# Install polkadot-api with npm

Light client first: built on top of the new JSON-RPC spec to fully leverage the potential of light-clients (i.e: smoldot). - Delightful TypeScript support. Version 2.2.1 via npm; verified 2026-07-21.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install npm:polkadot-api
```

Additional install commands:

### Portable and language managers

- npm (100%):

```sh
npm install -g polkadot-api
```

  Evidence: local npm package metadata

## Package facts

- **Package key:** npm:polkadot-api
- **Package manager:** npm
- **Version:** 2.2.1
- **Source summary:** Light client first: built on top of the new JSON-RPC spec to fully leverage the potential of light-clients (i.e: smoldot). - Delightful TypeScript support
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/polkadot-api/polkadot-api#readme>
- **Last updated:** 2026-07-21T09:46:29.204Z
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- polkadot-api (alias)

## Install behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 2.2.1

## Security Notes

No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for polkadot-api. Nucleus package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL.



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