cargo.api exposes methods that can be called without an Ethereum enabled browser (provider) along with methods that require an Ethereum enabled browser. Methods that require a provider can be called after calling cargo.enable . Some methods will require authentication. An authentication token is provided after calling the register, or authenticate methods - both of which require an Ethereum enabled browser.

How things are documented

Each method will be described in English and then an example call of the method will be documented. Arguments are described using English while return types are described using TypeScript types. Arguments are required unless they are specified as optional.

Emoji Legend

🌎 - Open method, authentication not required

🦊 - Method requiring MetaMask, or similar Web3 browser or extension. These methods use Web3 API's.

🔒 - Authenticated method, authentication required. A pre-requisite to authentication is getting an access token and to get an access token requires MetaMask or something like it. So by default all authenticated methods are also 🦊.

🍕 - Optional authenticated method. Authentication is optional and may affect response.

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Get a list of collectibles (all collectibles or per wallet address) 🌎

You can use this method to get a paginated list of collectibles for any collection that adheres to the ERC-721 specification and includes the enumeration extension. You can specify an optional wallet address to get collectibles owned by that that address.

cargo.api.getTokensByContract(options).then(response => {
    // Do something with response
});

type SuccessResponse = {
    err: false,
    status: 200,
    data: {
        // Contract name
        name: string;
        
        // Contract symbol
        symbol: string;
        
        // Array of tokens
        results: {
         tokenId: string;
         metadata: { [key: string]: any };
         tokenURI: string;
         resaleItem?: {
             seller: string;
             contract: string;
             tokenId: string;
             price: string;
             signatureGenerated: boolean;
             crate?: string;
             metadata: { [key: string]: any };
         } 
        }[],
        
        // Total number of tokens in contract,
        // or total number of tokens owned by address
        // passed as "ownerAddress"
        totalSupply: string;
        
        // Current page
        page: string;
        
        // Limit 
        limit: string;
        
        // Total number of pages
        totalPages: string;
    }
}

Get collectible details 🌎

You can use this method the get details for a given collectible.

cargo.api.getTokenDetails(collectionAddress, collectibleId).then(response => {
    // Do something with response
});

type Response = {
    err: boolean,
    status: number,
    data: {
        // Username of owner
        owner?: string,
        
        // Address of owner
        ownerAddress: string,
        
        // If this item is for sale, details about sale
        resaleItem?: {
            seller: string,
            contract: string,
            tokenId: string,
            price: string,
            signatureGenerator?: boolean,
            groupId: string
            crate: string,
            createdAt: string,
        },
        
        // Collectible ID
        tokenId: string,
        
        // Name of collection token belongs to
        contractName: string,
        
        // Symbol of collection token belongs to
        contractSymbol: string,
    }
}

Get a list of collectibles that are for sale 🌎 🍕

You can use this method to get a paginated list of collectibles that are for sale. You can filter collectibles in the response. See arguments for details.

cargo.api.getResaleItems(options).then(response => {
    // Do something with response
});

type SuccessResponse = {
    err: false,
    status: 200,
    data: {
        limit: string;
        page: string;
        totalPages: string;
        results: {
            // Will be blank if ERC-721. If ERC-1155
            // type will be '1155'
            type: '1155' | void;
            seller: string;
            // ID of the collection
            contract: string;
            // Id of the collectible
            tokenId: string;
            // Price in Wei that the collectible is selling for
            price: string;
            // If owned is true this will show the user if purchase signatures
            // have been generated. If they have cancelling the sale safely will
            // require a transaction to be submitted.
            signatureGenerated?: boolean;
            // Will only be in response if owned is set to true. This can be
            // used to safely cancel a sale. You can use the cancelSale method
            // and Cargo JS will handle this for you.
            groupId?: string;
            // Showcase ID resale item belongs to
            crate?: string;
            createdAt: string;
        }[]
    }
}

Get a list of collections on Cargo 🌎 🍕

You can use this method to get a paginated list of collections (ERC-721 contracts). You can filter contracts in the response. See arguments for details.

cargo.api.getContracts(options).then(response => {
    // Do something with response
});

type Response = {
    err: boolean,
    status: number,
    data: {
        results: {
            // ID of collection
            _id: string,
            address: string,
            name: string,
            symbol: string,
            supportsMetadata: boolean,
            createdAt: string,
            // total number of owned collectibles in collection
            // Available only when useAuthToken === true
            totalOwned?: number,
            // Available only when useAuthToken === true
            owned?: boolean,
        }[],
        limit: string,
        totalPages: string,
        total: string,
        page: string,
    }
}

Get a showcase by ID 🌎 🍕

You can use this method to get information about a showcase by it's ID. If the showcase is private you will need to be authenticated and be either the owner or the vendor of that showcase.

cargo.api.getShowcaseById(showcaseId, auth).then(res => {
  // do something with response
});

type SuccessResponse = {
  err: false,
  status: 200,
  data: {
    name: string,
    createdAt: string,
    public: boolean,
    slug: string,
    slugId: string,
    owner: string,
    resellingEnabled: boolean,
    isOwner?: boolean;
    isVendor?: boolean;
  }
}

Get a showcase by it's slug 🌎

You can use this method to get a showcase by its slug and slug ID.

cargo.api.getShowcaseBySlug(slug, slugId).then(res => {
  // do something
});

type SuccessResponse = {
  err: false,
  status: 200,
  data: {
    name: string,
    createdAt: string,
    public: boolean,
    slug: string,
    slugId: string,
    owner: string,
    resellingEnabled: boolean,
    isOwner?: boolean;
    isVendor?: boolean;
  }
}

Get information about a collection 🌎 🍕

You can use this method to get information about a collection. A requirement is that the specified collection (ERC-721 contract address) must exist in the Cargo system. This contract doesn't necessarily need to be created on Cargo, but it needs to have been indexed by Cargo. Contracts are indexed when you register with your Ethereum address. If an auth token is present then an additional isOwned value will be returned in the response.

You can also pass the showcase slug and slugId to determine if the given collection is within that showcase

cargo.api.getContractMetadata(contractAddress, useAuth, slug, slugId)
  .then(response => {
    // Use response
  });

type SuccessResponse = {
    err: false;
    status: 200;
    data: {
      totalSupply: number;
      address: string;
      name: string;
      cargoContract: boolean;
      symbol: string;
      supportsMetadata: boolean;
      createdAt: string;
    }
}

Get orders 🔒

You can retrieve orders for collectible sales which relate to you.

cargp.api.orders(options).then(res => {
  // do something with response
});

Bulk metadata update 🔒

You can use this method to update the metadata for many collectibles in a collection at one time. Existing metadata for specified collectibles will be replaced.

// Updates are made using an object where the keys represent the
// token ID to be updated and the value is a JSON serializable object
// which is the update.
​
// For example:
const updates = {
    // 1 is the ID of the collectible and the value
    // is the new metadata
    1: {
        name: 'Crypto hero',
        description: 'Something about this collectible',
    },
    2: {
        name: 'Crypto Goblin',
        description: 'Something about this collectible',
    },
}
​
cargo.api.bulkMetadataUpdate(collectionAddress, updates).then(response => {
    if(response.status === 200) {
        // success
    }
});

type SuccessResponse = {
    status: 200,
    err: false,
    data: {
        code: 'success',
    }
}

Add a collection to a showcase 🔒

You can use this method to add a collection to a showcase.

cargo.api.addCollectionToShowcase(params).then(response => {
    if(response.status === 200) {
        // Success
    }
});

type SuccessResponse = {
    err: false,
    status: 200,
    data: {
        code: 'success',
    }
}

Get collectibles for a user by collection 🔒

You can use this to get the owned collectibles for a user in a given collection. The contractId is not the address of the collection, but the ID which can be retrieved using the getContracts method.

cargo.api.getUserTokensByContract(options).then(response => {
    // Do something with response
});

type SuccessResponse = {
    err: false,
    status: 200,
    data: {
        results: {
            tokenId: string,
            metadata: {},
            tokenURI: string,
        }[],
        limit: string,
        totalPages: string,
        page: string,
        total: string
    }
}

Get showcases for a user 🔒

You can use this method to get a paginated list of the showcases the authenticated user has created.

cargo.api.getUserShowcases(options).then(response => {
    // Do something with response
});

type Response = {
    err: boolean,
    status: number,
    data: {
        results: {
            name: string,
            id: string,
        }[],
        
        // Total number of showcases created
        total: string,
        
        // Current page
        page: string,
        
        // Limit 
        limit: string,
        
        // Total number of pages
        totalPages: string,
    }
}

Get vendors in a showcase 🔒

You can use this method to get a paginated list of vendors for a given showcase. The authenticated user must be the owner of the showcase.

cargo.api.getShowcaseVendors(showcaseId).then(response => {
    // Do something with response
});

type Response = {
    err: boolean,
    status: number,
    data: {
        results: {
           // Address of vendor 
           address: string
           
           // Cargo id of vendor
           _id: string,
           
           // Username of vendor
           displayUsername: string,
        }[],
        
        // Total number of showcases created
        total: string,
        
        // Current page
        page: string,
        
        // Limit 
        limit: string,
        
        // Total number of pages
        totalPages: string,
    }
}

Get beneficiaries for a vendor 🔒

You can use this method to get a paginated list of beneficiaries for the given vendor. Vendors are in relation to a showcase so a showcase ID is also required.

cargo.api.getVendorBeneficiaries(vendorAddress, showcaseId).then(results => {
    // Do something with results
});

type Response = {
    err: boolean,
    status: number,
    data: {
        results: {
            // The address of the beneficiary
            address: string,
            
            // The commission of the beneficiary
            commission: string,
            
            // The address of the vendor for whom this
            // beneficiary belongs to
            vendorAddress: string,
            
            // The showcase ID
            crateId: string,
            
            // Timestamp for when the vendor was created
            createdAt: string,
        }[],
        
        // Total number of showcases created
        total: string,
        
        // Current page
        page: string,
        
        // Limit 
        limit: string,
        
        // Total number of pages
        totalPages: string,
    }
}

Create an account 🦊

You can use this method to create a new Cargo account. The response will contain an JSON web token that is used to make authenticated requests. Cargo JS stores this token for you so you don't need to worry about storing it. When creating an account the user will be asked to sign a message to prove they are who they say they are.

cargo.api.register(email, username).then(response => {
    if(response.status === 200) {
        // User has been created and is authenticated 
        // for future requests
    }
});

type Response = {
    err: boolean,
    status: number,
    data: {
        // JSON web token
        token: string,
    }
}

Authenticate existing account 🦊

You can use this method to authenticate and existing account. The response will contain an JSON web token that is used to make authenticated requests. Cargo JS stores this token for you so you don't need to worry about storing it. When authenticating an account the user will be asked to sign a message to prove they are who they say they are.

cargo.api.authenticate().then((response) => {
    if(response.status === 200){
        // User is authenticated
    }
});

type SuccessResponse = {
    err: false,
    status: 200,
    data: {
        // JSON web token
        token: string
    }
}
​
​
// If an account is required you will get this response
type AccountRequiredResponse = {
    err: true,
    status: 401,
    data: {
        code: 'account-required'    
    }
}

Get Cargo credit balance 🦊

Use this method to get the Cargo credit balance of the current user. Cargo credits are required to create collectibles.

cargo.api.getMintingCreditBalance().then(balance => {
    // Do something with balance
});

Purchase a collectible 🦊

You can use this method to purchase a collectible. You do not need to have registered an account on Cargo to use this method. You will just need a Web3 enabled browser.

cargo.api.purchase(collectibleId, collectionAddress).then(txHash => {
    // Transaction submitted
});

Transfer a collectible 🦊

You can use this method to transfer a collectible you own to another address.

cargo.api.transferCollectible(contractAddress, tokenId, toAddress).then(txHash => {
  // Transaction submitted
});

Burn a collectible 🦊

You can use this method to transfer a collectible you own to another address. The contract needs to be an ERC-721 contract created on Cargo, or a contract that supports the following function:

function burn(uint256 tokenId) public

cargo.api.burn(collectionAddress, tokenId).then(txHash => {
  // Transaction submitted
});

Sell a collectible 🦊 🍕

Owners of a collectible can sell a collectible through Cargo by using this method. Cargo must be approved to transfer the collectible on your behalf. This method will verify that Cargo is approved to transfer your collectible. If Cargo is not approved the setApprovalForAll method will be called before marking the item for sale. Cargo

cargo.api.sell(options, unapprovedFn).then(response => {
    if(!response.err){
      // Item has been marked for sale
    }
});

type Response = {
    err: boolean,
    status: number,
    data: {
        // ID of newly created resale item
        resaleItemId: string,
    }
}

Cancel a sale 🦊 🍕

You can cancel a sale by using this method. You must either have authenticated with the same address used to initiate the sale of the item, or you must be able to sign a message with that address. For security purposes, if a signature has been generated for the purchase of this collectible you will be required to execute a transaction to Cargo's smart contract to ensure the collectible cannot be sold. This method will automatically call the smart contract method if it is required.

cargo.api.cancelSale(resaleItemId).then(response => {
    // Response will contain either a transaction hash
    // or a typical Cargo response.
});

type Response = {
    status: 200,
    err: false,
    data: {
        signatureGenerated: false,
        code: 'success',
    }
}

Create a showcase 🦊 🔒

You can use this method to create a new showcase.

cargo.api.createShowcase(showcaseName).then(response => {
    if(response.status === 200) {
        // Showcase created
    }
});

type Response = {
    err: false,
    status: 200,
    data: {
        showcaseId: string
    }
}

Set application fee for a showcase 🦊 🔒

You can use this method to set an application fee for a showcase. An application fee is the percentage of funds the showcase owner will receive upon the selling of a vendor collectibles in that showcase. The fee can be from 0 to 0.2 meaning the maximum percentage a showcase owner can receive is 20% of each sale.

cargo.api.setShowcaseApplicationFee(fee, showcaseId).then(txHash => {
    // Tx submitted
});

Remove a vendor 🦊 🔒

An owner of a showcase can use this method to remove a vendor from within that showcase.

cargo.api.removeVendor(vendorAddress, showcaseId).then(txHash => {
    // Transaction has been submitted. cargo.pollTx will emit an event
    // when the transaction has been confirmed.
});

Create a new collection (ERC-721 contract) 🦊 🔒

You can use this method to create a new collection (ERC-721 contract) on the Ethereum blockchain. This method will require the user submitting the transaction to pay the required fees for deploying a new collection. You can pass in an optional Showcase ID to automatically add the collection to that Showcase after it's been created. The cost will be 0.1 ETH (the standard cost to create a Cargo ERC-721 contract).

cargo.api.createContract(name, symbol, showcaseId).then(txHash => {
    // Transaction has been submitted
});

Create new collectibles 🦊 🔒

Use this method to create new collectibles. You can use this method to create one or many collectibles depending on the amount of Cargo credits you have. When creating many collectibles they will all initially share the same name, description, preview image, metadata, and associated files. Cargo will add an "edition" field to the JSON metadata file associated with the collectible which corresponds to the consecutive collectible ID. If you need to update these fields for individual collectibles you can use the Bulk Metadata Update method to accomplish this.

cargo.api.mint(options).then(txHash => {
    // Transaction submitted
});