Quickstart
This page will introduce the four primary operations provided by Request Network’s browser-side JavaScript library,
request-client.js.You will learn:
- How to retrieve a user’s requests
- How to create a request
- How to pay a request
- How to detect a payment
First, construct a
RequestNetwork object and connect it to the Goerli Request Node Gateway:import { RequestNetwork, Types } from "@requestnetwork/request-client.js";
const requestClient = new RequestNetwork({
nodeConnectionConfig: { baseURL: "https://goerli.gateway.request.network/" }
})
Then, call
fromIdentity() to get an array of Request objects. This function retrieves the payment requests stored in IPFS and queries on-chain events to determine the balance paid so far.const address = "0x7eB023BFbAeE228de6DC5B92D0BeEB1eDb1Fd567";
const requests = await requestClient.fromIdentity({
type: Types.Identity.TYPE.ETHEREUM_ADDRESS,
value: address
})
Finally, call
getData() on each Request.const requestDatas = requests.map((request) => request.getData())
Altogether it looks like this:
CodeSandBox showing how to retrieve a user's requests and display them in a table.
The embedded CodeSandBox above is not broken despite the error message. It creates a development environment entirely in the browser and takes a long time to transpile the first time it is viewed. Conservatively, it may take 30 minutes. Here's a preview of what it will look like:
Other operation quickstarts coming soon! In the meantime check out the following guides:
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