Request Network Demo

Demo using simple node scripts to run the Request Network JS Library

• Forked from the Request Team's JS Library repository on Github

Prior Dependencies

To get everything up and running you're going to need Node and NPM. Installations differ between operating systems, though if you're on MacOS I reccommend Homebrew which can be found here https://brew.sh/

Ganache CLI and MetaMask

This demo focuses on running the example projects on the Ganache CLI and using MetaMask in the browser. To install MetaMask go here https://metamask.io/. To install the Ganache CLI run npm i -g ganache-cli. This will install the package globally across NPM so you can use it within multiple projects.

Installing dependencies

• Within the root directory run npm i, this will install everything with the root package.json file.

Running Ganache

• Run npm run ganache (this npm script can be found inside the package.json file)

Running Smart Contract Tests

• This can be skipped but testing scripts are provided if you'd like to test the smart contracts
• Run npm run test

Deploying The Contracts

• The Request Team has made some scripts that will go ahead and deploy all of the necessary Request contracts we will use to Ganache. Recently the team released an NPM module that holds all of the smart contract artifacts, that can be found here https://github.com/RequestNetwork/requestNetwork/tree/master/packages/requestNetworkArtifacts if you'd like to create your own migrations script, however for this Demo I'll be using the premade ones for ease of use.
• Run npm run testdeploy

Connecting to MetaMask

• After running npm run ganache you should see an output: candy maple cake sugar pudding cream honey rich smooth crumble sweet treat. Open the MetaMask extension, open the dropdown menu on the top left, and select Localhost 8545. Then click restore from a seed. Copy and paste the long phrase from above and you should be good to go.

Example Apps

The example applications can be found in the examples folder. Note that before running the example apps you'll need to run Ganache and deploy the contracts first.

• SimpleP2P application: Create and pay requests. View open requests created by you or ones that you owe.
• Just want to see the library in action? In the root folder run npm run main which will run the main.js script. The script has some print outs along the way so you can follow what is going on.