ic-management-js

A library for interfacing with the Internet Computer (IC) management canister.

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Table of contents

• Installation
• Usage
• Features

Installation

You can use ic-management-js by installing it in your project.

npm i @dfinity/ic-management

The bundle needs peer dependencies, be sure that following resources are available in your project as well.

npm i @icp-sdk/core @dfinity/utils

Usage

The features are available through the class ICMgmtCanister. It has to be instantiated with a canister ID.

e.g. fetching a token metadata.

import { IcManagementCanister } from "@dfinity/ic-management";
import { createAgent } from "@dfinity/utils";

const agent = await createAgent({
  identity,
  host: HOST,
});

const { canisterStatus } = IcManagementCanister.create({
  agent,
});

const { status, memory_size, ...rest } = await canisterStatus(YOUR_CANISTER_ID);

Documentation

You can find the API docs here.

Resources

• IC Interface Specification