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Integrate Web3Auth with the ImmutableX Blockchain

While using the Web3Auth Web SDK, you get a EIP1193 provider, similar to the Metamask Provider. This provider can be used with libraries like web3.js, ethers.js etc. to make ImmutableX blockchain calls. However, since this chain is not fully EVM-compatible, there are a few extra setup requirements. We have highlighted a few methods here to get you started quickly on that.

note

This reference is for the Web, however, you can use ImmutableX on other Mobile and Gaming Platforms as well. Please follow our reference for EVM Blockchains, and similarly use ImmutableX libraries that support the platforms to use the private key and make blockchain calls accordingly.

Installation​

npm install --save @imtbl/core-sdk

Initializing Provider​

Getting the chainConfig​

const chainConfig = {
  chainNamespace: CHAIN_NAMESPACES.EIP155,
  chainId: "0x1", //
  rpcTarget: "https://rpc.ankr.com/eth",
  // Avoid using public rpcTarget in production.
  displayName: "ImmutableX Mainnet",
  blockExplorerUrl: "https://explorer.immutable.com",
  ticker: "IMX",
  tickerName: "ImmutableX",
};

Initializing and instantiating the Web3Auth SDK​

import { Web3Auth } from "@web3auth/modal";
import { CommonPrivateKeyProvider } from "@web3auth/base-provider";
import { WEB3AUTH_NETWORK, CHAIN_NAMESPACES } from "@web3auth/base";

const privateKeyProvider = new CommonPrivateKeyProvider({
  config: { chainConfig: chainConfig },
});

const web3auth = new Web3Auth({
  // Get it from Web3Auth Dashboard
  clientId,
  web3AuthNetwork: WEB3AUTH_NETWORK.SAPPHIRE_MAINNET,
  privateKeyProvider: privateKeyProvider,
});

Getting the Web3Auth provider​

After initializing Web3Auth, the next step is to initialize the provider and use it for your operations.

// Initialize for PnP Modal SDK
await web3auth.initModal();

// Trigger the login
await web3auth.connect();

// Get the provider
const provider = web3auth.provider;

// Continue using the `provider`

After logging in, the Web3Auth instance will provide you with information regarding the user that is logged in. This information is obtained directly from the JWT token and is not stored by Web3Auth. Therefore, this information can only be accessed through social logins after the user has logged into your application.

const user = await web3auth.getUserInfo(); // web3auth instance

Creating Layer 1 and Layer 2 Signers​

Once a user logs in, the Web3Auth SDK returns a provider. ImmutableX is a layer 2 solution for Ethereum, thus we need to create a eth signer using the provider. We will use the ethers library to create the signer. Then we use the helper function createStarkSigner from the @imtbl/core-sdk to create a stark signer from the private key.

import { IProvider } from "@web3auth/base";
import { ImmutableX, Config, createStarkSigner } from "@imtbl/core-sdk";
import { ethers } from "ethers";

/*
  Use code from the above Initializing Provider here
*/

const ethersProvider = new ethers.providers.Web3Provider(web3authProvider);
const ethSigner = ethersProvider.getSigner();

// Get user's Ethereum public address
const address = await ethSigner.getAddress();

// Get user's Starkex public address

const starkKey = await web3authProvider.request({ method: "private_key" });
const starkSigner = createStarkSigner(starkKey);

After creating the signers, we need to register these signers with the ImmutableX SDK. We can do this by calling the registerOffchain method.

const config = Config.SANDBOX; // Or Config.PRODUCTION or Config.ROPSTEN
const client = new ImmutableX(config);

// We use the signers we created in the above step

const walletConnection = { ethSigner, starkSigner };
const response = await client.registerOffchain(walletConnection);

Get Balance​

We can get the Layer 1 ( Ethereum ) balance using the below code snippet.

const ethersProvider = new ethers.providers.Web3Provider(web3authProvider);
const signer = ethersProvider.getSigner();

// Get user's Ethereum public address
const address = await signer.getAddress();

// Get user's balance in ether
const balance = ethers.utils.formatEther(
  await ethersProvider.getBalance(address), // Balance is in wei
);

Send funds from Layer 1 to Layer 2​

const ethersProvider = new ethers.providers.Web3Provider(web3authProvider);
const ethSigner = ethersProvider.getSigner();
const depositResponse = await client.deposit(ethSigner, {
  type: "ETH",
  amount: "10000000000000", // Amount in wei
});