Getting Started With Node.js

Password Storage

It is not recommended to store passwords or seeds on a host's environment variables or in the source code in a production setup. Please follow our backup and security recommendations for production use.

The IOTA Wallet Node.js binding is published on npmjs.com.

Requirements

• Make sure you have fulfilled the Rust Getting Started requirements to compile the binding.

One of:

• npm
• Yarn

Install the Library

The package is published in npmjs. We also use dotenv for password management in the examples.

npm

To install with npm, you can run the following command:

npm install @iota/wallet dotenv

yarn

To install with yarn, you can run the following command:

yarn install @iota/wallet dotenv

Use the Library

After you have installed the library, you can create a AccountManager instance and interface with it.

const accountManagerOptions = {
  storagePath: './alice-database',
  clientOptions: {
    nodes: ['https://api.testnet.shimmer.network'],
    localPow: true,
  },
  coinType: CoinType.Shimmer,
  secretManager: {
    stronghold: {
      snapshotPath: `./wallet.stronghold`,
      password: `${process.env.SH_PASSWORD}`,
    },
  },
};

const manager = new AccountManager(accountManagerOptions);

What's Next?

Now that you are up and running, you can get acquainted with the library using its how-to guides and the repository's code examples.