BNB Chain Documentation

Overview

This is the updated documentation for BNB Chain for a better user experience and navigation. This website is built using Docusaurus 2, a modern static website generator. Navigation bar are updated providing a better division of topics and easier navigation for the users. Multiple files have been re-formatted and new files are also included.

Prerequisites

• Node version >= 14 or above

  • node -v
    • v16.13.0

• npm --version

  • 8.1.0

• Yarn _version >= 1.5 _

  • yarn --version
    • 1.22.17

Installation

The easiest way to install Docusaurus is to use the command line tool that helps you scaffold a skeleton Docusaurus website. You can run this command anywhere in a new empty repository or within an existing repository, it will create a new directory containing the scaffolded files.

npx create-docusaurus@latest [name] [template]

How to Run Locally

Clone the reository and run the following commands.

Local Development

Install the packages.

Using npm

npm install

Using Yarn

$ yarn install

Start local development server

Using npm

npm run start 

Using Yarn

$ yarn start

This command starts a local development server and opens up a browser window. Most changes are reflected live without having to restart the server.

Build

We recommend to use the yarn package for building and deploying this website.

Using npm

npm run build 

Using Yarn

$ yarn run build

This command generates static content into the build directory and can be served using any static contents hosting service.

Serve Locally after build is created

Using npm

npm run serve

Using Yarn

$ yarn run serve

The website is run locally on your deault browser on http://localhost:3000.

Additional Notes

Generating JavaScript SDK Markdown

In a javascript-sdk directory cloned in this repo's parent directory, use the yarn build:docs command to generate the file, then copy the generated file in docs/jsdoc.md over the existing docs/api-reference/js-sdk/jsdoc.md:

$ cp ./docs/jsdoc.md ../docs-site/docs/api-reference/js-sdk/jsdoc.md

Generate swagger doc

$  swagger-codegen generate -i ./rpc-openapi.json  -l  html2   -o ./static/rpc-swagger
$  swagger-codegen generate -i ./swagger.json  -l  html2   -o ./static/api-swagger