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Story Protocol SDK

Welcome to the documents for Story Protocol SDK. The SDK provides the APIs for developers to build applications with Story Protocol. By using the SDK, developers can create the resources like IP assets and perform actions to interact with the resource.

How to use Story Protocol SDK in Your Project

Install Story Protocol core SDK

Suppose you already have a node project or created a new node project. First, you need to install @story-protocol/core-sdk in your project. You can use one of the following command to install the package:

Use npm:

npm install --save @story-protocol/core-sdk viem@1.21.4

Use pnpm:

pnpm install @story-protocol/core-sdk viem@1.21.4

Use yarn:

yarn add @story-protocol/core-sdk viem@1.21.4

Besides the Story Protocol SDK package @story-protocol/core-sdk, we also require the package viem (https://www.npmjs.com/package/viem) to access the DeFi wallet accounts.

Initiate SDK Client

Next we can initiate the SDK Client by first setting up our wallet and then the client itself.

Set up your wallet

The SDK supports using viem for initiating SDK client. Create a typescript file and write the following code to initiate the client with a private key:

:information-source: Make sure to have WALLET_PRIVATE_KEY set up in your .env file.

import { privateKeyToAccount } from "viem/accounts";

const WALLET_PRIVATE_KEY = process.env.WALLET_PRIVATE_KEY || "0x";
const account = privateKeyToAccount(WALLET_PRIVATE_KEY as `0x${string}`);

The preceding code created the account object for creating the SDK client.

Set up SDK client

To set up the SDK client, import StoryClient and StoryConfig from @story-protocol/core-sdk. Write the following code, utilizing the account we created previously.

:information-source: Make sure to have RPC_PROVIDER_URL for your desired chain set up in your .env file. We recommend using the Sepolia network with RPC_PROVIDER_URL=https://rpc.ankr.com/eth_sepolia.

import { StoryClient, StoryConfig } from "@story-protocol/core-sdk";

const config: StoryConfig = {
  transport: http(process.env.RPC_PROVIDER_URL),
  account: account,
};
const client = StoryClient.newClient(config);

How To Build and Test Story Protocol SDK for local testing

This section provides the instructions on how to build Story Protocol SDK from source code.

Prerequisite

Install PNPM: Execute npm install -g pnpm
Install TypeScript: Run pnpm add typescript -D
Install Yalc: Use npm install -g yalc

Steps for Using Yalc for Local Testing of Core-SDK

For manual testing of the core-sdk, set up a separate web project. The guide below uses yalc to link the core-sdk locally, enabling its installation and import for testing.

Under the typescript-sdk/packages/core-sdk directory:

Navigate to the core-sdk directory.
Execute npm run build to build your latest code.
Run yalc publish. You should see a message like @story-protocol/core-sdk@<version> published in store. (Note: The version number may vary).

To set up your testing environment (e.g., a new Next.js project), use yalc add @story-protocol/core-sdk@<version> (ensure the version number is updated accordingly).