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​😎 Enhanced API Calls

web3.alchemy.getTokenAllowance({contract, owner, spender})

Returns token balances for a specific address given a list of contracts.

Parameters:

An object with the following fields:

• contract: The address of the token contract.

• owner: The address of the token owner.

• spender: The address of the token spender.

Returns:

The allowance amount, as a string representing a base-10 number.

web3.alchemy.getTokenBalances(address, contractAddresses)

Returns token balances for a specific address given a list of contracts.

Parameters:

1. address: The address for which token balances will be checked.

2. contractAddresses: An array of contract addresses.

Returns:

An object with the following fields:

• address: The address for which token balances were checked.

• tokenBalances: An array of token balance objects. Each object contains:

  • contractAddress: The address of the contract.

  • tokenBalance: The balance of the contract, as a string representing a base-10 number.

  • error: An error string. One of this or tokenBalance will be null.

web3.alchemy.getTokenMetadata(address)

Returns metadata (name, symbol, decimals, logo) for a given token contract address.

Parameters:

address: The address of the token contract.

Returns:

An object with the following fields:

• name: The token's name. null if not defined in the contract and not available from other sources.

• symbol: The token's symbol. null if not defined in the contract and not available from other sources.

• decimals: The token's decimals. null if not defined in the contract and not available from other sources.

• logo: URL of the token's logo image. null if not available.

web3.eth.subscribe("alchemy_fullPendingTransactions")

Subscribes to pending transactions, similar to the standard Web3 call web3.eth.subscribe("pendingTransactions"), but differs in that it emits full transaction information rather than just transaction hashes.

Note that the argument passed to this function is "alchemy_fullPendingTransactions", which is different from the string used in raw eth_subscribe JSON-RPC calls, where it is "alchemy_newFullPendingTransactions" instead. This is confusing, but it is also consistent with the existing Web3 subscription APIs (for example: web3.eth.subscribe("pendingTransactions") vs "newPendingTransactions" in raw JSON-RPC).

web3.alchemy.getAssetTransfers({fromBlock, toBlock, fromAddress, toAddress, contractAddresses, excludeZeroValue, maxCount, category, pageKey})

Returns an array of asset transfers based on the specified paramaters.

Parameters:

• Parameters:

  • Object - An object with the following fields (required):

    • fromBlock: in hex string or "latest". optional (default to latest)

    • toBlock: in hex string or "latest". optional (default to latest)

    • fromAddress: in hex string. optional

    • toAddress: in hex string. optional.

    • contractAddresses: list of hex strings. optional.

    • category: list of any combination of external, token. optional, if blank, would include both.

    • excludeZeroValue: aBoolean . optional (default true)

    • maxCount: max number of results to return per call. optional (default 1000)

    • pageKey: for pagination. optional

• fromBlock and toBlock are inclusive. Both default to latest if not specified.

• fromAddress and toAddress will be ANDed together when filtering. If left blank, will indicate a wildcard (any address).

• contractAddresses only applies to token category transfers (eth log events). The list of addresses are ORed together. This filter will be ANDed with fromAddress and toAddress for eth log events. If empty, or unspecified, it will be taken as a wildcard (any contract addresses).

• category: external for primary level eth transfers, token for contract event transfers.

• excludeZeroValue: an optional Boolean to exclude asset transfers with a value field of zero (defaults to true)

• maxCount: The maximum number of results to return per call. Default and max will be 1000.

• pageKey: If left blank, will return the first 1000 or maxCount number of results. If more results are available, a uuid pageKey will be returned in the response. Pass that uuid into pageKey to fetch the next 1000 or maxCount. See section on pagination.