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# @parity/parity.js
Parity.js is a thin, fast, Promise-based wrapper around the Ethereum APIs.
[https://github.com/paritytech/parity/tree/master/js/src/api](https://github.com/paritytech/parity/tree/master/js/src/api)
## installation
Install the package with `npm install --save @parity/parity.js`
## usage
### initialisation
```javascript
// import the actual Api class
import { Api } from '@parity/parity.js';
// do the setup
const provider = new Api.Provider.Http('http://localhost:8545');
const api = new Api(provider);
```
### making calls
perform a call
```javascript
api.eth
.coinbase()
.then((coinbase) => {
console.log(`The coinbase is ${coinbase}`);
});
```
multiple promises
```javascript
Promise
.all([
api.eth.coinbase(),
api.net.listening()
])
.then(([coinbase, listening]) => {
// do stuff here
});
```
chaining promises
```javascript
api.eth
.newFilter({...})
.then((filterId) => api.eth.getFilterChanges(filterId))
.then((changes) => {
console.log(changes);
});
```
### contracts
attach contract
```javascript
const abi = [{ name: 'callMe', inputs: [{ type: 'bool', ...}, { type: 'string', ...}]}, ...abi...];
const address = '0x123456...9abc';
const contract = new api.newContract(abi, address);
```
find & call a function
```javascript
contract.instance
.callMe
.call({ gas: 21000 }, [true, 'someString']) // or estimateGas or postTransaction
.then((result) => {
console.log(`the result was ${result}`);
});
```
## apis
APIs implement the calls as exposed in the [Ethcore JSON Ethereum RPC](https://github.com/paritytech/ethereum-rpc-json/) definitions. Mapping follows the naming conventions of the originals, i.e. `eth_call` becomes `eth.call`, `personal_accounts` becomes `personal.accounts`, etc.