@samouraiwallet/electrum-client

Efficient and no-dependency Electrum Protocol client for Node.js.

This library uses ESModules, Node.js v18 or higher is required.

Based on

• https://github.com/mempool/electrum-client
• https://github.com/you21979/node-electrum-client
• https://github.com/7kharov/node-electrum-client
• https://github.com/BlueWallet/rn-electrum-client

Features

• No dependencies
• Persistence (ping strategy and reconnection)
• Batch requests
• Promise API
• Fully typed (Typescript)

Protocol spec

• https://electrumx.readthedocs.io/en/latest/PROTOCOL.html

Usage

import {ElectrumClient} from "@samouraiwallet/electrum-client";

const run = async () => {
    const tcpClient = await ElectrumClient.createClient({
        port: 60001,
        host: "btc.electroncash.dk",
        protocol: "tcp",
        electrumConfig: { client: "electrum-client-js", version: ["1.2", "1.4"] },
        persistencePolicy: { retryPeriod: 2000 },
    });

    const rawTx = await tcpClient.blockchainTransaction_get('b270b8a113c048ed0024e470e3c7794565c2b3e18c600d20410ec8f454b7d25a');

    return rawTx;
    // result: 02000000016016c6d039cbdeefa655e4b5ac61ec2b5fe16920529f086a2439f59a5994bed6200000006a4730440220421b5daf5f72e514075d256121d6b66e1d9a8993d37ceb0532baca11f6964da502205333d1c4b9be749180bfa8da4da6a07c0e9e2d853c809a75c4b60ef717a628b20121029139c783aa8f31707a67248a6a6b643855e9d1484dbd53cfe7d9e3adf3ce7098ffffffff02c19a01000000000017a9146eda8b447af853746f04b902fea5b2cd959d866d87692c0200000000001976a914443674ce759f8fa2fe83a6608339da782b890c1988ac00000000
}