Application Development

To interact with the XBR Network, you need to talk the XBR Network smart contracts that live on the blockchain. The contracts and their complete public API are documented in Contracts Reference.

Here, we show how to use XBR Lib, a client library we provide for JavaScript and Python that bundles everything you need for a browser or NodeJS application.

Contents

• Overview
  • Contracts
  • Data Markets
  • Data Providers
  • Data Consumers
• Requirements
  • Blockchain Network
  • Web3 Client Library
  • XBR Client Library
• Connecting to the Network
  • Connect from JavaScript
  • Connect from Python
• Network Membership
  • Register in the Network
  • Query Member Information
• Domains
  • Creating Domains
  • Pairing Nodes
• Markets
  • Creating Markets
  • Joining Markets
• Payment Channels
  • Opening Payment Channels
  • Requesting Paying Channels
  • Closing Payment Channels
• Other functions and services
  • Cryptographic Hashing
  • Local Private Keys
  • Receiving Blockchain Events