Starting the Project | XRPL Development Level 4

Let’s start by creating the project.

Required Tools

• Text Editor(VS Code is recommended)
• Install Node.js

Creating the Project

Since there are only two characters involved, a simple project will suffice.

Create the project as follows:

// Create and navigate to the directory
mkdir xrpl-payment-functions
cd xrpl-payment-functions

// Initialize the project
npm init -y
npm install xrpl

Enabling ES6 Modules

Next, add the following setting to package.json to enable ES6 modules.

The location doesn’t matter, but modify it as shown below:

{
  "name": "xrpl-payment-functions",
  "version": "1.0.0",
  "main": "index.js",
  "type": "module", // Add this line
  "scripts": {
    "test": "echo \"Error: no test specified\" && exit 1"
  },
  "keywords": [],
  "author": "",
  "license": "ISC",
  "description": "",
  "dependencies": {
    "xrpl": "^3.0.0"
  }
}

Creating Configuration Files

To enhance learning efficiency, create a config file at the root of the directory for reuse in the upcoming source code.

config.js

import { Client, Wallet } from 'xrpl';

// XRPL Client
export const client = new Client('wss://s.altnet.rippletest.net:51233'); // Testnet

// Wallets
export const aliceWallet = Wallet.fromSeed('s████████████████████████████'); // Enter Alice's seed
export const bobWallet = Wallet.fromSeed('s████████████████████████████'); // Enter Bob's seed