Feature Support & Comparison

Details about web3.js & ethers.js

References:

• Web3.js: https://web3js.readthedocs.io/en/1.0/web3-eth.html
• Ethers.js: https://docs.ethers.io/ethers.js/html/api-providers.html#network

Feature	Web3.js	Ethers.js	Support in Web3data.js	Notes
getAccount	✓	✓	✓	✓
getHashrate	✓	×	×
getGasPrice	✓	✓	✓	Web3.js returns "20000000000", ethers returns: "20000000000", use endpoint: https://docs.amberdata.io/reference/transactions#get-gas-predictions using fastest or average
getAccounts	✓	✓	×
getBlockNumber	✓	✓	✓	Web3.js — type number, 7280000 Ethers — type number, 7280000 Endpoint— /block/:id using the blocks.current
getBalance	✓	✓	✓	Web3.js — type string Ethers — type BigNumber Endpoint — /addresses/:hash/account-balances/latest .value
getStorageAt	✓	✓	×
getCode	✓	✓	✓	Web3.js — type string Ethers — type string Endpoint— /contracts/:hash .bytecode
getBlock †	✓	✓	✓	Web3.js — type object response Ethers — type object response Endpoint— /blocks/:id?validationMethod=full
getBlockTransactionCount	✓	×	✓	Web3.js — type number Endpoint— /blocks/:id .numTransactions
getUncle †	✓	×	✓	Web3.js — type object response Endpoint— /blocks/:id?validationMethod=full .validations.unlces This should be evaluated since we just want uncles but it returns a lot of extra data; it also seems like this is subject to change. See AL-1874.
getTransaction †	✓	✓	✓	Web3.js — type object response Ethers — type object response Endpoint— /transactions/:hash
getPendingTransactions	✓	×	✓	Web3.js — type object response Endpoint— /transactions?status=pending
getTransactionFromBlock	✓	×	✓	Web3.js — type object response Endpoint— /blocks/:id/transactions payload.records[index] to retrieve by block and index
getTransactionReceipt	✓	✓	?
getTransactionCount	✓	✓	✓	Web3.js — type number Ethers — type BigNumber Endpoint— currently I don't think this is possible
sendTransaction	✓	✓	×
sendSignedTransaction	✓	×	×
sign	✓	✓	×
signTransaction	✓	✓	×
call	✓	✓	×
estimateGas	✓	✓	×
getPastLogs †	✓	✓	✓	Web3.js — type arrayof objects response Ethers getLogs() — type array of Log objects response Endpoint— /addresses/:hash/logs This one is really wonky, web3js gets ALL past logs. ethersjs can only get past logs of a specific contract, same with our endpoint as seen above. Only this /search/logs endpoint can do that.
getWork	✓	×	×
submitWork	✓	×	×
getChainId	✓	✓	✓	Web3.js — type string Ethers — type object network.chainId Endpoint— ???????????
Contract.getPastEvents	✓	×	✓	Web3.js — type array of objects response Ethers getLogs() — type array of Log objects response Endpoint— /addresses/:hash/logs
utils	✓	✓	?
getEtherPrice	×	×	✓	Web3.js — type Ethers — type didn’t see this for ethersjs Endpoint

† All endpoints return lots of data points that may require direct comparisons.

Websockets

Feature	Web3.js	Ethers.js	Support in Web3data.js	Notes
Contract.on	✓	✓	✓
Contract.once	✓	✓	✓
Contract.events.MyEvent	✓	✓^	?	Ethers.js - Only available via filters
Contract.events.allEvents	✓	✓^	?	Ethers.js - Only available via filters