How to view custom token balance in ether wallet using web3

Question

Hello I am newbie to cryptocurrency. I have created my erc20 custom token. Now, I want to create an API to view the balance(in my token as well as in ethers) using web3 and node js.Can someone please suggest how I can do that?

Thanks in advance!

Answer 1

Here is my suggestions:

ERC20 token balance

Just to clarify, all ERC20 tokens have the same set of methods (ERC20 protocol). Now, there are two ways to accomplish your task:

1. use ERC20 balanceOf(address _owner) method

   // Get the account balance of another account with address _owner

   function balanceOf(address _owner) public constant returns (uint256 balance);

Example: first, create token instance var tokenInst = web3.eth.contract(tokenABI).at(tokenAddress);. Then you can call methods of the token. For balance you should write the following: tokenInst.balanceOf.call(address_to_check)

2. use balances map if it is public.

   // Balances for each account

   mapping (address => uint256) balances;

Example is similar to previous: first, create token instance var tokenInst = web3.eth.contract(tokenABI).at(tokenAddress);. Then you can call methods of the token. For balance you can also write the following: tokenInst. balances.call(address_to_check)

ETH balance

You want to use web3 balanceOf() method.

Example: web3.eth.getBalance(address);

Links:

web3ethgetbalance

Answer 2

You can do this with any node, no external API or multiple calls needed, with the help of a smart contract. I just recently wrote a smart contract and library for this, and put it into an NPM package. You can check it out here: https://www.npmjs.com/package/eth-balance-checker

The call looks like this:

import Web3 from 'web3';
import { getAddressBalances } from 'eth-balance-checker/lib/web3';

const web3 = new Web3(...);
const address = '0x123...';
const tokens = ['0x0', '0x456...'];
getAddressBalances(web3, address, tokens).then(balances => {
  console.log(balances); // { "0x0": "100", "0x456...": "200" }
});