Web3 API

class web3.Web3(provider)

Each web3 instance exposes the following APIs.

Providers

Web3.RPCProvider

Convenience API to access web3.providers.rpc.RPCProvider

Web3.KeepAliveRPCProvider

Convenience API to access web3.providers.rpc.KeepAliveRPCProvider

Web3.IPCProvider

Convenience API to access web3.providers.rpc.IPCProvider

Web3.TestRPCProvider

Convenience API to access web3.providers.rpc.TestRPCProvider

Web3.setProvider(provider)

Updates the current web3 instance with the new provider.

Encoding and Decoding Helpers

See Type Conversions

Currency Conversions

See Currency Conversions

Addresses

See Addresses

RPC APIS

Each web3 instance also exposes these namespaced APIs.

Web3.eth

See Eth API

Web3.shh

See SHH API

Web3.personal

See Personal API

Web3.version

See Version API

Web3.txpool

See TX Pool API

Web3.miner

See Miner API

Web3.admin

See Admin API