web3-eth-abi

This is a sub package of web3.js

This is the abi package to be used in the web3-eth package. Please read the documentation for more.

Installation

npm install web3-eth-abi

Build running the following in the web3.js repository:

npm run-script build-all

Then include dist/web3-eth-abi.js in your html file. This will expose the Web3EthAbi object on the window object.

// in node.js
var Web3EthAbi = require('web3-eth-abi');

Web3EthAbi.encodeFunctionSignature('myMethod(uint256,string)');
> '0x24ee0097'