Resolution

A library for interacting with blockchain domain names.

Supported domain zones:

• CNS
  • .crypto
• ZNS
  • .zil
• ENS
  • .eth
  • .kred
  • .xyz
  • .luxe

API Referrence

Installation

Use the npm or yarn to install the resolution package.

yarn add @unstoppabledomains/resolution

npm install @unstoppabledomains/resolution --save

If you're interested in resolving domains via the command line, see CLI section.

Usage

Create a new project.

mkdir test-out-resolution && cd $_
yarn init -y
yarn add @unstoppabledomains/resolution

Make a file, script.js.

const {default: Resolution} = require('@unstoppabledomains/resolution')
const resolution = new Resolution()
function resolve(domain, currency) {
  resolution.address(domain, currency)
    .then(address => console.log(domain, 'resolves to', address))
    .catch(console.error)
}
resolve('brad.crypto', 'ETH')
resolve('brad.zil', 'ZIL')

Execute the script.

$ node script.js
brad.crypto resolves to 0x8aaD44321A86b170879d7A244c1e8d360c99DdA8
brad.zil resolves to zil1yu5u4hegy9v3xgluweg4en54zm8f8auwxu0xxj

How to resolve

Resolution library provides a way to resolve a domain name using a direct blockchain call. For this purpose there are two main methods to look for: ** Resolution.resolve ** and ** Resolution.address **

Resolution#resolve

This method accept the domain name and returns following object or null in case of error

  {
    addresses: {}, // if domain will resolve to anything it will be here
    meta: {
      owner: null, // this means the domain is avalable for purchase
      ttl: 0,
    },
  }

Resolution#address

This method accepts two arguments:

• domain name
• currency ticker in which address you are interested like ( BTC, ETH, ZIL )

It returns you the address if such exists or simply null if such address wasn't found. Beside the resolution there are also methods to test whether the domain is in valid format or supported by the network

Resolution#isSupportedDomain

Accepts domain name and returns boolean if such domain is supported by ens, .crypto, or .zil

Resolution#isSupportedDomainInNetwork

Accepts the domain name and tests it against the current blockchain network specified in constructor of Resolution. It will also check if the domain is in valid format

CLI

If you want to use resolution CLI, install this package globally:

yarn global add @unstoppabledomains/resolution

npm install -g @unstoppabledomains/resolution

Once you have installed the CLI you can go ahead and use it without any extra configuration. By default the cli is using https://main-rpc.linkpool.io service as a gateway to blockchain. If you want to change it to some other providers including your own you can do so by utilizing resolution -C flag.

As an argument to -C type the following structure url:< https://.... >

Example of usage

resolution -C url:https://...

You can find all of the options for resolution cli within -h, --help flag.

Example:

resolution -mc eth,btc,DODGE,unknown -d brad.zil

Note

When resolution hits an error it returns the error code instead of throwing. So if you see something like RECORD_NOT_FOUND you know exactly that record was not found for this query.

Development

Use next commands for setting up development environment. (macOS Terminal or Linux shell).

1. Install NVM

    curl -o- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nvm-sh/nvm/v0.35.3/install.sh | bash

2. Install concrete version of node.js

    nvm install 12.12.0

3. Install yarn

    npm install -g yarn

4. Clone repo

    git clone https://github.com/unstoppabledomains/resolution.git
    cd resolution

5. Install dependencies

    yarn install