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This changelog tracks all notable changes to Kite. For more information about specific versions, please refer to the GitHub releases .

Kite version 1.7.0

A big thanks to @amilz for all of these!

Changes

  • Update Solana Kit to V3 (thanks @amilz)
  • Added commitment param to airdropIfRequired() (and createWallet()) for quicker airdrop processing
  • Adds @solana/promises to dependencies (thanks @amilz)
  • Improve timeout logic for smart transactions based on commitment with ability to override default timeout value (thanks @amilz)

Bug fixes

  • Fix bug when when using finalized commitment, retry would attempt before the transaction had been confirmed even though the transaction has landed
  • Fix creating token mints without Metadata

Kite version 1.6.0

Additions

  • Add getTokenMetadata() function to retrieve token metadata using metadata pointer extensions. Supports both metadata stored directly in mint accounts and in separate metadata accounts. Returns name, symbol, URI, update authority, mint address, and additional metadata. Works with Token-Extension mints that have metadata pointer extension enabled.

Kite version 1.5.5

Additions

  • Add useBigEndian option to getPDAAndBump()

Bug fixes

  • Fix ‘Please set either httpUrl or requiredParam for cluster quicknode-devnet in clusters.ts’ to getExplorerLink(). Getting Explorer URLs now uses the same logic as connect().

Kite version 1.5.4

Changes

  • Fix URLs in docs

Kite version 1.5.3

Changes

  • Allow Uint8Array to be specified for getPDAAndBump for situations where people have their own encoding strategies.
  • Bump solana kit to 2.3.0

Kite version 1.5.2

Bug fixes

  • Fix issue with explorer URLs when using Helius clusters

Kite version 1.5.1

Changes

  • Replace bs58 library with Solana Kit’s native Base58 codec to reduce dependencies - thanks @a_milz!

Kite version 1.5.0

Additions

  • Add checkIfAddressIsPublicKey() function to validate if an address is a valid Ed25519 public key
  • Add checkAddressMatchesPrivateKey() function to verify if a private key matches a given address
  • Add QuickNode cluster support with “quicknode-mainnet”, “quicknode-devnet”, and “quicknode-testnet” options in connect()

Changes

  • Improve browser compatibility by using Uint8Array instead of Buffer throughout the codebase
  • Documentation improvements and typo fixes

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.
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