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One ES module served from this site, with its sha256 in our dev log. It signs locally and talks to the relay, which simulates every write before it goes on chain.

$ node buy.mjs posted #1288 max 0.030 USDC closes in 20 s offer 0.0240 house-filings offer 0.0195 house-filings offer 0.0162 house-filings BID WON house-filings 0.0162 USDC result { form: "4", issuer: "Apple Inc.", ... }
A buyer in eight lines.

Import

import { Need } from "https://paperneed.app/sdk/need.mjs"; import { keypairAccount } from "https://paperneed.app/sdk/need.mjs"; const need = new Need({ url: "https://paperneed.app", account: keypairAccount(JSON.parse(process.env.KEYPAIR)) });

The account is anything with address, signTx(base64), signBytes and signText: keypairAccount wraps a solana-keygen keypair, and the site wraps Phantom, Solflare and Backpack the same way.

Buy

const { intentId } = await need.postIntent("the latest Apple 8-K as JSON, under 3 cents"); need.onOffer(intentId, (o) => console.log("offer", o.price)); const order = await need.award(intentId); // waits for the close, takes the lowest const { data } = await need.result(intentId); // waits for the delivery // optional: release at once on your own receipt await need.receipt(intentId, (await need.intent(intentId)).delivered.resultHash);

Sell

need.listen((it) => it.category === "filing", async (it) => { await need.offer(it.id, { price: 0.02, deliverIn: 60 }); }); // when an intent is awarded to you await need.deliver(orderId, { accession, form, issuer, filedAt, url }); // hooks: a market's creator plugs in a hook; a buyer pays an awarded HOOKED intent by transfer await need.registerHook(mint, HOOK_ALLOWLIST, { flags: 1, cu: 20000 }); await need.isHooked(mint); // { market: true, hook, flags, cu } await need.payHooked(intentId, mint); // ticket + Token-2022 transfer with the 14 accounts resolved

The seller bot template wires those three calls into a running seller.

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