v4.13.0

What's Changed

• unit tests update by @jdevcs in #7221
• Handle common cases for smart contract errors according to EIP 838 by @Muhammad-Altabba in #7155
• feat(docs): upgrade-bn by @danforbes in #7232
• feat(requestEIP6963Providers): return-type by @danforbes in #7239
• feat(docs): extend by @danforbes in #7233
• fix(onNewProviderDiscovered): callback-parameter by @danforbes in #7242
• Format repo, add new rules by @luu-alex in #7226
• Document Formatting by @danforbes in #7222
• feat: add custom transaction schema to formatTransaction by @nicolasbrugneaux in #7227

New Contributors

• @nicolasbrugneaux made their first contribution in #7227

v4.12.1 Hotfix

Hot fix

[4.12.1]

Fixed

web3-eth-accounts

• Revert TransactionFactory.registerTransactionType if there is a version mistatch between web3-eth and web3-eth-accounts and fix nextjs problem. (#7216)

What's Changed

• fix yml by @avkos in #6803

v4.12.0

[4.12.0]

Fixed

web3-core

• setConfig() fix for setMaxListenerWarningThreshold fix (#5079)

web3-eth-accounts

• Fix TransactionFactory.registerTransactionType not working, if there is a version mistatch between web3-eth and web3-eth-accounts by saving extraTxTypes at globals. (#7197)

Added

web3-eth-accounts

• Added public function signMessageWithPrivateKey (#7174)

web3-eth-contract

• Added populateTransaction to the contract.deploy(...) properties. (#7197)

web3-providers-http

• Added statusCode of response in ResponseError, statusCode is optional property in ResponseError.

web3-rpc-providers

• Updated rate limit error of QuickNode provider for HTTP transport
• Added optional HttpProviderOptions | SocketOptions in Web3ExternalProvider and QuickNodeProvider for provider configs

web3-errors

• Added optional statusCode property of response in ResponseError.

Changed

web3-eth-contract

• The returnred properties of contract.deploy(...) are structured with a newly created class named DeployerMethodClass. (#7197)
• Add a missed accepted type for the abi parameter, at dataInputEncodeMethodHelper and getSendTxParams. (#7197)

What's Changed

• Cookbook integration branch by @SantiagoDevRel in #7178
• feat(glossary): updated glossary by @EmmanuelOluwafemi in #7168
• fix infura tests and secrets by @luu-alex in #7163
• Zk sync plugin related changes by @avkos in #7174
• 4x tests updates by @jdevcs in #7162
• feat(docs): Expand web3 config guide by @mmyyrroonn in #7131
• Fix 7055 one of with scalar value and string by @mmyyrroonn in #7173
• Quicknode provider update by @jdevcs in #7195
• Web3 RPC Providers support of configuration of selected transport by @jdevcs in #7205
• Refactor some parts of contract and accounts packages by @Muhammad-Altabba in #7197

New Contributors

• @EmmanuelOluwafemi made their first contribution in #7168
• @mmyyrroonn made their first contribution in #7131

v4.11.1

[4.11.1]

Fixed

web3-errors

• Fixed the undefined data in Eip838ExecutionError constructor (#6905)

web3-eth

• Adds transaction property to be an empty list rather than undefined when no transactions are included in the block (#7151)
• Change method getTransactionReceipt to not be casted as TransactionReceipt to give proper return type (#7159)

web3

• Remove redundant constructor of contractBuilder (#7150)

What's Changed

• fix(web3-errors): the undefined data in Eip838ExecutionError (#6905) by @jdevcs in #7147
• Fix getblock.transactions by @luu-alex in #7151
• Tx Types and ERC20 token transaction by @SantiagoDevRel in #7156
• remove redundant constructor of ContractBuilder by @agj017 in #7150
• Fix transaction receipt return type by @luu-alex in #7159
• feat/docs/plugin-middleware by @danforbes in #7158

New Contributors

• @agj017 made their first contribution in #7150

Full Changelog: v4.11.0...v4.11.1

v4.11.0

[4.11.0]

Fixed

web3-eth-abi

• fix encodedata in EIP-712 (#7095)

web3-utils

• _sendPendingRequests will catch unhandled errors from _sendToSocket (#6968)

web3-eth

• Fixed geth issue when running a new instance, transactions will index when there are no blocks created (#7098)

Changed

web3-eth-accounts

• baseTransaction method updated (#7095)

web3-providers-ws

• Update dependancies (#7109)

web3-rpc-providers

• Change request return type Promise<ResultType> to Promise<JsonRpcResponseWithResult<ResultType>> (#7102)

Added

web3-eth-contract

• populateTransaction was added to contract methods (#7124)
• Contract has setTransactionMiddleware and getTransactionMiddleware for automatically passing to sentTransaction for deploy and send functions (#7138)

web3-rpc-providers

• When error is returned with code 429, throw rate limit error (#7102)

web3

• web3.eth.Contract will get transaction middleware and use it, if web3.eth has transaction middleware. (#7138)

v4.10.0

[4.10.0]

Added

web3

• Now when existing packages are added in web3, will be avalible for plugins via context. (#7088)

web3-core

• Now when existing packages are added in web3, will be avalible for plugins via context. (#7088)

web3-eth

• sendTransaction in rpc_method_wrappers accepts optional param of TransactionMiddleware (#7088)
• WebEth has setTransactionMiddleware and getTransactionMiddleware for automatically passing to sentTransaction (#7088)

web3-eth-ens

• getText now supports first param Address
• getName has optional second param checkInterfaceSupport

web3-types

• Added result as optional never and error as optional never in type JsonRpcNotification` (#7091)
• Added JsonRpcNotfication as a union type in JsonRpcResponse (#7091)

web3-rpc-providers

• Alpha release

Fixed

web3-eth-ens

• getName reverse resolution

What's Changed

• release/v4.9.0 by @luu-alex in #7057
• fix(docs): intro by @danforbes in #7056
• coverage increase by @jdevcs in #7051
• 6992 getText update and getName fix by @jdevcs in #7047
• web3 external provider - Quicknode by @jdevcs in #7019
• fix(docs): quickstart by @danforbes in #7062
• Fix SNYK for 4.x by @avkos in #7064
• Use .snyk file for all projects by @avkos in #7071
• fix(docs): sidebar by @danforbes in #7063
• fix(docs): mastering providers by @danforbes in #7070
• Remove .snyk files by @avkos in #7073
• 100% Coverage web3-utills by @Muhammad-Altabba in #7042
• chore(docs): formatting by @danforbes in #7072
• update gas estimation test by @luu-alex in #7074
• fix(docs): contract-tutorial-hardhat-node by @danforbes in #7076
• fix(docs): header-nav by @danforbes in #7082
• fix(docs): introduction by @danforbes in #7083
• fix(docs): contracts-tutorial by @danforbes in #7084
• chore(docs): provider-tutorials by @danforbes in #7085
• fix(docs): mastering-accounts by @danforbes in #7089
• transaction middleware by @jdevcs in #7088
• add test coverage to web3-core by @luu-alex in #7091

Full Changelog: v4.9.0...v4.10.0

v4.9.0

What's Changed

• Release/4.8.0 by @luu-alex in #6982
• web3 middleware by @jdevcs in #6951
• Add default return format to the context by @avkos in #6947
• Events guide 6741 by @SantiagoDevRel in #6983
• Fix towei scientific notation by @luu-alex in #6908
• fix(validator): generate abi name if not provided by @MaxMustermann2 in #6981
• Plugin guide 6840 draft by @SantiagoDevRel in #6941
• Compare package size (wihtout image) by @SantiagoDevRel in #6994
• fixed broken links by @SantiagoDevRel in #7005
• Added plugin videos to guide by @SantiagoDevRel in #7004
• Utils guide by @SantiagoDevRel in #7008
• Add the missing types to the ”accounts“ by @jdevcs in #7011
• Add extra changes to make possibility add eip4844 type as a plugin by @avkos in #7000
• add drips funding by @GregTheGreek in #7023
• Tests & ESLint Improvements by @avkos in #7012
• Added troubleshooting example by @SantiagoDevRel in #7009
• Implement a way to know which response corresponds to which request in the middleware by @avkos in #7028
• Add type checking to unit tests by @avkos in #7027
• fix(glossary): links by @danforbes in #7034
• Add interactive code editor for tutorials by @avkos in #7036
• fix: web3-validator browser target removed by @PeKne in #7016
• catching promise - legacy provider error by @luu-alex in #7022
• web3modal documentation by @luu-alex in #7041
• add gas conditional if simple transaction by @luu-alex in #7043
• fix(#7044): toWei trim strings with more than 20 decimal places by @gordon-to in #7045
• allow fromwei and toWei to accept numbers as units by @luu-alex in #7052
• use bigint power by @luu-alex in #7054
• Fix format schema with list of objects by @avkos in #7040
• 6801 Fill gas price when baseFeePerGas==='0x0' by @avkos in #7050

New Contributors

• @MaxMustermann2 made their first contribution in #6981
• @danforbes made their first contribution in #7034
• @PeKne made their first contribution in #7016
• @gordon-to made their first contribution in #7045

Full Changelog: v4.8.0...v4.9.0

v4.8.0

[4.8.0]

Changed

web3-eth-abi

• Dependencies updated

web3-eth-accounts

• Dependencies updated

Fixed

web3-eth-contract

• Fix an issue with smart contract function overloading (#6922)

web3-utils

• fixed toHex incorrectly hexing Uint8Arrays and Buffer (#6957)
• fixed isUint8Array not returning true for Buffer (#6957)

Added

web3-eth-contract

• Added a console warning in case of an ambiguous call to a solidity method with parameter overloading (#6942)
• Added contract.deploy(...).decodeData(...) and contract.decodeMethodData(...) that decode data based on the ABI (#6950)

web3-eth

• method getBlock now includes properties of eip 4844, 4895, 4788 when returning block (#6933)
• update type withdrawalsSchema, blockSchema and blockHeaderSchema schemas to include properties of eip 4844, 4895, 4788 (#6933)

web3-types

• Added signature to type AbiFunctionFragment (#6922)
• update type Withdrawals, block and BlockHeaderOutput to include properties of eip 4844, 4895, 4788 (#6933)

New Contributors

• @ymonye made their first contribution in #6937

v4.7.0

[4.7.0]

added

web3-eth-contract

• Types ContractDeploySend, ContractMethodSend, Web3PromiEvent was exported (#6883)

web3-eth-ens

• Added function getText and getName in ENS and resolver classes (#6914)

fixed

web3-validator

• Multi-dimensional arrays(with a fix length) are now handled properly when parsing ABIs (#6798)

web3-utils

• fixed erroneous parsing of big numbers in the toNumber(...) function (#6880)

Contributors

Thank you to the community who have contributed to this release 😄:
@sgerodes #6882
@EtlesL #6836
@Jouzep #6853
@sarthak1dev #6867
@edison1105 #6885
@gucovip #6886
@testwill #6889
@pengqiseven #6878

v4.6.0

[4.6.0]

Added

web3

• Added EIP-6963 utility function requestEIP6963Providers for multi provider discovery

web3-eth

• Added eth.getMaxPriorityFeePerGas method (#6748)

web3-eth-ens

• Added function setAddress in ENS and Resolver classes (#5956)

web3-rpc-methods

• Added getMaxPriorityFeePerGas method (#6748)

web3-types

• Type FeeData to be filled by await web3.eth.calculateFeeData() to be used with EIP-1559 transactions (#6795)

Fixed

web3-utils

• replaced our eventEmitter to EventEmitter3 to support react native builds (#6253)

New Contributors

Thanks for contributions in web3.js lib:

• @Deepak2030 made their first contribution in #6804
• @bobeu made their first contribution in #6806
• @0xthorazine made their first contribution in #6818
• @destinyae made their first contribution in #6838
• @teslaedison made their first contribution in #6863