Getting Started

How to setup the AkashicPay SDK for use in your codebase

Installing

Install the package with

npm install @akashicpay/sdk
#or
yarn add @akashicpay/sdk

Register

Testing

In development, omit key pair (L2Address and PrivateKey) in initialisation, in which case the SDK will create and use a new pair. Then copy them to the initialisation. After that contact our Tech Support to configure the callback URL. For example, in typescript:

import { AkashicPay, Environment } from "@akashicpay/sdk";

// production is the default environment.
// And in production, an otk must be specified
const akashicPay = await AkashicPay.build({
  environment: Environment.Development,
});

// for security reasons, this would throw if the environment was production
// but you can use this in development to record and re-use your otk
const { l2Address, privateKey } = akashicPay.keyBackup;
console.log(
  `my testing L2 address: ${l2Address} and private key: ${privateKey}`
);

Production

Create an AkashicLink account and go through the registration process on AkashicPay.com including setting up callback URLs as desired, as described in the Quick Guide.

l2Address - Located at the top bar of AkashicLink

privateKey - Located in Settings -> Security -> Key Pair Backup of AkashicLink

recoveryPhrase (if privateKey is not present) - Shown during account creation of AkashicLink

Build

This example configuration uses many optional build arguments, for illustration purposes.

import type { IHttpClient, ILogger } from "@akashicpay/sdk";
import { ACDevNode, ACNode, AkashicPay, Environment } from "@akashicpay/sdk";
import axios from "axios";
import pino from "pino";
import { Environment } from "@akashicpay/sdk/src";

// use whatever secret management tool you prefer to load the private key
// from your AkashicLink account. It should be of the form:
// `"0x2d99270559d7702eadd1c5a483d0a795566dc76c18ad9d426c932de41bfb78b7"`
// In development, each developer could have their own, or omit this (and
// the l2Address), in which case the SDK will create and use a new pair.
// you can instead use your Akashic Link account's 12-word phrase, using the
// `build()` argument `recoveryPhrase`
const privateKey = process.env.akashicKey;
// this is the address of your AkashicLink account. Of the form "AS1234..."
const l2Address = process.env.l2Address;
// in development, you will use our testnet and testnet L1 chains
const environment =
  process.env.environment == "production"
    ? Environment.Production
    : Environment.Development;
// you're strongly encouraged to pass an instance of your preferred logger
const logger: ILogger = pino({ name: "AkashicPaySDK" });
// optional, the SDK will try to find the fastest node if omitted
const targetNode =
  environment == "development" ? ACNode.SingaporeDAI : ACDevNode.Singapore1;

// instantiate an SDK instance, ready to use
const akashicPay = await AkashicPay.build({
  privateKey,
  l2Address,
  environment,
  targetNode,
  logger,
});

You are now ready to use AkashicPay! To learn more about the different functions, go to the next page. Continue reading for more details about advanced setup of AkashicPay and testing.

Dependency Injection

The SDK uses dependency injection to allow for easy testing. You can pass in your own implementations of a logger when initializing AkashicPay.

Configuring a logger

We strongly advise you to inject a logger. If one is not supplied, we will default to console logging, which is almost certainly not what you want in production or testing.

You can use any logger that implements the ILogger interface. The interface is modelled on Pino's, and injecting a Pino logger instance will work out of the box.

If you use an alternative logger in your app, you can write a class that does implement the ILogger interface, and wraps your logger.

Example logger wrapper class for Winston:

import type { Logger } from "winston";
import winston, { format } from "winston";
import type { ILogger, LogFn } from "@akashicpay/sdk";

class WinstonWrapper implements ILogger {
  private logger: Logger;
  constructor(logger: Logger) {
    // Enables winston to accept interpolation arguments
    logger.format = format.combine(format.splat());
    this.logger = logger;
  }

  private log(
    level: string,
    contextObj: unknown,
    msg?: string,
    ...interpolationArgs: unknown[]
  ): void;
  private log(
    level: string,
    msg: string,
    ...interpolationArgs: unknown[]
  ): void;
  private log(
    level: string,
    objOrMsg: unknown | string,
    msgOrFirstInterpolation?: string | unknown,
    ...interpolations: unknown[]
  ) {
    if (typeof objOrMsg === "string") {
      if (msgOrFirstInterpolation) {
        this.logger.log(
          level,
          objOrMsg,
          msgOrFirstInterpolation,
          ...interpolations
        );
      } else {
        this.logger.log(level, objOrMsg);
      }
    } else {
      const metadata = objOrMsg;
      const msg = msgOrFirstInterpolation as string;
      this.logger.log(level, msg, metadata, ...interpolations);
    }
  }

  fatal: LogFn = (a: any, b: any, ...args: any[]) =>
    this.log("error", a, b, ...args);
  error: LogFn = (a: any, b: any, ...args: any[]) =>
    this.log("error", a, b, ...args);
  warn: LogFn = (a: any, b: any, ...args: any[]) =>
    this.log("warn", a, b, ...args);
  info: LogFn = (a: any, b: any, ...args: any[]) =>
    this.log("info", a, b, ...args);
  debug: LogFn = (a: any, b: any, ...args: any[]) =>
    this.log("debug", a, b, ...args);
  trace: LogFn = (a: any, b: any, ...args: any[]) =>
    this.log("verbose", a, b, ...args);
}

Testing

You can also use AkashicPay with the AkashicChain Testnet & Sepolia (Ethereum) and Shasta (Tron) testnets, useful for local development and staging environments. To do this, no AkashicLink is necessary; you can build an AkashicPay instance as follows, and the SDK will create a "test otk" for you:

Then, to reuse the same otk in later testing (recommended), simply supply the otk during setup:

import { AkashicPay, Environment } from "@akashicpay/sdk";

const privateKey = process.env.akashicKey;
const l2Address = process.env.l2Address;

const akashicPay = await AkashicPay.build({
  privateKey,
  l2Address,
  environment: Environment.Development,
});

// Now, e.g. create a wallet on the Tron Shasta testnet
const { address } = await akashicPay.getDepositAddress(
  NetworkSymbol.Tron_Shasta,
  "EndUser123"
);

Faucet

During testing and local development, you need cryptocurrency on the testnets to do anything meaningful. Akashic provides a simple faucet where you can request some coins and tokens on Shasta and Sepolia by supplying your L2-address/identity: https://faucet.testnet.akashicchain.com/

If you require further funds, the official Tron Discord provides users with either 5000 TRX or USDT on Shasta every day.

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