caver.utils
caver-js utility APIs.
caver.utils
provides utility functions.
randomHex
The randomHex library to generate cryptographically strong pseudo-random HEX strings from a given byte size.
Parameters
Name
Type
Description
size
number
The byte size for the HEX string, e.g., 32
will result in a 32-byte HEX string with 64 characters prefixed with "0x".
Return Value
Type
Description
string
The generated random HEX string.
Example
_
The underscore library for many convenient JavaScript functions.
See the underscore API reference for details.
Example
toBN
Safely converts any given value (including BigNumber.js instances) into a BN.js instance, for handling big numbers in JavaScript.
Parameters
Name
Type
Description
number
string | number
number to convert to a big number.
Return Value
Type
Description
Object
Examples
isBN
Checks if a given value is a BN.js instance.
Parameters
Name
Type
Description
bn
object
Return Value
Type
Description
boolean
Example
isBigNumber
Checks if a given value is a BigNumber.js instance.
Parameters
Name
Type
Description
bignumber
object
Return Value
Type
Description
boolean
true
if a given value is a BigNumber.js
instance.
Example
sha3
Calculates the sha3 of the input.
NOTE: To mimic the sha3 behavior of Solidity use caver.utils.soliditySha3.
Parameters
Name
Type
Description
str
string
A string to hash.
Return Value
Type
Description
string
The result hash.
Example
soliditySha3
Calculates the sha3 of given input parameters in the same way solidity would. This means arguments will be ABI converted and tightly packed before being hashed.
Parameters
Name
Type
Description
paramX
Mixed
Any type, or an object with {type: 'uint', value: '123456'}
or {t: 'bytes', v: '0xfff456'}
. Basic types are autodetected as follows:
- string
non numerical UTF-8 string is interpreted as string
.
- `string
number
BN
HEXpositive number is interpreted as
uint256.<br> -
string
number
BNnegative number is interpreted as
int256.<br> -
booleanas
bool.<br> -
stringHEX string with leading
0xis interpreted as
bytes.<br> -
HEXHEX number representation is interpreted as
uint256`.
Return Value
Type
Description
string
The result hash.
Example
isHex
Checks if a given string is a HEX string.
Parameters
Name
Type
Description
hex
string
The given HEX string.
Return Value
Type
Description
boolean
true
if a given parameter is a HEX string.
Example
isHexStrict
Checks if a given string is a HEX string. Difference to caver.utils.isHex is that it expects HEX to be prefixed with 0x
.
Parameters
Name
Type
Description
hex
string
The given HEX string.
Return Value
Type
Description
boolean
true
if a given string is a HEX string.
Example
isAddress
Checks if a given string is a valid Klaytn address. It will also check the checksum if the address has upper and lowercase letters.
Parameters
Name
Type
Description
address
string
An address string.
Return Value
Type
Description
boolean
true
if a given string is a valid Klaytn address.
Examples
toChecksumAddress
Converts an upper or lowercase Klaytn address to a checksum address.
Parameters
Name
Type
Description
address
string
An address string.
Return Value
Type
Description
string
The checksum address.
Examples
checkAddressChecksum
Checks the checksum of a given address. Will also return false
on non-checksum addresses.
Parameters
Name
Type
Description
address
string
An address string.
Return Value
Type
Description
boolean
true
when the checksum of the address is valid, false
if it is not a checksum address, or the checksum is invalid.
Examples
toHex
Converts any given value to HEX. The numeric strings will be interpreted as numbers. Text strings will be interpreted as UTF-8 strings.
Parameters
Name
Type
Description
mixed
string | number | BN | BigNumber
The input to convert to HEX.
Return Value
Type
Description
string
The resulting HEX string.
Examples
hexToNumberString
Returns the number representation of a given HEX value as a string.
Parameters
Name
Type
Description
hexstring
string
A HEX string to be converted.
Return Value
Type
Description
string
The number as a string.
Examples
hexToNumber
Returns the number representation of a given HEX value.
NOTE: This is not useful for big numbers, rather use caver.utils.toBN.
Parameters
Name
Type
Description
hexstring
string
A HEX string to be converted.
Return Value
Type
Description
number
The number representation of a given HEX value.
Examples
numberToHex
Returns the HEX representation of a given number value.
Parameters
Name
Type
Description
number
string | number | BN | BigNumber
A number as string or number.
Return Value
Type
Description
string
The HEX value of the given number.
Examples
hexToUtf8
Returns the UTF-8 string representation of a given HEX value.
Parameters
Name
Type
Description
hex
string
A HEX string to convert to a UTF-8 string.
Return Value
Type
Description
string
The UTF-8 string.
Examples
hexToAscii
Returns the ASCII string representation of a given HEX value.
Parameters
Name
Type
Description
hex
string
A HEX string to convert to an ASCII string.
Return Value
Type
Description
string
The ASCII string.
Examples
utf8ToHex
Returns the HEX representation of a given UTF-8 string.
Parameters
Name
Type
Description
str
string
A UTF-8 string to convert to a HEX string.
Return Value
Type
Description
string
The HEX string.
Examples
asciiToHex
Returns the HEX representation of a given ASCII string.
Parameters
Name
Type
Description
str
string
An ASCII string to convert to a HEX string.
Return Value
Type
Description
string
The HEX string.
Examples
hexToBytes
Returns a byte array from the given HEX string.
Parameters
Name
Type
Description
hex
string
A HEX string to be converted.
Return Value
Type
Description
Array
The byte array.
Examples
bytesToHex
Returns a HEX string from a byte array.
Parameters
Name
Type
Description
byteArray
Array
A byte array to convert.
Return Value
Type
Description
string
The HEX string.
Examples
convertToPeb
Converts any KLAY value into peb.
NOTE: "peb" is the smallest KLAY unit, and you should always use "peb" as the unit of KLAY. Convert to "KLAY" only for display reasons.
Parameters
Name
Type
Description
number
string | number | BN
The value.
unit
string
(optional, defaults to "KLAY"
) The unit of KLAY to convert from. number
will be multiplied by one of the following multipliers for the unit provided:
- peb
: '1'
- kpeb
: '1000'
- Mpeb
: '1000000'
- Gpeb
: '1000000000'
- Ston
: '1000000000'
- uKLAY
: '1000000000000'
- mKLAY
: '1000000000000000'
- KLAY
: '1000000000000000000'
- kKLAY
: '1000000000000000000000'
- MKLAY
: '1000000000000000000000000'
- GKLAY
: '1000000000000000000000000000'
Return Value
Type
Description
string | BN
Examples
convertFromPeb
NOTE: "peb" is the smallest KLAY unit, and you should always use "peb" as the unit of KLAY. Convert to "KLAY" only for display reasons.
Parameters
Name
Type
Description
number
string | number | BN | BigNumber
The value in peb.
unit
string
(optional, defaults to "KLAY"
) The unit of KLAY to convert your "peb" into. number
will be divided by one of the following denominators for the unit provided:
- peb
: '1'
- kpeb
: '1000'
- Mpeb
: '1000000'
- Gpeb
: '1000000000'
- Ston
: '1000000000'
- uKLAY
: '1000000000000'
- mKLAY
: '1000000000000000'
- KLAY
: '1000000000000000000'
- kKLAY
: '1000000000000000000000'
- MKLAY
: '1000000000000000000000000'
- GKLAY
: '1000000000000000000000000000'
Return Value
Type
Description
string
The string number.
Examples
unitMap
Shows all possible KLAY values and their amount in peb.
Return Value
Type
Description
Object
With the following properties:
- peb
: '1'
- kpeb
: '1000'
- Mpeb
: '1000000'
- Gpeb
: '1000000000'
- Ston
: '1000000000'
- uKLAY
: '1000000000000'
- mKLAY
: '1000000000000000'
- KLAY
: '1000000000000000000'
- kKLAY
: '1000000000000000000000'
- MKLAY
: '1000000000000000000000000'
- GKLAY
: '1000000000000000000000000000'
- TKLAY
: '1000000000000000000000000000000'
Examples
klayUnit
Shows all KLAY units.
Return Value
Type
Description
Object
An object in which the units of KLAY used in Klaytn are defined. Each unit has its name and pebFactor. pebFactor is used when converting KLAY currently translated in each unit to 'peb'.
Examples
padLeft
Adds padding on the left of a string. Useful for adding paddings to HEX strings.
Parameters
Name
Type
Description
string
string
The string to add padding on the left.
characterAmount
number
The number of characters the total string should have.
sign
string
(optional) The character sign to use, defaults to 0
.
Return Value
Type
Description
string
The padded string.
Examples
padRight
Adds padding on the right of a string, Useful for adding paddings to HEX strings.
Parameters
Name
Type
Description
str
string
The string to add padding on the right.
characterAmount
number
The number of characters the total string should have.
sign
string
(optional) The character sign to use, defaults to 0
.
Return Value
Type
Description
string
The padded string.
Examples
trimLeadingZero
Removes leading zero from 0x-prefixed hex string.
Parameters
Name
Type
Description
hexString
string
A hex string to trim.
Return Value
Type
Description
string
A hex string without leading zero.
Examples
makeEven
Returns a string to an even length.
Parameters
Name
Type
Description
hexString
string
A hex string to make even.
Return Value
Type
Description
string
A string with even length.
Examples
toTwosComplement
Converts a negative number into a two's complement.
Parameters
Name
Type
Description
num
number | string | BigNumber
The number to convert.
Return Value
Type
Description
string
The converted hex string.
Examples
isContractDeployment
Returns true
if the given transaction is a smart contract deploy transaction. It returns false
if the transaction is not a smart contract deploy transaction. The result is determined by the values of the parameters in the transactionObject
. Make sure all the mandatory parameters are set correctly.
Parameters
Name
Type
Description
transactionObject
object
Return Value
Type
Description
boolean
true
means the transaction object is for smart contract deploy.
Examples
xyPointFromPublicKey
Returns the x and y coordinates of the given publicKey. For more information on key cryptography, see Elliptic-curve cryptography.
NOTE This function does not contain any logic to check whether the public key is valid. The function only split the input publicKey into x and y points by length. To validate public key, please use isValidPublicKey.
Parameters
Name
Type
Description
publicKey
string
The publicKey to get x and y points.
Return Value
Type
Description
Array
An array storing x and y points. Index 0 has x point, and index 1 has y point.
Examples
isHexPrefixed
Returns true
if the input is a 0x-prefixed hex string, otherwise it returns false
.
Parameters
Name
Type
Description
input
string
The value to be determined if the parameter is 0x-prefixed hex string or not.
Return Value
Type
Description
boolean
true
means the input is 0x-prefixed hex string.
Examples
addHexPrefix
Returns a 0x-prefixed hex string. If the input is already 0x-prefixed or a non-hex string, the input value is returned as-is.
Parameters
Name
Type
Description
input
string
string value to be prefixed with 0x.
Return Value
Type
Description
string
0x-prefixed hex string is returned.
Examples
stripHexPrefix
Returns the result with 0x prefix stripped from input.
NOTE caver.klay.stripHexPrefix is supported from v1.0.1. To use this feature, please install v1.0.1 or higher.
Parameters
Name
Type
Description
input
string
string to remove 0x prefix.
Return Value
Type
Description
string
A string stripped of 0x is returned.
Examples
toBuffer
This function converts the input to a Buffer. To convert an object into a Buffer using toBuffer
, the object must implement toArray function. For string type input, this function only works with a 0x-prefixed hex string.
Parameters
Name
Type
Description
input
Buffer | string | number | Array | BN | BigNumber | object
The value to be converted to a Buffer.
NOTE BigNumber
type is supported since caver-js v1.6.4.
Return Value
Type
Description
Buffer
The value converted to Buffer type is returned.
Examples
numberToBuffer
This function converts a number to a Buffer. The caver.utils.toBuffer has the same behavior as this function when the input is a number.
Parameters
Name
Type
Description
input
string | number | BN | BigNumber
A number to be converted to a Buffer.
Return Value
Type
Description
Buffer
The value converted to Buffer type is returned.
Examples
isValidHash
Returns true
if the input is in 32-bytes hash format, otherwise it returns false
.
Parameters
Name
Type
Description
input
string
The value to be examined that if it is in 32-bytes hash format or not.
Return Value
Type
Description
boolean
true
means