polkadot-api-tutorial

Barebones example of leveraging PAPI and the PAPI CLI.

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Config

Install dependencies:

bun install

Run Script:

bun run index.ts

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PAPI CLI

Register a new chain:

npx papi add --help

Adding Polkadot:

bunx papi add dot -n polkadot

• Creates .papi directory in root adds latest metadata for polkadot chain
• Adds npm dependency @polkadot-api/descriptors": "file:.papi/descriptors
• Creates a PAPI configuration file polkadot-api.json

Adding other chains:

bunx papi add people -n polkadot_people
bunx papi add collectives -n polkadot_collectives

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Output