
  signer: new InMemorySigner('YOUR_PRIVATE_KEY'),
});

The following link can be used to fund an address on the different testnets: https://teztnets.com/.

Transfer

The transfer operation requires a configured signer. In this example, we will use a private key to fetch a key service implemented for demonstration purposes. You should only use this key service for testing and development purposes.

Contract API

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const amount = 2; const address = 'tz1h3rQ8wBxFd8L9B3d7Jhaawu6Z568XU3xY'; console.log(`Transfering ${amount} ꜩ to ${address}...`); Tezos.contract .transfer({ to: address, amount: amount }) .then((op) => { console.log(`Waiting for ${op.hash} to be confirmed...`); return op.confirmation(1).then(() => op.hash); }) .then((hash) => console.log(`Operation injected: https://ghost.tzstats.com/${hash}`)) .catch((error) => console.log(`Error: ${error} ${JSON.stringify(error, null, 2)}`));

const amount = 2;
const address = 'tz1h3rQ8wBxFd8L9B3d7Jhaawu6Z568XU3xY';

console.log(`Transfering ${amount} ꜩ to ${address}...`);
Tezos.contract
  .transfer({ to: address, amount: amount })
  .then((op) => {
    console.log(`Waiting for ${op.hash} to be confirmed...`);
    return op.confirmation(1).then(() => op.hash);
  })
  .then((hash) => console.log(`Operation injected: https://ghost.tzstats.com/${hash}`))
  .catch((error) => console.log(`Error: ${error} ${JSON.stringify(error, null, 2)}`));

Result

Wallet API

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const amount = 2; const address = 'tz1h3rQ8wBxFd8L9B3d7Jhaawu6Z568XU3xY'; console.log(`Transfering ${amount} ꜩ to ${address}...`); Tezos.wallet .transfer({ to: address, amount: amount }) .send() .then((op) => { console.log(`Waiting for ${op.opHash} to be confirmed...`); return op.confirmation(1).then(() => op.opHash); }) .then((hash) => console.log(`Operation injected: https://ghost.tzstats.com/${hash}`)) .catch((error) => console.log(`Error: ${error} ${JSON.stringify(error, null, 2)}`));

const amount = 2;
const address = 'tz1h3rQ8wBxFd8L9B3d7Jhaawu6Z568XU3xY';

console.log(`Transfering ${amount} ꜩ to ${address}...`);
Tezos.wallet
  .transfer({ to: address, amount: amount })
  .send()
  .then((op) => {
    console.log(`Waiting for ${op.opHash} to be confirmed...`);
    return op.confirmation(1).then(() => op.opHash);
  })
    .then((hash) => console.log(`Operation injected: https://ghost.tzstats.com/${hash}`))
  .catch((error) => console.log(`Error: ${error} ${JSON.stringify(error, null, 2)}`));

Result

Interact with a smart contract

Calling smart contract operations requires a configured signer. The Ligo source code for the smart contract KT1BJadpDyLCACMH7Tt9xtpx4dQZVKw9cDF7 used in this example can be found in a Ligo Web IDE.

Contract API

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Tezos.contract .at('KT1BJadpDyLCACMH7Tt9xtpx4dQZVKw9cDF7') .then((contract) => { const i = 7; console.log(`Incrementing storage value by ${i}...`); return contract.methodsObject.increment(i).send(); }) .then((op) => { console.log(`Waiting for ${op.hash} to be confirmed...`); return op.confirmation(1).then(() => op.hash); }) .then((hash) => console.log(`Operation injected: https://ghost.tzstats.com/${hash}`)) .catch((error) => console.log(`Error: ${JSON.stringify(error, null, 2)}`));

Tezos.contract
  .at('KT1BJadpDyLCACMH7Tt9xtpx4dQZVKw9cDF7')
  .then((contract) => {
    const i = 7;

    console.log(`Incrementing storage value by ${i}...`);
    return contract.methodsObject.increment(i).send();
  })
  .then((op) => {
    console.log(`Waiting for ${op.hash} to be confirmed...`);
    return op.confirmation(1).then(() => op.hash);
  })
  .then((hash) => console.log(`Operation injected: https://ghost.tzstats.com/${hash}`))
  .catch((error) => console.log(`Error: ${JSON.stringify(error, null, 2)}`));

Result

Wallet API

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Tezos.wallet .at('KT1BJadpDyLCACMH7Tt9xtpx4dQZVKw9cDF7') .then((wallet) => { const i = 7; console.log(`Incrementing storage value by ${i}...`); return wallet.methodsObject.increment(i).send(); }) .then((op) => { console.log(`Waiting for ${op.opHash} to be confirmed...`); return op.confirmation(1).then(() => op.opHash); }) .then((hash) => console.log(`Operation injected: https://ghost.tzstats.com/${hash}`)) .catch((error) => console.log(`Error: ${JSON.stringify(error, null, 2)}`));

Tezos.wallet
  .at('KT1BJadpDyLCACMH7Tt9xtpx4dQZVKw9cDF7')
  .then((wallet) => {
    const i = 7;

    console.log(`Incrementing storage value by ${i}...`);
    return wallet.methodsObject.increment(i).send();
  })
  .then((op) => {
    console.log(`Waiting for ${op.opHash} to be confirmed...`);
    return op.confirmation(1).then(() => op.opHash);
  })
  .then((hash) => console.log(`Operation injected: https://ghost.tzstats.com/${hash}`))
  .catch((error) => console.log(`Error: ${JSON.stringify(error, null, 2)}`));

Result