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| BigchainDB Server | BigchainDB JavaScript Driver |
| ----------------- |------------------------------|
| `~=0.10.1` | `~=1.0.0` |
| `0.10` | `0.1.0` |
## Contents
* [Installation](#installation)
* [Usage](#usage)
* [Example: Create a transaction](#example-create-a-transaction)
* [More examples](#more-examples)
* [Documentation](#bigchaindb-documentation)
* [Speed Optimizations](#speed-optimizations)
* [Warnings](#warnings)
* [npm Releases](#npm-releases)
* [Authors](#authors)
* [License](#license)
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npm install bigchaindb-driver
```
## Usage
You'll probably need a babel here and a bundler there. Alternatively, use one of the bundled dist versions:
- `dist/bundle/`: Babelified and packaged with dependencies, so you can drop it in anywhere you want.
- `dist/node/`: Babelified into a CommonJS module, so you can drop it in on any node project.
### Example: Create a transaction
```js
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alice.publicKey
)
// Optional: You've got everything you need, except for an asset
// and metadata. Maybe define them here, any JSON-serializable object
// Optional: You've got everything you need, except for an asset
// and metadata. Maybe define them here, any JSON-serializable object
// will do
// Ok, now that you have a transaction, you need to *sign* it
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.then((res) => console.log('Transaction status:', res.status))
```
### More examples
You may also be interested in some [long-form tutorials with actual code](https://github.com/bigchaindb/kyber):
- [Kyber](https://github.com/bigchaindb/kyber): full suite of BigchainDB repos with tutorials, examples and experiments included.
## BigchainDB Documentation
- [HTTP API Reference](https://docs.bigchaindb.com/projects/server/en/latest/http-client-server-api.html)
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## Speed Optimizations
This implementation plays "safe" by using JS-native (or downgradable) libraries for its crypto-related functions to keep compatibilities with the browser. If you do want some more speed, feel free to explore the following:
This implementation plays "safe" by using JS-native (or downgradable) libraries for its crypto-related functions to keep compatibilities with the browser. If you do want some more speed, feel free to explore the following:
* [chloride](https://github.com/dominictarr/chloride), or its underlying [sodium](https://github.com/paixaop/node-sodium) library
* [node-sha3](https://github.com/phusion/node-sha3) -- **MAKE SURE** to use [steakknife's fork](https://github.com/steakknife/node-sha3) if [the FIPS 202 upgrade](https://github.com/phusion/node-sha3/pull/25) hasn't been merged (otherwise, you'll run into all kinds of hashing problems)
## Warnings
> Crypto-conditions
Make sure you keep using a crypto-conditions implementation that implements the older v1 draft (e.g.
[`five-bells-condition@v3.3.1`](https://github.com/interledgerjs/five-bells-condition/releases/tag/v3.3.1)).
BigchainDB Server 0.10 does not implement the newer version of the spec and **WILL** fail if you try using a newer implementation of crypto-conditions.
> SHA3
Make sure to use a SHA3 implementation that has been upgraded as per [FIPS 202](http://csrc.nist.gov/publications/drafts/fips-202/fips_202_draft.pdf). Otherwise, the hashes you generate **WILL** be invalid in the eyes of the BigchainDB Server.
> Ed25519
If you do end up replacing `tweetnacl` with `chloride` (or any other `Ed25519` package), you might want to double check that it gives you a correct public/private (or verifying/signing, if they use
that lingo) key pair.
An example BigchainDB Server-generated key pair (encoded in `base58`):
- Public: `DjPMHDD9JtgypDKY38mPz9f6owjAMAKhLuN1JfRAat8C`
- Private: `7Gf5YRch2hYTyeLxqNLgTY63D9K5QH2UQ7LYFeBGuKvo`
Your package should be able to take in the decoded version of the **private** key and return you the same **public** key (once you encode that to `base58`).
## npm Releases
For a new **patch release**, execute on the machine where you're logged into your npm account:
```bash
npm run release
```
Command is powered by [`release-it`](https://github.com/webpro/release-it) package, defined in the `package.json`.
That's what the command does without any user interaction:
1. create release commit by updating version in `package.json`
1. create tag for that release commit
1. push commit & tag
1. create a new release on GitHub, with change log auto-generated from commit messages
1. update local dependencies to latest version
1. build bundled dist versions
1. publish to npm as a new release
If you want to create a **minor** or **major release**, use these commands:
```bash
npm run release-minor
```
```bash
npm run release-major
```
## Authors