Use the web3js-quorum client library

web3js-quorum is an Ethereum JavaScript library extending web3.js that adds support for Besu-specific JSON-RPC APIs and features. Use the library to create and send RLP-encoded transactions using JSON-RPC.

Prerequisites

• Node.js (version > 10)
• The web3 library must be installed in your project

Add web3js-quorum to project

npm install web3js-quorum

Initialize the web3js-quorum client

Initialize your client where:

• <JSON-RPC HTTP endpoint> is the JSON-RPC HTTP endpoint of your Hyperledger Besu node. Specified by the --rpc-http-host and --rpc-http-port command line options.

const Web3 = require("web3");
const Web3Quorum = require("web3js-quorum");
const web3 = new Web3Quorum(new Web3("<JSON-RPC HTTP endpoint>"));

const Web3 = require("web3");
const Web3Quorum = require("web3js-quorum");
const web3 = new Web3Quorum(new Web3("http://localhost:8545"));

Deploy a contract with generateAndSendRawTransaction

To deploy a private contract, you need the contract binary. You can use Solidity to get the contract binary.

const contractOptions = {
  data: `0x123`, // contract binary
  privateFrom: "tesseraNode1PublicKey",
  privateFor: ["tesseraNode3PublicKey"],
  privateKey: "besuNode1PrivateKey"
};
return web3.priv.generateAndSendRawTransaction(contractOptions);

web3.priv.generateAndSendRawTransaction(contractOptions) returns the transaction hash. To get the private transaction receipt, use web3.priv.waitForTransactionReceipt(txHash).

web3js-quorum methods

For more information about the web3js-quorum methods, see the web3js-quorum reference documentation.