caver.contract

The caver.contract object makes it easy to interact with smart contracts on the kaia blockchain platform. When you create a new contract object, you have to provide the JSON interface for that smart contract and caver-js will automatically convert all calls with the contract object in javascript into low-level ABI calls over RPC for you.

This allows you to interact with smart contracts as if they were JavaScript objects.

caver.contract.create


caver.contract.create(jsonInterface [, address] [, options])

Creates a new contract instance with all its methods and events defined in its JSON interface object. This function works the same as new caver.contract.

NOTE caver.contract.create is supported since caver-js v1.6.1.

Parameters

See the new caver.contract.

Return Value

See the new caver.contract.

Example


const contract = caver.contract.create([
    {
        constant: true,
        inputs: [{ name: 'interfaceId', type: 'bytes4' }],
        name: 'supportsInterface',
        outputs: [{ name: '', type: 'bool' }],
        payable: false,
        stateMutability: 'view',
        type: 'function',
    },
    ...
  ], '0x{address in hex}')

caver.contract


new caver.contract(jsonInterface [, address] [, options])

Creates a new contract instance with all its methods and events defined in its JSON interface object.

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
jsonInterface	object	The JSON interface for the contract to instantiate
address	string	(optional) The address of the smart contract to call. Can be added later using `myContract.options.address = '0x1234..'`
options	object	(optional) The options of the contract. See the table below for the details.

The options object contains the following:

Name	Type	Description
from	string	(optional) The address from which transactions should be made.
gasPrice	string	(optional) The gas price in peb to use for transactions.
gas	number	(optional) The maximum gas provided for a transaction (gas limit).
data	string	(optional) The byte code of the contract. Used when the contract gets deployed.
feeDelegation	boolean	(optional) Whether to use fee delegation transaction.
feePayer	string	(optional) The address of the fee payer paying the transaction fee. When `feeDelegation` is `true`, the value is set to the `feePayer` field in the transaction.
feeRatio	string	(optional) The ratio of the transaction fee the fee payer will be burdened with. If `feeDelegation` is `true` and `feeRatio` is set to a valid value, a partial fee delegation transaction is used. The valid range of this is between 1 and 99. The ratio of 0, or 100 and above are not allowed.

Return Value

Type	Description
object	The contract instance with all its methods and events.

Example


const myContract = new caver.contract([...], '0x{address in hex}', { gasPrice: '25000000000' })

myContract.options


myContract.options

The options object for the contract instance. from, gas, gasPrice, feePayer and feeRatio are used as fallback values when sending transactions.

Properties

Name	Type	Description
address	string	The address where the contract is deployed.
jsonInterface	Array	The JSON interface of the contract.
from	string	The default address from which the contract deployment/execution transaction is sent. If the `from` address is not defined when creating the transaction, this `myContract.options.from` is always used to create the transaction.
gasPrice	string	The gas price in peb to use for transactions.
gas	number	The maximum gas provided for a transaction (gas limit).
data	string	The byte code of the contract. Used when the contract gets deployed.
feeDelegation	boolean	(optional) Whether to use fee delegation transaction.
feePayer	string	(optional) The address of the fee payer paying the transaction fee. When `feeDelegation` is `true`, the value is set to the `feePayer` field in the transaction.
feeRatio	string	(optional) The ratio of the transaction fee the fee payer will be burdened with. If `feeDelegation` is `true` and `feeRatio` is set to a valid value, a partial fee delegation transaction is used. The valid range of this is between 1 and 99. The ratio of 0, or 100 and above are not allowed.

NOTE feeDelegation, feePayer and feeRatio are supported since caver-js v1.6.1.

Example


> myContract.options
{
  address: [Getter/Setter],
  jsonInterface: [Getter/Setter],
  from: [Getter/Setter],
  feePayer: [Getter/Setter],
  feeDelegation: [Getter/Setter],
  feeRatio: [Getter/Setter],
  gasPrice: [Getter/Setter],
  gas: [Getter/Setter],
  data: [Getter/Setter]
}
> myContract.options.from = '0x1234567890123456789012345678901234567891' // default from address
> myContract.options.gasPrice = '25000000000000' // default gas price in peb
> myContract.options.gas = 5000000 // provide as fallback always 5M gas
> myContract.options.feeDelegation = true // use fee delegation transaction
> myContract.options.feePayer = '0x1234567890123456789012345678901234567891' // default fee payer address
> myContract.options.feeRatio = 20 // default fee ratio when send partial fee delegation transaction

myContract.options.address


myContract.options.address

The address used for this contract instance myContract. All transactions generated by caver-js from this contract will contain this address as the to of the transaction.

Property

Name	Type	Description
address	string \| `null`	The address for this contract or `null` if it is not yet set.

Example


>  myContract.options.address
'0xde0b295669a9fd93d5f28d9ec85e40f4cb697bae'
// set a contract address
>  myContract.options.address = '0x1234FFDD...'

myContract.options.jsonInterface


myContract.options.jsonInterface

The JSON interface object derived from the ABI of this contract myContract.

Property

Name	Type	Description
jsonInterface	Array	The JSON interface for this contract. Re-setting this will regenerate the methods and events of the contract instance.

Example


> myContract.options.jsonInterface
[
  {
    constant: true,
    inputs: [ { name: 'interfaceId', type: 'bytes4' } ],
    name: 'supportsInterface',
    outputs: [ { name: '', type: 'bool' } ],
    payable: false,
    stateMutability: 'view',
    type: 'function',
    signature: '0x01ffc9a7',
  },
  ...
  {
    anonymous: false,
    inputs: [
      { indexed: true, name: 'owner', type: 'address' },
      { indexed: true, name: 'spender', type: 'address' },
      { indexed: false, name: 'value', type: 'uint256' }
    ],
    name: 'Approval',
    type: 'event',
    signature: '0x8c5be1e5ebec7d5bd14f71427d1e84f3dd0314c0f7b2291e5b200ac8c7c3b925',
  },
]
// set a new jsonInterface
> myContract.options.jsonInterface = [...]

myContract.clone


myContract.clone([contractAddress])

Clones the current contract instance.

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
contractAddress	String	(optional) The address of the new contract. If omitted, it will be set to the address in the original instance (e.g., `myContract.options.address`).

Return Value

Type	Description
object	The new cloned contract instance.

Example


> myContract.clone()
Contract {
  currentProvider: [Getter/Setter],
  ...
  _keyrings: KeyringContainer { ... }
}

myContract.deploy


myContract.deploy(options, byteCode [, param1 [, param2 [, ...]]])

Deploys the contract to the kaia network. After a successful deployment, the promise will be resolved with a new contract instance. Unlike the usability of the existing myContract.deploy function, this function sends a transaction directly to the kaia network. You don't need to call send() with the returned object.

NOTE caver.wallet must contains keyring instances corresponding to from and feePayer in options or myContract.options to make signatures.

NOTE myContract.deploy is supported since caver-js v1.6.1.

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
options	object	The options used for sending. See the table in methods.methodName.send for the details.
byteCode	string	The byte code of the contract.
parameters	Mixed	(optional) The parameters that get passed to the constructor on deployment.

Return Value

Promise returning PromiEvent: The promise will be resolved with the new contract instance.

Type	Description
PromiEvent	A promise combined event emitter. It will be resolved when the transaction receipt is available. If `send()` is called from a `myContract.deploy()`, then the promise will be resolved with the new contract instance.

For PromiEvent, the following events are available:

transactionHash: it is fired right after the transaction is sent and a transaction hash is available. Its type is string.
receipt: It is fired when the transaction receipt is available. See caver.rpc.klay.getTransactionReceipt for more details. Its type is object.
error: It is fired if an error occurs during sending. On an out-of-gas error, the second parameter is the receipt. Its type is Error.

Example


// Deploy a smart contract without constructor arguments
> myContract.deploy({
      from: '0x{address in hex}',
      gas: 1500000,
  }, '0x{byte code}')
  .on('error', function(error) { ... })
  .on('transactionHash', function(transactionHash) { ... })
  .on('receipt', function(receipt) {
     console.log(receipt.contractAddress) // contains the new contract address
   })
  .then(function(newContractInstance) {
      console.log(newContractInstance.options.address) // instance with the new contract address
  })
// Deploy a smart contract with constructor arguments
> myContract.deploy({
      from: '0x{address in hex}',
      gas: 1500000,
  }, '0x{byte code}', 'keyString', ...)
  .on('error', function(error) { ... })
  .on('transactionHash', function(transactionHash) { ... })
  .on('receipt', function(receipt) {
     console.log(receipt.contractAddress) 
   })
  .then(function(newContractInstance) {
      console.log(newContractInstance.options.address)
  })
// Deploy a smart contract with fee delegation transaction (TxTypeFeeDelegatedSmartContractDeploy)
> myContract.deploy({
      from: '0x{address in hex}',
      feeDelegation: true,
      feePayer: '0x{address in hex}',
      gas: 1500000,
  }, '0x{byte code}')
  .on('error', function(error) { ... })
  .on('transactionHash', function(transactionHash) { ... })
  .on('receipt', function(receipt) {
     console.log(receipt.contractAddress)
   })
  .then(function(newContractInstance) {
      console.log(newContractInstance.options.address)
  })
// Deploy a smart contract with partial fee delegation transaction (TxTypeFeeDelegatedSmartContractDeployWithRatio)
> myContract.deploy({
      from: '0x{address in hex}',
      feeDelegation: true,
      feePayer: '0x{address in hex}',
      feeRatio: 30,
      gas: 1500000,
  }, '0x{byte code}')
  .on('error', function(error) { ... })
  .on('transactionHash', function(transactionHash) { ... })
  .on('receipt', function(receipt) {
     console.log(receipt.contractAddress)
   })
  .then(function(newContractInstance) {
      console.log(newContractInstance.options.address)
  })

myContract.deploy


myContract.deploy(options)

Returns the object used when deploying the smart contract to the kaia. You can send the smart contract deploy transaction via calling myContract.deploy({ data, arguments }).send(options). After a successful deployment, the promise will be resolved with a new contract instance.

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
options	object	The options object used for deployment. See the below table to find the description.

The options object can contain the following:

Name	Type	Description
data	string	The byte code of the contract.
arguments	Array	(optional) The arguments that get passed to the constructor on deployment.

Return Value

Type	Description
object	An object in which arguments and functions for contract distribution are defined. See the below table to find the description.

The object contains the following:

Name	Type	Description
arguments	Array	The arguments passed in `options.arguments`.
send	function	The function that will deploy the contract to the kaia. The promise as the result of this function will be resolved with the new contract instance.
sign	function	The function that will sign a smart contract deploy transaction as a sender. The sign function will return signed transaction.
signAsFeePayer	function	The function that will sign a smart contract deploy transaction as a fee payer. The signAsFeePayer function will return signed transaction.
estimateGas	function	The function that will estimate the gas used for the deployment. The execution of this function does not deploy the contract.
encodeABI	function	The function that encodes the ABI of the deployment, which is contract data + constructor parameters. The execution of this function does not deploy the contract.

NOTE myContract.deploy({ data, arguments }).sign(options) and myContract.deploy({ data, arguments }).signAsFeePayer(options) are supported since caver-js v1.6.1.

Example


> myContract.deploy({
      data: '0x12345...',
      arguments: [123, 'My string']
  })
  .send({
      from: '0x1234567890123456789012345678901234567891',
      gas: 1500000,
      value: 0,
  }, function(error, transactionHash) { ... })
  .on('error', function(error) { ... })
  .on('transactionHash', function(transactionHash) { ... })
  .on('receipt', function(receipt) {
     console.log(receipt.contractAddress) // contains the new contract address
   })
  .then(function(newContractInstance) {
      console.log(newContractInstance.options.address) // instance with the new contract address
  })
// When the data is already set as an option to the contract itself
> myContract.options.data = '0x12345...'
> myContract.deploy({
        arguments: [123, 'My string']
  })
  .send({
      from: '0x1234567890123456789012345678901234567891',
      gas: 1500000,
      value: 0,
  })
  .then(function(newContractInstance) {
      console.log(newContractInstance.options.address) // instance with the new contract address
  })
// Simply encoding
> myContract.deploy({
      data: '0x12345...',
      arguments: [123, 'My string']
  })
  .encodeABI()
'0x12345...0000012345678765432'
// Gas estimation
> myContract.deploy({
      data: '0x12345...',
      arguments: [123, 'My string']
  })
  .estimateGas(function(err, gas) {
      console.log(gas)
  })

myContract.send


myContract.send(options, methodName [, param1 [, param2 [, ...]]])

Submits a transaction to execute the function of the smart contract. This can alter the smart contract state.

The transaction type used for this function depends on the options or the value defined in myContract.options. If you want to use a fee-delegated transaction through myContract.send, feeDelegation and feePayer should be set properly.

feeDelegation is not defined or defined to false: SmartContractExecution
feeDelegation is defined to true, but feePayer is not defined : Throws an error.
feeDelegation is defined to true and feePayer is defined, but feeRatio is not defined: FeeDelegatedSmartContractExecution
feeDelegation is defined to true and feePayer and feeRatio are defined: FeeDelegatedSmartContractExecutionWithRatio

NOTE caver.wallet must contains keyring instances corresponding to from and feePayer in options or myContract.options to make signatures.

NOTE myContract.send is supported since caver-js v1.6.1.

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
options	object	The options used for sending. See the table in methods.methodName.send for the details.
methodName	string	The method name of the contract function to execute.
parameters	Mixed	(optional) The parameters that get passed to the smart contract function.

Return Value

Promise returns PromiEvent

Type	Description
PromiEvent	A promise combined event emitter. It will be resolved when the transaction receipt is available. The promise will be resolved with the new contract instance.

For PromiEvent, the following events are available:

transactionHash: It is fired right after the transaction is sent and a transaction hash is available. Its type is string.
receipt: It is fired when the transaction receipt is available. See caver.rpc.klay.getTransactionReceipt for more details. Its type is object.
error: It is fired if an error occurs during sending. On an out-of-gas error, the second parameter is the receipt. Its type is Error.

Example


// Send a SmartContractExecution and use the promise
> myContract.send({ from: '0x{address in hex}', gas: 1000000 }, 'methodName', 123).then(console.log)
{
  blockHash: '0x294202dcd1d3c422880e2a209b9cd70ce7036300536c78ab74130c5717cb90da',
  blockNumber: 16342,
  contractAddress: null,
  from: '0x69c3a6e3485446118d8081063dcef2e65b69ae91',
  gas: '0xf4240',
  gasPrice: '0x5d21dba00',
  gasUsed: 47411,
  input: '0x983b2...',
  logsBloom: '0x00800...',
  nonce: '0x1cd',
  senderTxHash: '0xe3f50d2bab2c462ef99379860d2b634d85a0c9fba4e2b189daf1d96bd4bbf8ff',
  signatures: [ { V: '0x4e43', R: '0x2ba27...', S: '0x50d37...' } ],
  status: true,
  to: '0x361870b50834a6afc3358e81a3f7f1b1eb9c7e55',
  transactionHash: '0xe3f50d2bab2c462ef99379860d2b634d85a0c9fba4e2b189daf1d96bd4bbf8ff',
  transactionIndex: 0,
  type: 'TxTypeSmartContractExecution',
  typeInt: 48,
  value: '0x0',
  events: {...}
}
// Send a SmartContractExecution and use the event emitter
> myContract.send({ from: '0x{address in hex}', gas: 1000000 }, 'methodName', 123)
  .on('transactionHash', function(hash) {
    ...
  })
  .on('receipt', function(receipt) {
    console.log(receipt)
  })
  .on('error', console.error)
// Send a FeeDelegatedSmartContractExecution
> myContract.send({
    from: '0x{address in hex}',
    gas: 1000000,
    feeDelegation: true,
    feePayer: '0x{address in hex}',
  }, 'methodName', 123).then(console.log)
{
  blockHash: '0x149e36f279577c306fccb9779a0274e802501c32f7054c951f592778bd5c168a',
  blockNumber: 16458,
  contractAddress: null,
  feePayer: '0x69c3a6e3485446118d8081063dcef2e65b69ae91',
  feePayerSignatures: [ { V: '0x4e43', R: '0x48c28...', S: '0x18413...' } ],
  from: '0x69c3a6e3485446118d8081063dcef2e65b69ae91',
  gas: '0xf4240',
  gasPrice: '0x5d21dba00',
  gasUsed: 57411,
  input: '0x983b2d5600000000000000000000000022bb89bd35e7b12bd25bea4165cf0f9330032f8c',
  logsBloom: '0x00800...',
  nonce: '0x1f5',
  senderTxHash: '0x5b06ca5046229e066c11dfc0c74fcbc98509294370981f9b142378a8f2bd5fe8',
  signatures: [ { V: '0x4e44', R: '0xfb707...', S: '0x641c6...' } ],
  status: true,
  to: '0x361870b50834a6afc3358e81a3f7f1b1eb9c7e55',
  transactionHash: '0x0e04be479ad06ec87acbf49abd44f16a56390c736f0a7354860ebc7fc0f92e13',
  transactionIndex: 1,
  type: 'TxTypeFeeDelegatedSmartContractExecution',
  typeInt: 49,
  value: '0x0',
  events: {...}
}
// Send a FeeDelegatedSmartContractExecutionWithRatio
> myContract.send({
    from: '0x{address in hex}',
    gas: 1000000,
    feeDelegation: true,
    feePayer: '0x{address in hex}',
    feeRatio: 30,
  }, 'methodName', 123).then(console.log)
{
  blockHash: '0x8f0a0137cf7e0fea503c818910140246437db36121871bc54b2ebc688873b3f3',
  blockNumber: 16539,
  contractAddress: null,
  feePayer: '0x69c3a6e3485446118d8081063dcef2e65b69ae91',
  feePayerSignatures: [ { V: '0x4e43', R: '0x80db0...', S: '0xf8c7c...' } ],
  feeRatio: '0x1e',
  from: '0x69c3a6e3485446118d8081063dcef2e65b69ae91',
  gas: '0xf4240',
  gasPrice: '0x5d21dba00',
  gasUsed: 62411,
  input: '0x983b2d560000000000000000000000007ad1a538041fa3ba1a721f87203cb1a3822b8eaa',
  logsBloom: '0x00800...',
  nonce: '0x219',
  senderTxHash: '0x14c7b674a0e253b31c85c7be8cbfe4bf9d86e66e940fcae34b854e25eab1ce15',
  signatures: [ { V: '0x4e43', R: '0xd57ef...', S: '0xe14f3...' } ],
  status: true,
  to: '0x361870b50834a6afc3358e81a3f7f1b1eb9c7e55',
  transactionHash: '0xfbf00ec189aeb0941d554384f1660ffdac7768b3af2bb1526bcb3983215c1183',
  transactionIndex: 0,
  type: 'TxTypeFeeDelegatedSmartContractExecutionWithRatio',
  typeInt: 50,
  value: '0x0',
  events: {...}
}

myContract.sign


myContract.sign(options, methodName [, param1 [, param2 [, ...]]])

Signs a smart contract transaction as a sender to deploy the smart contract or execute the function of the smart contract.

If a smart contract is deployed, 'constructor' can be entered in the methodName, such as myContract.sign({ from, ... }, 'constructor', byteCode, ...).

feeDelegation is not defined or defined to false: SmartContractDeploy / SmartContractExecution
feeDelegation is defined to true, but feeRatio is not defined: FeeDelegatedSmartContractDeploy / FeeDelegatedSmartContractExecution
feeDelegation is defined to true and feeRatio is defined: FeeDelegatedSmartContractDeployWithRatio / FeeDelegatedSmartContractExecutionWithRatio

NOTE caver.wallet must contains keyring instances corresponding to from in options or myContract.options to make signatures.

NOTE myContract.sign is supported since caver-js v1.6.1.

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
options	object	The options used for sending. See the table in methods.methodName.send for the details.
methodName	string	The method name of the contract function to execute. If you want to sign a transaction for deploying the smart contract, use 'constructor' string instead of method name.
parameters	Mixed	(optional) The parameters that get passed to the smart contract function. If you want to sign a smart contract deploy transaction, pass the byteCode and constructor parameters.

Return Value

Promise returning Transaction - The signed smart contract transaction.

Example


// Sign a SmartContractDeploy
> myContract.sign({ from: '0x{address in hex}', gas: 1000000 }, 'constructor', byteCode, 123).then(console.log)
SmartContractDeploy {
  _type: 'TxTypeSmartContractDeploy',
  _from: '0x69c3a6e3485446118d8081063dcef2e65b69ae91',
  _gas: '0xf4240',
  _signatures: [ SignatureData { _v: '0x4e43', _r: '0xeb6b5...', _s: '0x5e4f9...' } ],
  _to: '0x',
  _value: '0x0',
  _input: '0x60806...',
  _humanReadable: false,
  _codeFormat: '0x0',
  _chainId: '0x2710',
  _gasPrice: '0x5d21dba00',
  _nonce: '0x2a5'
}
// Sign a FeeDelegatedSmartContractDeploy
> myContract.sign({ from: '0x{address in hex}', feeDelegation: true, gas: 1000000 }, 'constructor', byteCode, 123).then(console.log)
FeeDelegatedSmartContractDeploy {
  _type: 'TxTypeFeeDelegatedSmartContractDeploy',
  _from: '0x69c3a6e3485446118d8081063dcef2e65b69ae91',
  _gas: '0xf4240',
  _signatures: [ SignatureData { _v: '0x4e43', _r: '0xee0f5...', _s: '0x31cbf...' } ],
  _feePayer: '0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000',
  _feePayerSignatures: [ SignatureData { _v: '0x01', _r: '0x', _s: '0x' } ],
  _to: '0x',
  _value: '0x0',
  _input: '0x60806...',
  _humanReadable: false,
  _codeFormat: '0x0',
  _chainId: '0x2710',
  _gasPrice: '0x5d21dba00',
  _nonce: '0x320'
}
// Sign a FeeDelegatedSmartContractDeployWithRatio
> myContract.sign({ from: keyring.address, feeDelegation: true, feeRatio: 30, gas: 1000000 }, 'constructor', byteCode, 123).then(console.log)
FeeDelegatedSmartContractDeployWithRatio {
  _type: 'TxTypeFeeDelegatedSmartContractDeployWithRatio',
  _from: '0x69c3a6e3485446118d8081063dcef2e65b69ae91',
  _gas: '0xf4240',
  _signatures: [ SignatureData { _v: '0x4e44', _r: '0x4c2b0...', _s: '0x47df8...' } ],
  _feePayer: '0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000',
  _feePayerSignatures: [ SignatureData { _v: '0x01', _r: '0x', _s: '0x' } ],
  _feeRatio: '0x1e',
  _to: '0x',
  _value: '0x0',
  _input: '0x60806...',
  _humanReadable: false,
  _codeFormat: '0x0',
  _chainId: '0x2710',
  _gasPrice: '0x5d21dba00',
  _nonce: '0x306'
}
// Sign a SmartContractExecution
> myContract.sign({ from: '0x{address in hex}', gas: 1000000 }, 'methodName', 123).then(console.log)
SmartContractExecution {
  _type: 'TxTypeSmartContractExecution',
  _from: '0x69c3a6e3485446118d8081063dcef2e65b69ae91',
  _gas: '0xf4240',
  _signatures: [ SignatureData { _v: '0x4e44', _r: '0xb2846...', _s: '0x422c1...' } ],
  _to: '0x361870b50834a6afc3358e81a3f7f1b1eb9c7e55',
  _value: '0x0',
  _input: '0x983b2...',
  _chainId: '0x2710',
  _gasPrice: '0x5d21dba00',
  _nonce: '0x23b'
}
// Sign a FeeDelegatedSmartContractExecution
> myContract.sign({
    from: '0x{address in hex}',
    gas: 1000000,
    feeDelegation: true,
  }, 'methodName', 123).then(console.log)
FeeDelegatedSmartContractExecution {
  _type: 'TxTypeFeeDelegatedSmartContractExecution',
  _from: '0x69c3a6e3485446118d8081063dcef2e65b69ae91',
  _gas: '0xf4240',
  _signatures: [ SignatureData { _v: '0x4e43', _r: '0xf7676...', _s: '0x42673...' } ],
  _feePayer: '0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000',
  _feePayerSignatures: [ SignatureData { _v: '0x01', _r: '0x', _s: '0x' } ],
  _to: '0x361870b50834a6afc3358e81a3f7f1b1eb9c7e55',
  _value: '0x0',
  _input: '0x983b2...',
  _chainId: '0x2710',
  _gasPrice: '0x5d21dba00',
  _nonce: '0x254'
}
// Sign a FeeDelegatedSmartContractExecutionWithRatio
> myContract.sign({
    from: '0x{address in hex}',
    gas: 1000000,
    feeDelegation: true,
    feeRatio: 30,
  }, 'methodName', 123).then(console.log)
FeeDelegatedSmartContractExecutionWithRatio {
  _type: 'TxTypeFeeDelegatedSmartContractExecutionWithRatio',
  _from: '0x69c3a6e3485446118d8081063dcef2e65b69ae91',
  _gas: '0xf4240',
  _signatures: [ SignatureData { _v: '0x4e44', _r: '0x58b06...', _s: '0x637ff...' } ],
  _feePayer: '0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000',
  _feePayerSignatures: [ SignatureData { _v: '0x01', _r: '0x', _s: '0x' } ],
  _feeRatio: '0x1e',
  _to: '0x361870b50834a6afc3358e81a3f7f1b1eb9c7e55',
  _value: '0x0',
  _input: '0x983b2...',
  _chainId: '0x2710',
  _gasPrice: '0x5d21dba00',
  _nonce: '0x262'
}

myContract.signAsFeePayer


myContract.signAsFeePayer(options, methodName [, param1 [, param2 [, ...]]])

Signs a smart contract transaction as a fee payer to deploy the smart contract or execute the function of the smart contract.

If a smart contract is deployed, 'constructor' can be entered in the methodName, such as myContract.signAsFeePayer({ from, feeDelegation: true, feePayer, ... }, 'constructor', byteCode, ...).

The transaction type used for this function depends on the options or the value defined in myContract.options. The signAsFeePayer is a function that signs as a transaction fee payer, so feeDelegation field must be defined as true. Also, the address of the fee payer must be defined in the feePayer field.

feeDelegation is not defined : Throws an error.
feeDelegation is defined, but feePayer is not defined : Throws an error.
feeDelegation is defined to true and feePayer is defined, but feeRatio is not defined: FeeDelegatedSmartContractDeploy / FeeDelegatedSmartContractExecution
feeDelegation is defined to true and feePayer and feeRatio are defined: FeeDelegatedSmartContractDeployWithRatio / FeeDelegatedSmartContractExecutionWithRatio

NOTE caver.wallet must contains keyring instances corresponding to feePayer in options or myContract.options to make signatures.

NOTE myContract.signAsFeePayer is supported since caver-js v1.6.1.

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
options	object	The options used for sending. See the table in methods.methodName.send for the details.
methodName	string	The method name of the contract function to execute. If you want to sign a transaction for deploying the smart contract, use 'constructor' string instead of method name.
parameters	Mixed	(optional) The parameters that get passed to the smart contract function. If you want to sign a smart contract deploy transaction, pass the byteCode and constructor parameters.

Return Value

Promise returning Transaction - The signed smart contract transaction.

Example


// Sign a FeeDelegatedSmartContractDeploy
> myContract.signAsFeePayer({ from: '0x{address in hex}', feeDelegation: true, feePayer: '0x{address in hex}', gas: 1000000 }, 'constructor', byteCode, 123).then(console.log)
FeeDelegatedSmartContractDeploy {
  _type: 'TxTypeFeeDelegatedSmartContractDeploy',
  _from: '0x69c3a6e3485446118d8081063dcef2e65b69ae91',
  _gas: '0xf4240',
  _signatures: [ SignatureData { _v: '0x01', _r: '0x', _s: '0x' } ],
  _feePayer: '0x69c3a6e3485446118d8081063dcef2e65b69ae91',
  _feePayerSignatures: [ SignatureData { _v: '0x4e43', _r: '0xe0641...', _s: '0x1d21e...' } ],
  _to: '0x',
  _value: '0x0',
  _input: '0x60806...',
  _humanReadable: false,
  _codeFormat: '0x0',
  _chainId: '0x2710',
  _gasPrice: '0x5d21dba00',
  _nonce: '0x32a'
}
// Sign a FeeDelegatedSmartContractDeployWithRatio
> myContract.signAsFeePayer({ from: keyring.address, feeDelegation: true, feePayer: '0x{address in hex}', feeRatio: 30, gas: 1000000 }, 'constructor', byteCode, 123).then(console.log)
FeeDelegatedSmartContractDeployWithRatio {
  _type: 'TxTypeFeeDelegatedSmartContractDeployWithRatio',
  _from: '0x69c3a6e3485446118d8081063dcef2e65b69ae91',
  _gas: '0xf4240',
  _signatures: [ SignatureData { _v: '0x01', _r: '0x', _s: '0x' } ],
  _feePayer: '0x69c3a6e3485446118d8081063dcef2e65b69ae91',
  _feePayerSignatures: [ SignatureData { _v: '0x4e44', _r: '0x307bd...', _s: '0x75110...' } ],
  _feeRatio: '0x1e',
  _to: '0x',
  _value: '0x0',
  _input: '0x60806...',
  _humanReadable: false,
  _codeFormat: '0x0',
  _chainId: '0x2710',
  _gasPrice: '0x5d21dba00',
  _nonce: '0x359'
}
// Sign a FeeDelegatedSmartContractExecution
> myContract.signAsFeePayer({
    from: '0x{address in hex}',
    gas: 1000000,
    feeDelegation: true,
    feePayer: '0x{address in hex}',
  }, 'methodName', 123).then(console.log)
FeeDelegatedSmartContractExecution {
  _type: 'TxTypeFeeDelegatedSmartContractExecution',
  _from: '0x69c3a6e3485446118d8081063dcef2e65b69ae91',
  _gas: '0xf4240',
  _signatures: [ SignatureData { _v: '0x01', _r: '0x', _s: '0x' } ],
  _feePayer: '0x69c3a6e3485446118d8081063dcef2e65b69ae91',
  _feePayerSignatures: [ SignatureData { _v: '0x4e43', _r: '0xc58ba...', _s: '0x76fdb...' } ],
  _to: '0x4a9d979707aede18fa674711f3b2fe110fac4e7e',
  _value: '0x0',
  _input: '0x983b2...',
  _chainId: '0x2710',
  _gasPrice: '0x5d21dba00',
  _nonce: '0x36c'
}
// Sign a FeeDelegatedSmartContractExecutionWithRatio
> myContract.signAsFeePayer({
    from: '0x{address in hex}',
    gas: 1000000,
    feeDelegation: true,
    feePayer: '0x{address in hex}',
    feeRatio: 30,
  }, 'methodName', 123).then(console.log)
FeeDelegatedSmartContractExecutionWithRatio {
  _type: 'TxTypeFeeDelegatedSmartContractExecutionWithRatio',
  _from: '0x69c3a6e3485446118d8081063dcef2e65b69ae91',
  _gas: '0xf4240',
  _signatures: [ SignatureData { _v: '0x01', _r: '0x', _s: '0x' } ],
  _feePayer: '0x69c3a6e3485446118d8081063dcef2e65b69ae91',
  _feePayerSignatures: [ SignatureData { _v: '0x4e44', _r: '0xeb78d...', _s: '0x2864d...' } ],
  _feeRatio: '0x1e',
  _to: '0x4a9d979707aede18fa674711f3b2fe110fac4e7e',
  _value: '0x0',
  _input: '0x983b2...',
  _chainId: '0x2710',
  _gasPrice: '0x5d21dba00',
  _nonce: '0x37b'
}

myContract.call


myContract.call('methodName', [param1 [, param2 [, ...]]])
myContract.call(options, 'methodName', [param1 [, param2 [, ...]]])

Will call a constant method and execute its smart contract method in the kaia Virtual Machine without sending any transaction. Note that calling cannot alter the smart contract state.

NOTE myContract.call is supported since caver-js v1.6.1.

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
options	object	(optional) The options used for calling. See the table in methods.methodName.call for the details.
methodName	string	The method name of the contract function to call.
parameters	Mixed	(optional) The parameters that get passed to the smart contract function.

Return Value

Promise returning Mixed - The return value(s) of the smart contract method. If it returns a single value, it is returned as it is. If it has multiple return values, it returns an object with properties and indices.

Example


> myContract.call('methodName').then(console.log)
Jasmine
> myContract.call({ from: '0x{address in hex}' }, 'methodName', 123).then(console.log)
Test Result

myContract.decodeFunctionCall


myContract.decodeFunctionCall(functionCall)

Decodes a function call and returns parameters.

NOTE myContract.decodeFunctionCall is supported since caver-js v1.6.3.

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
functionCall	string	The encoded function call string.

Return Value

Type	Description
object	An object which includes plain params. You can use `result[0]` as it is provided to be accessed like an array in the order of the parameters.

Examples


// The myContract variable is instantiated with the below abi.
// [
//   {
//     constant: true,
//     inputs: [{ name: 'key', type: 'string' }],
//     name: 'get',
//     outputs: [{ name: '', type: 'string' }],
//     payable: false,
//     stateMutability: 'view',
//     type: 'function',
//   },
//   {
//     constant: false,
//     inputs: [{ name: 'key', type: 'string' }, { name: 'value', type: 'string' }],
//     name: 'set',
//     outputs: [],
//     payable: false,
//     stateMutability: 'nonpayable',
//     type: 'function',
//   },
// ]
> myContract.decodeFunctionCall('0xe942b5160000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000040000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000008000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000036b65790000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000576616c7565000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000')
Result {
  '0': '2345675643',
  '1': 'Hello!%',
  __length__: 2,
  myNumber: '2345675643',
  mystring: 'Hello!%'
}

myContract.methods


myContract.methods.methodName([param1 [, param2 [, ...]]])
myContract.methods['methodName']([param1 [, param2 [, ...]]])

Creates a transaction object for that method, which then can be called, sent, estimated or ABI encoded.

The methods of this smart contract are available via:

Method name: myContract.methods.methodName(123) or myContract.methods[methodName](123)
Method prototype: myContract.methods['methodName(uint256)'](123)
Method signature: myContract.methods['0x58cf5f10'](123)

This allows calling functions with the same name but different parameters from the JavaScript contract object.

cf) *function signature (function selector)

The first four bytes of the call data for a function call specifies the function to be called.
It is the first (left, high-order in big-endian) four bytes of the Keccak-256 (SHA-3) hash of the signature of the function.

The function signature can be given via 2 different methods.
1. caver.abi.encodefunctionSignature('funcName(paramType1,paramType2,...)')
2. caver.utils.sha3('funcName(paramType1,paramType2,...)').substr(0, 10)

ex)


caver.abi.encodefunctionSignature('methodName(uint256)')
> 0x58cf5f10
caver.utils.sha3('methodName(uint256)').substr(0, 10)
> 0x58cf5f10

Parameters

Parameters of any method that belongs to this smart contract, defined in the JSON interface.

Return Value

Promise returning object - An object in which arguments and functions for contract execution are defined.:

Name	Type	Description
arguments	Array	The arguments passed to this method.
call	function	The function that will call and execute a constant method in its smart contract on kaia Virtual Machine without sending a transaction (cannot alter the smart contract state).
send	function	The function that will send a transaction to the kaia and execute its method (can alter the smart contract state).
sign	function	The function that will sign a transaction as a sender. The sign function will return signed transaction.
signAsFeePayer	function	The function that will sign a transaction as a fee payer. The signAsFeePayer function will return signed transaction.
estimateGas	function	The that function will estimate the gas used for the execution.
encodeABI	function	The function that encodes the ABI for this method. This can be sent using a transaction, calling the method, or passing into another smart contract method as its argument.

NOTE sign and signAsFeePayer are supported since caver-js v1.6.1.

Example


// Calling a method
> myContract.methods.methodName(123).call({ ... }, function(error, result) { ... })
> myContract.methods.methodName(123).call({ ... }).then((result) => { ... })
// Sending basic transaction and using the promise
> myContract.methods.methodName(123).send({
    from: '0x{address in hex}',
    ...
  }).then(function(receipt) {
    // receipt can also be a new contract instance, when coming from a "contract.deploy({...}).send()"
  })
// Sending basic transaction and using the eventEmitter
> myContract.methods.methodName(123).send({
    from: '0x{address in hex}',
    ...
  }).on('transactionHash', function(hash) {
      ...
  })
  .on('receipt', function(receipt) {
      ...
  })
  .on('error', console.error)
// Sending fee delegation transaction and using the promise
> myContract.methods.methodName(123).send({
    from: '0x{address in hex}',
    feePayer: '0x{fee-payer address}',
    feeDelegation: true,f
    ...
  }).then(function(receipt) {
    // receipt can also be a new contract instance, when coming from a "contract.deploy({...}).send()"
  })
// Sending partial fee delegation transaction and using the promise
> myContract.methods.methodName(123).send({
    from: '0x{address in hex}',
    feePayer: '0x{fee-payer address}',
    feeDelegation: true,
    feeRatio: 30,
    ...
  }).then(function(receipt) {
    // receipt can also be a new contract instance, when coming from a "contract.deploy({...}).send()"
  })
// sign the basic transaction
> myContract.methods.methodName(123).sign({
    from: '0x{address in hex}',
    feeDelegation: true,
    ...
  }).then(function(signedTx) { ... })
// sign the fee delegation transaction
> myContract.methods.methodName(123).sign({
    from: '0x{address in hex}',
    feeDelegation: true,
    ...
  }).then(function(signedTx) { ... })
// sign the partial fee delegation transaction
> myContract.methods.methodName(123).sign({
    from: '0x{address in hex}',
    feeDelegation: true,
    feeRatio: 30,
    ...
  }).then(function(signedTx) { ... })
// sign the fee delegation transaction as a fee payer
> myContract.methods.methodName(123).signAsFeePayer({
    from: '0x{address in hex}',
    feePayer: '0x{fee-payer address}',
    feeDelegation: true,
    ...
  }).then(function(signedTx) { ... })
// sign the partial fee delegation transaction as a fee payer
> myContract.methods.methodName(123).signAsFeePayer({
    from: '0x{address in hex}',
    feePayer: '0x{fee-payer address}',
    feeDelegation: true,
    feeRatio: 30,
    ...
  }).then(function(signedTx) { ... })

methods.methodName.call


myContract.methods.methodName([param1 [, param2 [, ...]]]).call(options [, callback])
myContract.methods['methodName']([param1 [, param2 [, ...]]]).call(options [, callback])

Will call a constant method and execute its smart contract method in the kaia Virtual Machine without sending any transaction. Note that calling cannot alter the smart contract state. It is recommended to use myContract.call provided as a short-cut function.

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
options	object	(optional) The options used for calling. See the table below for the details.
callback	function	(optional) This callback will be fired with the result of the smart contract method execution as the second argument, or with an error object as the first argument.

The options object can contain the following:

Name	Type	Description
from	string	(optional) The address which calling contract methods should be made from.
gasPrice	string	(optional) The gas price in peb to use for this call.
gas	number	(optional) The maximum gas provided for this call (gas limit).

Return Value

Example


// using the promise
> myContract.methods.methodName(123).call({from: '0xde0B295669a9FD93d5F28D9Ec85E40f4cb697BAe'})
  .then(function(result) {
      ...
  })


// Solidity: MULTIPLE RETURN VALUES
contract MyContract {
    function myFunction() public returns(uint256 myNumber, string memory myString) {
        return (23456, "Hello!%");
    }
}


> var MyContract = new caver.contract(abi, address)
> MyContract.methods.myfunction().call().then(console.log)
Result {
      mynumber: '23456',
      mystring: 'Hello!%',
      0: '23456',
      1: 'Hello!%'
}


// Solidity: SINGLE RETURN VALUE
contract MyContract {
    function myfunction() public returns(string memory mystring) {
        return "Hello!%";
    }
}


> var MyContract = new caver.contract(abi, address)
> MyContract.methods.myfunction().call().then(console.log)
"Hello!%"

methods.methodName.send


myContract.methods.methodName([param1 [, param2 [, ...]]]).send(options [, callback])
myContract.methods['methodName']([param1 [, param2 [, ...]]]).send(options [, callback])

Will send a transaction to deploy the smart contract or execute the function of the smart contract. This can alter the smart contract state. It is recommended to use myContract.send provided as a short-cut function.

If a smart contract is deployed, 'constructor' can be entered in the methodName, such as myContract.methods.constructor or myContract.methods['constructor'], but it is recommended to use the myContract.deploy function.

The transaction type used for this function depends on the options or the value defined in myContract.options. If you want to use a fee-delegated transaction through methods.methodName.send, feeDelegation and feePayer should be set properly.

feeDelegation is not defined or defined to false: SmartContractDeploy / SmartContractExecution
feeDelegation is defined to true, but feePayer is not defined : Throws an error.
feeDelegation is defined to true and feePayer is defined, but feeRatio is not defined: FeeDelegatedSmartContractDeploy / FeeDelegatedSmartContractExecution
feeDelegation is defined to true and feePayer and feeRatio are defined: FeeDelegatedSmartContractDeployWithRatio / FeeDelegatedSmartContractExecutionWithRatio

NOTE caver.wallet must contains keyring instances corresponding to from and feePayer in options or myContract.options to make signatures.

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
options	object	The options used for sending. See the table below for the details.
callback	function	(optional) This callback will be fired first with the "transactionHash", or with an error object as the first argument.

The options object can contain the following:

Name	Type	Description
from	string	The address from which the transaction should be sent. If omitted, `myContract.options.from` will be used.
gas	number	The maximum gas provided for this transaction (gas limit).
gasPrice	string	(optional) The gas price in peb to use for this transaction.
value	number \| string \| BN \| Bignumber	(optional) The value in peb to be transferred to the address of the smart contract by this transaction.
feeDelegation	boolean	(optional, default `false`) Whether to use fee delegation transaction. If omitted, `myContract.options.feeDelegation` will be used.
feePayer	string	(optional) The address of the fee payer paying the transaction fee. When `feeDelegation` is `true`, the value is set to the `feePayer` field in the transaction. If omitted, `myContract.options.feePayer` will be used.
feeRatio	string	(optional) The ratio of the transaction fee the fee payer will be burdened with. If `feeDelegation` is `true` and `feeRatio` is set to a valid value, a partial fee delegation transaction is used. The valid range of this is between 1 and 99. The ratio of 0, or 100 and above are not allowed. If omitted, `myContract.options.feeRatio` will be used.

NOTE feeDelegation, feePayer and feeRatio are supported since caver-js v1.6.1.

Return Value

Promise returns PromiEvent

Type	Description
PromiEvent	A promise combined event emitter. It will be resolved when the transaction receipt is available. The promise will be resolved with the new contract instance.

For PromiEvent, the following events are available:

transactionHash: It is fired right after the transaction is sent and a transaction hash is available. Its type is string.
receipt: It is fired when the transaction receipt is available. See caver.rpc.klay.getTransactionReceipt for more details. Its type is object.
error: It is fired if an error occurs during sending. On an out-of-gas error, the second parameter is the receipt. Its type is Error.

Example


// using the promise
> myContract.methods.methodName(123).send({from: '0xde0B295669a9FD93d5F28D9Ec85E40f4cb697BAe'})
  .then(function(receipt) {
    // receipt can also be a new contract instance, when coming from a "contract.deploy({...}).send()"
  })
// using the event emitter
> myContract.methods.methodName(123).send({from: '0xde0B295669a9FD93d5F28D9Ec85E40f4cb697BAe'})
  .on('transactionHash', function(hash) {
    ...
  })
  .on('receipt', function(receipt) {
    console.log(receipt)
  })
  .on('error', console.error) // If there is an out-of-gas error, the second parameter is the receipt.
// receipt example
{
   "transactionHash": "0x9fc76417374aa880d4449a1f7f31ec597f00b1f6f3dd2d66f4c9c6c445836d8b",
   "transactionIndex": 0,
   "blockHash": "0xef95f2f1ed3ca60b048b4bf67cde2195961e0bba6f70bcbea9a2c4e133e34b46",
   "blocknumber": 3,
   "contractAddress": "0x11f4d0A3c12e86B4b5F39B213F7E19D048276DAe",
   "gasUsed": 30234,
   "events": {
     "eventName": {
       returnValues: {
         myIndexedParam: 20,
         myOtherIndexedParam: '0x123456789...',
         myNonIndexParam: 'My string'
       },
       raw: {
         data: '0x7f9fade1c0d57a7af66ab4ead79fade1c0d57a7af66ab4ead7c2c2eb7b11a91385',
         topics: ['0xfd43ade1c09fade1c0d57a7af66ab4ead7c2c2eb7b11a91ffdd57a7af66ab4ead7', '0x7f9fade1c0d57a7af66ab4ead79fade1c0d57a7af66ab4ead7c2c2eb7b11a91385']
       },
       event: 'eventName',
       signature: '0xfd43ade1c09fade1c0d57a7af66ab4ead7c2c2eb7b11a91ffdd57a7af66ab4ead7',
       logIndex: 0,
       transactionIndex: 0,
       transactionHash: '0x7f9fade1c0d57a7af66ab4ead79fade1c0d57a7af66ab4ead7c2c2eb7b11a91385',
       blockHash: '0xfd43ade1c09fade1c0d57a7af66ab4ead7c2c2eb7b11a91ffdd57a7af66ab4ead7',
       blocknumber: 1234,
       address: '0xde0B295669a9FD93d5F28D9Ec85E40f4cb697BAe'
    },
    "MyOtherEvent": {
      ...
    },
    "MyMultipleEvent":[{...}, {...}] // If there are multiples of the same events, they will be in an array.
  }
}
// Deploy the contract
> myContract.methods.constructor('0x{byte code}', 123).send({ from: '0xde0B295669a9FD93d5F28D9Ec85E40f4cb697BAe', gas: 1000000 })
> myContract.methods['constructor']('0x{byte code}', 123).send({ from: '0xde0B295669a9FD93d5F28D9Ec85E40f4cb697BAe', gas: 1000000 })

methods.methodName.sign


myContract.methods.methodName([param1 [, param2 [, ...]]]).sign(options)
myContract.methods['methodName']([param1 [, param2 [, ...]]]).sign(options)

Signs a smart contract transaction as a sender to deploy the smart contract or execute the function of the smart contract. It is recommended to use myContract.sign provided as a short-cut function.

If a smart contract is deployed, 'constructor' can be entered in the methodName, such as myContract.methods.constructor or myContract.methods['constructor'].

feeDelegation is not defined or defined to false: SmartContractDeploy / SmartContractExecution
feeDelegation is defined to true, but feeRatio is not defined: FeeDelegatedSmartContractDeploy / FeeDelegatedSmartContractExecution
feeDelegation is defined to true and feeRatio is defined: FeeDelegatedSmartContractDeployWithRatio / FeeDelegatedSmartContractExecutionWithRatio

NOTE caver.wallet must contains keyring instances corresponding to from in options or myContract.options to make signatures.

NOTE methods.methodName.sign is supported since caver-js v1.6.1.

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
options	object	The options used for creating a transaction. See the parameter table in methods.methodName.send for the details.

Return Value

Promise returning Transaction - The signed smart contract transaction.

Example


// Sign a SmartContractDeploy transaction
> myContract.methods.constructor(byteCode, 123).sign({ from: '0x{address in hex}', gas: 1000000 }).then(console.log)
SmartContractDeploy {
  _type: 'TxTypeSmartContractDeploy',
  _from: '0x60498fefbf1705a3db8d7bb5c80d5238956343e5',
  _gas: '0xf4240',
  _signatures: [
    SignatureData {
      _v: '0x07f6',
      _r: '0x26a05...',
      _s: '0x3e3e4...'
    }
  ],
  _to: '0x',
  _value: '0x0',
  _input: '0x60806...',
  _humanReadable: false,
  _codeFormat: '0x0',
  _chainId: '0x3e9',
  _gasPrice: '0x5d21dba00',
  _nonce: '0x2f6'
}
> myContract.methods['constructor'](byteCode, 123).sign({ from: '0x{address in hex}', gas: 1000000 }).then(console.log)
// Sign a FeeDelegatedSmartContractDeploy transaction
> myContract.methods.constructor(byteCode, 123).sign({ from: '0x{address in hex}', feeDelegation: true, gas: 1000000 }).then(console.log)
FeeDelegatedSmartContractDeploy {
  _type: 'TxTypeFeeDelegatedSmartContractDeploy',
  _from: '0x60498fefbf1705a3db8d7bb5c80d5238956343e5',
  _gas: '0xf4240',
  _signatures: [ SignatureData { _v: '0x07f5', _r: '0xa74f7...', _s: '0x0991e...' } ],
  _feePayer: '0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000',
  _feePayerSignatures: [ SignatureData { _v: '0x01', _r: '0x', _s: '0x' } ],
  _to: '0x',
  _value: '0x0',
  _input: '0x60806...',
  _humanReadable: false,
  _codeFormat: '0x0',
  _chainId: '0x3e9',
  _gasPrice: '0x5d21dba00',
  _nonce: '0x2f6'
}
> myContract.methods['constructor'](byteCode, 123).sign({ from: '0x{address in hex}', feeDelegation: true, gas: 1000000 }).then(console.log)
// Sign a SmartContractExecution transaction
> myContract.methods.methodName('0x...').sign({ from: '0x{address in hex}', gas: 1000000 }).then(console.log)
SmartContractExecution {
  _type: 'TxTypeSmartContractExecution',
  _from: '0x60498fefbf1705a3db8d7bb5c80d5238956343e5',
  _gas: '0xf4240',
  _signatures: [ SignatureData { _v: '0x07f5', _r: '0xafbf9...', _s: '0x10ea0...' } ],
  _to: '0xbc6723431a57abcacc4016ae664ee778d313ca6e',
  _value: '0x0',
  _input: '0x983b2d5600000000000000000000000060498fefbf1705a3db8d7bb5c80d5238956343e5',
  _chainId: '0x3e9',
  _gasPrice: '0x5d21dba00',
  _nonce: '0x2f6'
}
> myContract.methods['methodName']('0x...').sign({ from: '0x{address in hex}', gas: 1000000 }).then(console.log)
// Sign a FeeDelegatedSmartContractExecution transaction
> myContract.methods.methodName('0x...').sign({ from: '0x{address in hex}', feeDelegation: true, gas: 1000000 }).then(console.log)
FeeDelegatedSmartContractExecution {
  _type: 'TxTypeFeeDelegatedSmartContractExecution',
  _from: '0x60498fefbf1705a3db8d7bb5c80d5238956343e5',
  _gas: '0xf4240',
  _signatures: [ SignatureData { _v: '0x07f6', _r: '0xdfc14...', _s: '0x38b9c...' } ],
  _feePayer: '0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000',
  _feePayerSignatures: [ SignatureData { _v: '0x01', _r: '0x', _s: '0x' } ],
  _to: '0xbc6723431a57abcacc4016ae664ee778d313ca6e',
  _value: '0x0',
  _input: '0x983b2d5600000000000000000000000060498fefbf1705a3db8d7bb5c80d5238956343e5',
  _chainId: '0x3e9',
  _gasPrice: '0x5d21dba00',
  _nonce: '0x2f6'
}
> myContract.methods['methodName']('0x...').sign({ from: '0x{address in hex}', feeDelegation: true, gas: 1000000 }).then(console.log)

methods.methodName.signAsFeePayer


myContract.methods.methodName([param1 [, param2 [, ...]]]).signAsFeePayer(options)
myContract.methods['methodName']([param1 [, param2 [, ...]]]).signAsFeePayer(options)

Signs a smart contract transaction as a fee payer to deploy the smart contract or execute the function of the smart contract. It is recommended to use myContract.signAsFeePayer provided as a short-cut function.

If a smart contract is deployed, 'constructor' can be entered in the methodName, such as myContract.methods.constructor or myContract.methods['constructor'].

feeDelegation is not defined : Throws an error.
feeDelegation is defined, but feePayer is not defined : Throws an error.
feeDelegation is defined to true and feePayer is defined, but feeRatio is not defined: FeeDelegatedSmartContractDeploy / FeeDelegatedSmartContractExecution
feeDelegation is defined to true and feePayer and feeRatio are defined: FeeDelegatedSmartContractDeployWithRatio / FeeDelegatedSmartContractExecutionWithRatio

NOTE caver.wallet must contains keyring instances corresponding to feePayer in options or myContract.options to make signatures.

NOTE methods.methodName.signAsFeePayer is supported since caver-js v1.6.1.

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
options	object	The options used for creating a transaction. See the parameter table in methods.methodName.send for the details.

Return Value

Promise returning Transaction - The signed smart contract transaction.

Example


// Sign a FeeDelegatedSmartContractDeploy transaction
> myContract.methods.constructor(byteCode, 123).signAsFeePayer({ from: '0x{address in hex}', feeDelegation: true, feePayer: '0x{address in hex}', gas: 1000000 }).then(console.log)
> FeeDelegatedSmartContractDeploy {
  _type: 'TxTypeFeeDelegatedSmartContractDeploy',
  _from: '0x60498fefbf1705a3db8d7bb5c80d5238956343e5',
  _gas: '0xf4240',
  _signatures: [ SignatureData { _v: '0x01', _r: '0x', _s: '0x' } ],
  _feePayer: '0x60498fefbf1705a3db8d7bb5c80d5238956343e5',
  _feePayerSignatures: [ SignatureData { _v: '0x07f6', _r: '0x2c385...', _s: '0x7fa79...' } ],
  _to: '0x',
  _value: '0x0',
  _input: '0x60806...',
  _humanReadable: false,
  _codeFormat: '0x0',
  _chainId: '0x3e9',
  _gasPrice: '0x5d21dba00',
  _nonce: '0x2f6'
}
> myContract.methods['constructor'](byteCode, 123).signAsFeePayer({ from: '0x{address in hex}', feeDelegation: true, feePayer: '0x{address in hex}', gas: 1000000 }).then(console.log)
// Sign a FeeDelegatedSmartContractExecution transaction
> myContract.methods.methodName(123).signAsFeePayer({ from: '0x{address in hex}', feeDelegation: true, feePayer: '0x{address in hex}', gas: 1000000 }).then(console.log)
> FeeDelegatedSmartContractExecution {
  _type: 'TxTypeFeeDelegatedSmartContractExecution',
  _from: '0x60498fefbf1705a3db8d7bb5c80d5238956343e5',
  _gas: '0xf4240',
  _signatures: [ SignatureData { _v: '0x01', _r: '0x', _s: '0x' } ],
  _feePayer: '0x60498fefbf1705a3db8d7bb5c80d5238956343e5',
  _feePayerSignatures: [ SignatureData { _v: '0x07f6', _r: '0x793eb...', _s: '0x0f776...' } ],
  _to: '0x294b2618f29714732cfc202d7be53bf5efee90dd',
  _value: '0x0',
  _input: '0x983b2d5600000000000000000000000060498fefbf1705a3db8d7bb5c80d5238956343e5',
  _chainId: '0x3e9',
  _gasPrice: '0x5d21dba00',
  _nonce: '0x2f6'
}
> myContract.methods['methodName'](123).signAsFeePayer({ from: '0x{address in hex}', feeDelegation: true, feePayer: '0x{address in hex}', gas: 1000000 }).then(console.log)

methods.methodName.estimateGas


myContract.methods.methodName([param1 [, param2 [, ...]]]).estimateGas(options [, callback])

Will estimate the gas that a method execution will take when executed in the kaia Virtual Machine. The estimation can differ from the actual gas used when later sending a transaction, as the state of the smart contract can be different at that time.

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
options	object	(optional) The options used for calling. See the table below for the details.
callback	function	(optional) This callback will be fired with the result of the gas estimation as the second argument, or with an error object as the first argument.

The options object can contain the following:

Name	Type	Description
from	string	(optional) The address from which calling the contract method should be made.
gas	number	(optional) The maximum gas provided for this call (gas limit). Setting a specific value helps to detect out of gas errors. If all gas is used, it will return the same number.
value	number \| string \| BN \| Bignumber	(optional) The value in peb that would be transferred to the address of the smart contract if the transaction for executing this contract function was sent to kaia.

Return Value

Promise returns number

Type	Description
number	The used gas for the simulated call/transaction.

Example


> myContract.methods.methodName(123).estimateGas({from: '0xde0B295669a9FD93d5F28D9Ec85E40f4cb697BAe'})
  .then(function(gasAmount) {
    ...
  })
  .catch(function(error) {
    ...
  })

methods.methodName.encodeABI


myContract.methods.methodName([param1 [, param2[, ...]]]).encodeABI()

Encodes the ABI for this method. This can be used to send a transaction or call a method, or pass it into another smart contract method as arguments.

Parameters

Parameters of any method that belongs to this smart contract, defined in the JSON interface.

Return Value

Type	Description
string	The encoded ABI byte code to send via a transaction or call.

Example


> myContract.methods.methodName(123).encodeABI()
'0x58cf5f1000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000007B'

myContract.once


myContract.once(event [, options], callback)

Subscribes to an event and unsubscribes immediately after the first event or error. Will only fire for a single event.

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
event	string	The name of the event in the contract, or `allEvents` to get all events.
options	object	(optional) The options used for subscription. See the table below for the details.
callback	function	This callback will be fired for the first event as the second argument, or an error as the first argument. See myContract.getPastEvents for details about the event structure.

The options object can contain the following:

Name	Type	Description
filter	object	(optional) Lets you filter events by indexed parameters, e.g., `{filter: {mynumber: [12,13]}}` means all events where "mynumber" is 12 or 13.
topics	Array	(optional) This allows you to manually set the topics for the event filter. Given the filter property and event signature, `topic[0]` would not be set automatically.

Return Value

Promise returns object - An event object. For more detail about event object, please refer to myContract.getPastEvents.

Example


> myContract.once('eventName', {
    filter: {myIndexedParam: [20,23], myOtherIndexedParam: '0x123456789...'}, // Using an array means OR: e.g. 20 or 23
  }, function(error, event) { console.log(event) })
// event output example
{
    returnValues: {
        myIndexedParam: 20,
        myOtherIndexedParam: '0x123456789...',
        myNonIndexParam: 'My string'
    },
    raw: {
        data: '0x7f9fade1c0d57a7af66ab4ead79fade1c0d57a7af66ab4ead7c2c2eb7b11a91385',
        topics: ['0xfd43ade1c09fade1c0d57a7af66ab4ead7c2c2eb7b11a91ffdd57a7af66ab4ead7', '0x7f9fade1c0d57a7af66ab4ead79fade1c0d57a7af66ab4ead7c2c2eb7b11a91385']
    },
    event: 'eventName',
    signature: '0xfd43ade1c09fade1c0d57a7af66ab4ead7c2c2eb7b11a91ffdd57a7af66ab4ead7',
    logIndex: 0,
    transactionIndex: 0,
    transactionHash: '0x7f9fade1c0d57a7af66ab4ead79fade1c0d57a7af66ab4ead7c2c2eb7b11a91385',
    blockHash: '0xfd43ade1c09fade1c0d57a7af66ab4ead7c2c2eb7b11a91ffdd57a7af66ab4ead7',
    blocknumber: 1234,
    address: '0xde0B295669a9FD93d5F28D9Ec85E40f4cb697BAe'
}

myContract.subscribe


myContract.subscribe(event [, options], callback)

Subscribes to an event. This function works same as myContract.events.eventName.

You can unsubscribe an event by calling the unsubscribe function of the subscription object returned by the subscribe function.

NOTE myContract.subscribe is supported since caver-js v1.9.1-rc.1.

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
event	string	The name of the event in the contract, or `allEvents` to get all events.
options	object	(optional) The options used for subscription. See the table below for the details.
callback	function	This callback will be fired for the first event as the second argument, or an error as the first argument. See myContract.getPastEvents for details about the event structure.

The options object can contain the following:

Name	Type	Description
filter	object	(optional) Lets you filter events by indexed parameters, e.g., `{filter: {mynumber: [12,13]}}` means all events where "mynumber" is 12 or 13.
topics	Array	(optional) This allows you to manually set the topics for the event filter. Given the filter property and event signature, `topic[0]` would not be set automatically.

Return Value

Promise returns object - An event object. For more detail about event object, please refer to myContract.getPastEvents.

Example


> const subscription = myContract.subscribe('eventName', {
    filter: {myIndexedParam: [20,23], myOtherIndexedParam: '0x123456789...'}, // Using an array means OR: e.g. 20 or 23
  }, function(error, event) { console.log(event) })
{
    returnValues: {
        myIndexedParam: 20,
        myOtherIndexedParam: '0x123456789...',
        myNonIndexParam: 'My string'
    },
    raw: {
        data: '0x7f9fade1c0d57a7af66ab4ead79fade1c0d57a7af66ab4ead7c2c2eb7b11a91385',
        topics: ['0xfd43a...', '0x7f9fa...']
    },
    event: 'eventName',
    signature: '0xfd43ade1c09fade1c0d57a7af66ab4ead7c2c2eb7b11a91ffdd57a7af66ab4ead7',
    logIndex: 0,
    transactionIndex: 0,
    transactionHash: '0x7f9fade1c0d57a7af66ab4ead79fade1c0d57a7af66ab4ead7c2c2eb7b11a91385',
    blockHash: '0xfd43ade1c09fade1c0d57a7af66ab4ead7c2c2eb7b11a91ffdd57a7af66ab4ead7',
    blocknumber: 1234,
    address: '0xde0B295669a9FD93d5F28D9Ec85E40f4cb697BAe'
}
> subscription.unsubscribe() // unsubscribe the event

myContract.events


myContract.events.eventName([options][, callback])

Subscribes to an event.

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
options	object	(optional) The options used for subscription. See the table below for the details.
callback	function	(optional) This callback will be fired for each event as the second argument, or an error as the first argument.

The options object can contain the following:

Name	Type	Description
filter	object	(optional) Lets you filter events by indexed parameters, e.g., `{filter: {mynumber: [12,13]}}` means all events where "mynumber" is 12 or 13.
fromBlock	number	(optional) The block number from which to get events.
topics	Array	(optional) This allows you to manually set the topics for the event filter. Given the filter property and event signature, `topic[0]` would not be set automatically.

Return Value

EventEmitter: The event emitter has the following events:

Name	Type	Description
data	object	Fires on each incoming event with the event object as an argument.
connected	string	Fires once after the subscription successfully connected. It returns the subscription ID.
error	object	Fires when an error in the subscription occurs.

NOTE connected is available with caver-js v1.5.7.

The structure of the returned event object looks as follows:

Name	Type	Description
event	string	The event name.
signature	string \| `null`	The event signature, `null` if it is an anonymous event.
address	string	Address which from this event originated.
returnValues	object	The return values coming from the event, e.g., `{myVar: 1, myVar2: '0x234...'}`.
logIndex	number	Integer of the event index position in the block.
transactionIndex	number	Integer of the transaction's index position where the event was created.
transactionHash	32-byte string	Hash of the transaction this event was created in. `null` when it is still pending.
blockHash	32-byte string	Hash of the block this event was created in. `null` when it is still pending.
blocknumber	number	The block number this log was created in. `null` when still pending.
raw.data	string	The data containing non-indexed log parameter.
raw.topics	Array	An array with a maximum of four 32-byte topics, and topic 1-3 contains indexed parameters of the event.
id	string	A log identifier. It is made through concatenating "log_" string with `keccak256(blockHash + transactionHash + logIndex).substr(0, 8)`

Example


> myContract.events.eventName({
    filter: {myIndexedParam: [20,23], myOtherIndexedParam: '0x123456789...'}, // Using an array means OR: e.g. 20 or 23
    fromBlock: 0
  }, function(error, event) { console.log(event) })
  .on('connected', function(subscriptionId){
      console.log(subscriptionId)
  })
  .on('data', function(event){
      console.log(event) // same results as the optional callback above
  })
  .on('error', console.error)
// event output example
{
    returnValues: {
        myIndexedParam: 20,
        myOtherIndexedParam: '0x123456789...',
        myNonIndexParam: 'My string'
    },
    raw: {
        data: '0x7f9fade1c0d57a7af66ab4ead79fade1c0d57a7af66ab4ead7c2c2eb7b11a91385',
        topics: ['0xfd43ade1c09fade1c0d57a7af66ab4ead7c2c2eb7b11a91ffdd57a7af66ab4ead7', '0x7f9fade1c0d57a7af66ab4ead79fade1c0d57a7af66ab4ead7c2c2eb7b11a91385']
    },
    event: 'eventName',
    signature: '0xfd43ade1c09fade1c0d57a7af66ab4ead7c2c2eb7b11a91ffdd57a7af66ab4ead7',
    logIndex: 0,
    transactionIndex: 0,
    transactionHash: '0x7f9fade1c0d57a7af66ab4ead79fade1c0d57a7af66ab4ead7c2c2eb7b11a91385',
    blockHash: '0xfd43ade1c09fade1c0d57a7af66ab4ead7c2c2eb7b11a91ffdd57a7af66ab4ead7',
    blocknumber: 1234,
    address: '0xde0B295669a9FD93d5F28D9Ec85E40f4cb697BAe',
    id: 'log_41d221bc',
}

events.allEvents


myContract.events.allEvents([options] [, callback])

Same as myContract.events but receives all events from this smart contract. Optionally, the filter property can filter those events.

getPastEvents


myContract.getPastEvents(event [, options] [, callback])

Gets past events for this contract.

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
event	string	The name of the event in the contract, or `"allEvents"` to get all events.
options	object	(optional) The options used for subscription. See the table below for the details.
callback	function	(optional) This callback will be fired with an array of event logs as the second argument, or an error as the first argument.

To options object can contain the following:

Name	Type	Description
filter	object	(optional) Lets you filter events by indexed parameters, e.g., `{filter: {mynumber: [12,13]}}` means all events where "mynumber" is 12 or 13.
fromBlock	number	(optional) The block number from which to get events.
toBlock	number	(optional) The block number to get events up to (defaults to `"latest"`).
topics	Array	(optional) This allows manually setting the topics for the event filter. Given the filter property and event signature, `topic[0]` would not be set automatically.

Return Value

Promise returns Array - An array with the past event objects, matching the given event name and filter.

An event object can contain the following:

Name	Type	Description
event	string	The event name.
signature	string \| `null`	The event signature, `null` if it’s an anonymous event.
address	string	Address this event originated from.
returnValues	object	The return values coming from the event, e.g. `{myVar: 1, myVar2: '0x234...'}`.
logIndex	number	The event index position in the block.
transactionIndex	number	The transaction’s index position the event was created in.
transactionHash	string	The hash of the transaction this event was created in.
blockHash	string	The hash of the block this event was created in. null when it’s still pending.
blockNumber	number	The block number this log was created in. null when still pending.
raw	object	An object defines `data` and `topic`. `raw.data` containing non-indexed log parameter. `raw.topic` is an array with a maximum of four 32 Byte topics, and topic 1-3 contains indexed parameters of the event.

Example


> myContract.getPastEvents('eventName', {
      filter: {myIndexedParam: [20,23], myOtherIndexedParam: '0x123456789...'}, // Using an array means OR: e.g. 20 or 23
      fromBlock: 0,
      toBlock: 'latest'
  }, function(error, events) { console.log(events) })
  .then(function(events) {
      console.log(events) // same results as the optional callback above
  })
[{
    returnValues: {
        myIndexedParam: 20,
        myOtherIndexedParam: '0x123456789...',
        myNonIndexParam: 'My string'
    },
    raw: {
        data: '0x7f9fade1c0d57a7af66ab4ead79fade1c0d57a7af66ab4ead7c2c2eb7b11a91385',
        topics: ['0xfd43ade1c09fade1c0d57a7af66ab4ead7c2c2eb7b11a91ffdd57a7af66ab4ead7', '0x7f9fade1c0d57a7af66ab4ead79fade1c0d57a7af66ab4ead7c2c2eb7b11a91385']
    },
    event: 'eventName',
    signature: '0xfd43ade1c09fade1c0d57a7af66ab4ead7c2c2eb7b11a91ffdd57a7af66ab4ead7',
    logIndex: 0,
    transactionIndex: 0,
    transactionHash: '0x7f9fade1c0d57a7af66ab4ead79fade1c0d57a7af66ab4ead7c2c2eb7b11a91385',
    blockHash: '0xfd43ade1c09fade1c0d57a7af66ab4ead7c2c2eb7b11a91ffdd57a7af66ab4ead7',
    blocknumber: 1234,
    address: '0xde0B295669a9FD93d5F28D9Ec85E40f4cb697BAe'
},{
      ...
}]

caver.contract.create ​

caver.contract ​

myContract.options ​

myContract.options.address ​

myContract.options.jsonInterface ​

myContract.clone ​

myContract.deploy ​

myContract.deploy ​

myContract.send ​

myContract.sign ​

myContract.signAsFeePayer ​

myContract.call ​

myContract.decodeFunctionCall ​

myContract.methods ​

cf) *function signature (function selector) ​

methods.methodName.call ​

methods.methodName.send ​

methods.methodName.sign ​

methods.methodName.signAsFeePayer ​

methods.methodName.estimateGas ​

methods.methodName.encodeABI ​

myContract.once ​

myContract.subscribe ​

myContract.events ​

events.allEvents ​

getPastEvents ​

caver.contract.create

caver.contract

myContract.options

myContract.options.address

myContract.options.jsonInterface

myContract.clone

myContract.deploy

myContract.deploy

myContract.send

myContract.sign

myContract.signAsFeePayer

myContract.call

myContract.decodeFunctionCall

myContract.methods

cf) *function signature (function selector)

methods.methodName.call

methods.methodName.send

methods.methodName.sign

methods.methodName.signAsFeePayer

methods.methodName.estimateGas

methods.methodName.encodeABI

myContract.once

myContract.subscribe

myContract.events

events.allEvents

getPastEvents