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ethPM & Remix IDE
How to get the most out of ethPM's plugin for Remix.
What can I do with the ethPM Remix plugin?
- Generate an ethPM package from smart contracts in your Remix editor
- Publish generated ethPM packages to IPFS or download them locally
- Import smart contract source files from ethPM packages directly into the Remix editor
- Import deployed contract instances from ethPM packages, and interact with them directly in Remix
How to create a package?
- 1.Compile the contract you want to package up with the
Solidity Compilerplugin.- Currently, the Vyper compiler plugin is not supported.
- 2.Select the contract types you would like to include in the package.
- 3.Enter your package name and version (both are required to generate a valid ethPM package).
- 4.Enter any metadata you would like to include in your package.
- 5.Click
Generate Manifest. - 6.Wait a bit while the plugin generates your manifests, and publishes it to IPFS (via the Infura gateway).
- 7.Click
Manifest Previewto view the manifest in the ethPM explorer- Note. this does not mean that your manifest has been published to a registry - it's simply a pretty view of your beautiful manifest json.
- 8.Click
Download Raw Manifestto save a local copy of the generated manifest json.- Note - when downloaded, the json file has escaped characters which means it's an invalid ethPM manifest. To make this a valid ethPM manifest, you must remove the escape characters. Sorry for the inconvenience, we're working to eliminate this hurdle asap.
Next steps?
How to import a manifest?
- Click on
Import a Package - Enter the IPFS url associated with the desired package.
- Wait a second while the plugin fetches the manifest from IPFS.
- Click on
Importto import any source file found in the manifest to Remix's in-browser filesystem. - Click on
Import ABIto import the ABI for any contract deployment found in the manifest to Remix's in-browser filesystem.
How to interact a deployment?
- Follow the steps in
How to import a manifest?(above) - Click on
Import ABIfor whatever contract deployment you want to interact with. - Activate the
Deploy and Run Transactionsplugin in Remix. - Select
Injected Web3in theEnvironmentdropdown. - Make sure Metamask is connected to whatever chain your target deployment is located on.
- Copy and paste the address of the target deployment into
At Address. - Voila, now you can interact with the target deployment right in the Remix editor.