Getting Started

To develop for Sensilet, install Sensilet on your development machine. Download here (opens new window).

A quick note...

This guide assumes intermediate knowledge of HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.

Once Sensilet is installed and running, you should find that new browser tabs have a window.sensilet object available in the developer console. This is how your website will interact with Sensilet.

Web3 Browser Detection

To verify if the browser is running Sensilet, copy and paste the code snippet below in the developer console of your web browser:

if (typeof window.sensilet !== 'undefined') {
  console.log('Sensilet is installed!');
}

You can review the full API for the window.sensilet object here.

Connecting to Sensilet

"Connecting" or "logging in" to Sensilet effectively means "to access the user's BitcoinSV account(s)".

You should only initiate a connection request in response to direct user action, such as clicking a button. You should always disable the "connect" button while the connection request is pending. You should never initiate a connection request on page load.

We recommend that you provide a button to allow the user to connect Sensilet to your dapp. Clicking this button should call the following method:

sensilet.requestAccount()

Example:

<button id="connectBtn">Connect</button>

const connectBtn = document.getElementById("connectBtn");
connectBtn.addEventListener('click', () => {
  //Will Start the Sensilet extension
    sensilet.requestAccount();
});