Coinbase Developer Platform (CDP) TypeScript SDK

Table of Contents

• CDP SDK
• Installation
• API Keys
• Usage
• Authentication tools
• Error Reporting
• License
• Support
• Security

[!TIP] If you're looking to contribute to the SDK, please see the Contributing Guide.

CDP SDK

This module contains the TypeScript CDP SDK, which is a library that provides a client for interacting with the Coinbase Developer Platform (CDP). It includes a CDP Client for interacting with EVM and Solana APIs to create accounts and send transactions, as well as authentication tools for interacting directly with the CDP APIs.

Installation

npm install @coinbase/cdp-sdk

API Keys

To start, create a CDP API Key. Save the API Key ID and API Key Secret for use in the SDK. You will also need to create a wallet secret in the Portal to sign transactions.

Usage

Initialization

Load client config from shell

One option is to export your CDP API Key and Wallet Secret as environment variables:

export CDP_API_KEY_NAME="YOUR_API_KEY_ID"
export CDP_API_KEY_SECRET="YOUR_API_KEY_SECRET"
export CDP_WALLET_SECRET="YOUR_WALLET_SECRET"

Then, initialize the client:

import { CdpClient } from "@coinbase/cdp-sdk";

const cdp = new CdpClient();

Load client config from .env file

Another option is to save your CDP API Key and Wallet Secret in a .env file:

touch .env
echo "CDP_API_KEY_NAME=YOUR_API_KEY_ID" >> .env
echo "CDP_API_KEY_SECRET=YOUR_API_KEY_SECRET" >> .env
echo "CDP_WALLET_SECRET=YOUR_WALLET_SECRET" >> .env

Then, load the client config from the .env file:

import { CdpClient } from "@coinbase/cdp-sdk";
import dotenv from "dotenv";

dotenv.config();

const cdp = new CdpClient();

Pass the API Key and Wallet Secret to the client

Another option is to directly pass the API Key and Wallet Secret to the client:

const cdp = new CdpClient({
  apiKeyId: "YOUR_API_KEY_ID",
  apiKeySecret: "YOUR_API_KEY_SECRET",
  walletSecret: "YOUR_WALLET_SECRET",
});

Creating EVM or Solana accounts

Create an EVM account as follows:

const evmAccount = await cdp.evm.createAccount();

Create a Solana account as follows:

const solanaAccount = await cdp.solana.createAccount();

Testnet faucet

You can use the faucet function to request testnet ETH or SOL from the CDP.

Request testnet ETH as follows:

const faucetResp = await cdp.evm.requestFaucet({
  address: evmAccount.address,
  network: "base-sepolia",
  token: "eth",
});

Request testnet SOL as follows:

const faucetResp = await cdp.solana.requestFaucet({
  address: fromAddress,
  token: "sol",
});

Sending transactions

For EVM, we recommend using viem to send transactions. See the examples. For Solana, we recommend using the @solana/web3.js library to send transactions. See the examples.

EVM Smart Accounts

For EVM, we support Smart Accounts which are account-abstraction (ERC-4337) accounts. Currently there is only support for Base Sepolia and Base Mainnet for Smart Accounts.

Create an EVM account and a smart account as follows:

const evmAccount = await cdp.evm.createAccount();
const smartAccount = await cdp.evm.createSmartAccount({
  owner: evmAccount,
});

Sending User Operations

const userOperation = await cdp.evm.sendUserOperation({
  smartAccount: smartAccount,
  network: "base-sepolia",
  calls: [
    {
      to: "0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000",
      value: parseEther("0.000001"),
      data: "0x",
    },
  ],
});

In Base Sepolia, all user operations are gasless by default. If you'd like to specify a different paymaster, you can do so as follows:

const userOperation = await cdp.sendUserOperation({
  smartAccount: smartAccount,
  network: "base-sepolia",
  calls: [
    {
      to: "0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000",
      value: parseEther("0"),
      data: "0x",
    },
  ],
  paymasterUrl: "https://some-paymaster-url.com",
});

Authentication tools

This SDK also contains simple tools for authenticating REST API requests to the Coinbase Developer Platform (CDP). See the Auth README for more details.

Error Reporting

This SDK contains error reporting functionality that sends error events to the CDP. If you would like to disable this behavior, you can set the DISABLE_CDP_ERROR_REPORTING environment variable to true.

DISABLE_CDP_ERROR_REPORTING=true

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.

Support

For feature requests, feedback, or questions, please reach out to us in the #cdp-sdk channel of the Coinbase Developer Platform Discord.

• API Reference
• SDK Docs
• GitHub Issues

Security

If you discover a security vulnerability within this SDK, please see our Security Policy for disclosure information.