Make Wallet From API

You can instantiate a wallet from API (it’s typically a web wallet, a.k.a. browser extensions) to get a wallet object without binding it with a Lucid object by calling the makeWalletFromAPI() function.

Steps to Create a Wallet Object

Specify the Provider

It can be Blockfrost , Koios , Maestro , etc. Even a custom provider, as long as it implements the Provider interface.

For example, here’s how to instantiate a Blockfrost provider:


import { Blockfrost, Provider } from "@evolution-sdk/lucid";
 
const blockfrostURL: string = process.env.BF_URL!;
const blockfrostPID: string = process.env.BF_PID!;
 
const blockfrost: Provider = new Blockfrost(
  blockfrostURL, // The endpoint based on the Cardano network, please refer to Blockfrost documentation
  blockfrostPID, // Your secret Blockfrost Project ID
);

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Other providers follow a similar pattern.

Create the Wallet Object


import { makeWalletFromAPI } from "@evolution-sdk/lucid";
 
const provider = blockfrost;
const api = await window.cardano["WalletName"].enable(); // eternl, lace, etc.
const wallet = makeWalletFromAPI(provider, api); // CIP-30