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https://github.com/lukereichold/arweave-swift

A lightweight Swift client for the Arweave blockchain
https://github.com/lukereichold/arweave-swift

arweave arweave-blockchain arweave-permaweb async-await blockchain ios macos permaweb share-extension swift swiftui

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A lightweight Swift client for the Arweave blockchain

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# Arweave Client SDK for Swift



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A lightweight Swift client for the Arweave blockchain, providing type safety for interacting with the Arweave API



⚠️ _This `master` branch requires requires Xcode 13 / Swift 5.5. For supporting older versions, see the [stable branch](https://github.com/lukereichold/arweave-swift/tree/stable)._



## Installation



To install via [Swift Package Manager](https://swift.org/package-manager), add `Arweave` to your `Package.swift` file. Alternatively, [add it to your Xcode project directly](https://developer.apple.com/documentation/xcode/adding_package_dependencies_to_your_app).



```swift

let package = Package(

    ...

    dependencies: [

        .package(url: "https://github.com/lukereichold/arweave-swift.git", from: "1.1.0")

    ],

    ...

)

```



Then import `Arweave` wherever you’d like to use it:



```swift

import Arweave

```



## Demo



See the included demo app, written in [SwiftUI](https://developer.apple.com/xcode/swiftui/), which dynamically creates a `Wallet` object from an existing Arweave JWK keyfile and uses an [iOS share extension](https://developer.apple.com/design/human-interface-guidelines/ios/extensions/sharing-and-actions/) to create and submit a new data transaction containing the data of a given page in Safari.



![](demo.gif)



## Usage



### Specify Custom Arweave Node (optional)



```swift

Arweave.baseUrl = URL(string: "https://myArweaveNode.net:443")!

```



Craft a custom `URL` to specify host, port, and protocol of target node. All subsequent requests will automatically be made to this custom host.



### Wallets and Keys



#### Creating a Wallet from an existing JWK keyfile



```swift

guard let keyFileData = try? Data(contentsOf: keyFileUrl) else { return }



let wallet = Wallet(jwkFileData: keyFileData)

```



#### Get a wallet's public address



```swift

wallet.address

/// 1seRanklLU_1VTGkEk7P0xAwMJfA7owA1JHW5KyZKlY

```



#### Check wallet balance (async)



All wallet balances are returned using [winston](https://docs.arweave.org/developers/server/http-api#ar-and-winston) units. 

```swift

let balance = try await wallet.balance()

```



#### Convert amounts between AR and winston units

```swift

var transferAmount = Amount(value: 1, unit: .AR)

let amtInWinston = transferAmount.converted(to: .winston)

XCTAssertEqual(amtInWinston.value, 1000000000000, accuracy: 0e-12) // ✅



transferAmount = Amount(value: 2, unit: .winston)

let amtInAR = transferAmount.converted(to: .AR)

XCTAssertEqual(amtInAR.value, 0.000000000002, accuracy: 0e-12) // ✅

```



#### Fetch the last transaction ID for a given wallet (async)



```swift

let lastTxId = try await wallet.lastTransactionId()

```



### Transactions



Transactions are the building blocks of the Arweave permaweb. They can send [AR](https://docs.arweave.org/developers/server/http-api#ar-and-winston) between wallet addresses or store data on the Arweave network.



#### Create a Data Transaction



Data transactions are used to store data on the Arweave permaweb and can contain any arbitrary data.



```swift

let data = "
Hello World!
".data(using: .utf8)!

let transaction = Transaction(data: data)

```



#### Create a wallet-to-wallet Transaction



```swift

let targetAddress = Address(address: "someOtherWalletAddress")

let transferAmount = Amount(value: 500, unit: .winston)



let transaction = Transaction(amount: transferAmount, target: targetAddress)

```



#### Modifying an existing Transaction



Metadata can be optionally added to transactions through tags, these are simple key/value attributes that can be used to document the contents of a transaction or provide related data.



```swift

let tag = Transaction.Tag(name: "myTag", value: "myValue")

transaction.tags.append(tag)

```



#### Signing and Submitting a Transaction



The data and wallet-to-wallet transaction initializers above simply create an unsigned `Transaction` object. To be submitted to the network, however, each `Transaction` must first be signed.



```swift



let transaction = Transaction(data: data)

let signedTx = try await transaction.sign(with: wallet)

try await signed.commit()

```



⚠️ **Modifying a transaction object after signing it will invalidate the signature**, this will cause it to be rejected by the network if submitted in that state. Transaction prices are based on the size of the data field, so modifying the data field after a transaction has been created isn't recommended as you'll need to manually update the price.



The transaction ID is a hash of the transaction signature, so a transaction ID can't be known until its contents are finalized and it has been signed.



#### Get a Transaction status (async)



```swift

let txStatus = try await Transaction.status(of: exampleTxId)



/// Arweave.Transaction.Status.accepted(data: Arweave.Transaction.Status.Data(block_height: 502761, block_indep_hash: "V6pCKSyeQiqICWKM2G_zkQ8SCA_WKnZoVGOD8eKFV_xozoWS9xPFgncxnMWjtFao", number_of_confirmations: 8655))

```



#### Fetch Transaction content for a given ID (async)



```swift

let tx = try await Transaction.find(exampleTxId)

```



#### Fetch Transaction data (async)



We can get the transaction data (represented as a base64 URL encoded string) for a given transaction ID without having to fetch the entire Transaction object.



```swift

let txData = try await Transaction.data(for: exampleTxId)

```



## Contribute



Contributions welcome. Please check out [the issues](https://github.com/lukereichold/arweave-swift/issues).