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Web3.js is a collection of libraries that allow you to interact with a local or remote Ethereum node using HTTP, IPC or WebSocket.

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Setup web3.js

web3.js support is available via separate package as a plugin for matic.js.

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Installation

npm install @maticnetwork/maticjs-web3

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Setup

import { use } from '@maticnetwork/maticjs'
import { Web3ClientPlugin } from '@maticnetwork/maticjs-web3'

// install web3 plugin
use(Web3ClientPlugin)
Let’s see an example of creating POSClient using web3 - 
import { POSClient,use } from "@maticnetwork/maticjs"
import { Web3ClientPlugin } from '@maticnetwork/maticjs-web3'
import HDWalletProvider from "@truffle/hdwallet-provider"

// install web3 plugin
use(Web3ClientPlugin);

const posClient = new POSClient();
await posClient.init({
    network: 'testnet',
    version: 'amoy',
    parent: {
      provider: new HDWalletProvider(privateKey, mainRPC),
      defaultConfig: {
        from : fromAddress
      }
    },
    child: {
      provider: new HDWalletProvider(privateKey, childRPC),
      defaultConfig: {
        from : fromAddress
      }
    }
});

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Examples

The examples for different cases are available in web3 plugin repo.