Changelog

Kite version 1.4.0

Changes

• Use Uint8Array rather than Buffer for improved browser compatibility

Kite version 1.3.4

Changes

• You no longer need to specify any options when using createWallets() with just a number parameter.

Kite version 1.3.3

Additions

• Add signMessageFromWalletApp() for signing messages using a wallet app

Kite version 1.3.2

Additions

• Add signatureBytesToBase58String() and signatureBase58StringToBytes() utility functions for converting between signature formats
• Add sendTransactionFromInstructionsWithWalletApp() for wallet app integration

Changes

• Removed using TransactionSendingSigner from sendTransactionFromInstructions(). This wasn’t the right approach, browser apps should use sendTransactionFromInstructionsWithWalletApp()

Kite version 1.3.1

Additions

• sendTransactionFromInstructions() now supports both KeyPairSigner and TransactionSendingSigner for wallet integration.

Kite version 1.3.0

Additions

• connect() now accepts RPC and RPC subscription clients directly as arguments. This allows you to re-use existing connections in browser environments and use Kite with custom RPC transports.

Kite version 1.2.5

Bug fixes

• Docs: use ‘Token Extensions’ consistently

Kite version 1.2.4

Bug fixes

• Update connection.rpc type to better reflect Solana Kit.

Kite version 1.2.3

Additions

• Add getAccountsFactory()

Kite version 1.2.2

Additions

• More error messages are now shown in the new, friendly format.

Kite version 1.2.1

Additions

• Error messages from Anchor are also now shown in the new, friendly format. No more custom program errors!

Kite version 1.2.0

Additions

• Errors from transactions will now include:
  • a better message, featuring
    • the name of the program
    • the instruction handler
    • the error text from the program’s instruction handler Rather than ‘custom program error’
  • a transaction property, so you can inspect the transaction (including its logs) from the error.

Bug fixes

• Fix accidental nested array on getLogs return type
• Add missing maxSupportedTransactionVersion param to getLogs()

Kite version 1.1.1

• Update to latest @solana/kit

Kite version 1.1.0

Additions

• Main package is now solana-kite.
• Add getPDAAndBump() - calculates a Program Derived Address (PDA) and its bump seed from a program address and seeds, automatically encoding different seed types (strings, addresses, and bigints).
• getTokenAccountBalance() - can now take either a wallet and token mint (it will find the token account and then get the balance), or a token account address.
• Add checkTokenAccountIsClosed() - checks if a token account is closed or doesn’t exist, supporting both direct token account address and wallet+mint lookup.
• Add TSDoc comments for all functions, so VSCode and other editors can display parameters nicely.
• Solana @solana/kit has been renamed to @solana/kit, and dependencies have been updated accordingly.

Bug fixes

• Fix bug where types were generated but not shown to consuming apps.
• Fix bug where mintTokens() was minting to the mint authority rather than the destination.

Kite version 1.0.1

• Add getTokenAccountBalance()
• Minor docs updates

Kite version 1.0

Major Changes

• New name: @helius-dev/kite
• Use @solana/web3.js version 2
• A new connect() method is provided, which returns an object with rpc, rpcSubscriptions, sendAndConfirmTransaction(), getExplorerLink() and the other functions in this library.
• Most functions are now a property of connection. For example, connection.getLamportBalance() instead of getBalance().
• Added support for Helius RPCs - just specify the name and as long as the Helius API key is set in the environment, it will be used.

Style Changes

• We’ve tried to match the coding style of web3.js v2
  • xToY() becomes createXFromY. create is now the preferred nomenclature, so initializeKeypair is now createWallet,
  • Functions that return a doThing() function are called doThingFactory()
  • We do not use web3.js Hungarian notation - this library uses getFoo() rather than getFooPromise() since TS rarely uses Hungarian.

Other Changes

• initializeKeypair is now createKeyPairSigner
• Since web3.js uses Promises in more places, nearly every helper function returns a Promise<> now, so you’ll use await more often.
• localhost links on getExplorerLink() no longer add an unnecessary customUrl parameter
• confirmTransaction is now getRecentSignatureConfirmation
• We no longer support base58 encoded private keys - instead we use the ‘Array of numbers’ format exclusively. If you have base58 encoded private keys you can convert them with the previous version of this library.
• Use tsx over esrun. While tsx needs a tsconfig.json file, tsx has many more users and is more actively maintained.
• Remove CommonJS support.

Previous changelog as @solana/helpers

Version 2.5

• Add makeTokenMint()
• 2.5.4 includes a few fixes to build system and TS types that were missing in earlier 2.5.x releases
• 2.5.6 includes a fix for esm module post-build script

Version 2.4

• Add createAccountsMintsAndTokenAccounts()

Version 2.3

• Improved browser support by only loading node-specific modules when they are needed. Thanks @piotr-layerzero!

Version 2.2

• Add getSimulationComputeUnits()

Version 2.1

• Add initializeKeypair()
• Change documentation to be task based.

Version 2.0

• Breaking: Replace both requestAndConfirmAirdropIfRequired() and requestAndConfirmAirdrop() with a single function, airdropIfRequired(). See [README.md]!
• Fix error handling in confirmTransaction() to throw errors correctly.
• Added getLogs() function

Version 1.5

• Added getExplorerLink()

Version 1.4

• Added requestAndConfirmAirdropIfRequired()

Version 1.3

• Now just helpers. The old node-helpers package is marked as deprecated.
• Added requestAndConfirmAirdrop()
• Added getCustomErrorMessage()

Version 1.2

• Added addKeypairToEnvFile()

Version 1.0

• Original release.