setup-dragonchain-sdk.md

Let’s Play with the Dragonchain SDK

Note: Don’t do this ON your dragonchain server!

It probably WOULDN'T hurt, but why mess with something that’s working? 😄

Off we go:

1. Make sure nodejs is installed

   sudo apt update && sudo apt install npm

2. Download and edit our credentials file

• Insert YOUR credentials gathered from the installation process in the sample credential file

• Follow the instructions on the Dragonchain SDK website for where to put it!

  • For a linux box, it’s ~/.dragonchain/credentials

  • See more here:

    • https://node-sdk-docs.dragonchain.com/latest/index.html

  • If downloading directly, click here.

  • If downloading from the command line:

    wget http://dragonchain-community.github.io/dragonchain-uvn-install-guide/resources/credentials

• Make edits, then CTRL+O to save, CTRL+X to exit

  • Note that your endpoint URL should be the FULL url and port that you used when installing your node
  • Example for Linode users: http://12.34.56.78:30000 (replacing 12.34.56.78 with your actual IP)

3. Install the dragonchain sdk:

   sudo npm i dragonchain-sdk --save

4. Create the queryblocks.js script provided in the resources (no changes needed)

5. Download the queryblocks.js script:

   • If downloading directly, click here.

   • If downloading from the command line:

     wget http://dragonchain-community.github.io/dragonchain-uvn-install-guide/resources/queryblocks.js

6. Run the queryblocks.js script:

   node queryblocks.js

7. Profit.