@JonathanSilverblood 19 July 2020 edited

electrum-cash: getting started

Introduction **Electrum-cash** is a javascript/typescript library for communicating with electrum servers. https://www.npmjs.com/package/electrum-cash/library This example demonstrates how to install the library with `npm` and how to include it in your `NodeJS`-based project. *It is possible to use the library in a browser and on other platforms by transpiling with tools like* `babel`*,* `webpack` *and similar, but that is outside the scope of this article.* Requirements Before you get started, make sure that you have reasonable modern versions of `nodejs` and `npm` installed by opening a terminal prompt and requesting version information: $ node -v v14.4.0 $ npm -v 6.14.5 Installing the library To install the `electrum-cash` library, navigate to your project's root folder and use `npm`: $ cd MyProject/ $ npm install electrum-cash Import the library into your project The library supports both `CommonJS` and `ES2015`, and comes with bindings for `TypeScript`. *This example includes the full library but you can also include just the parts you need.* // Include the electrum-cash library using CommonJS. const ElectrumCash = require('electrum-cash'); // Include the electrum-cash library as an ES2015 module. import * as ElectrumCash from 'electrum-cash'; Conclusion As long as you have a modern version of `NodeJS` you should be able to add `electrum-cash` to your project in just a few minutes.