Interact with Smart Contract using viem
Read from and write to a smart contract using viem’s typed client. Read from and write to a smart contract using viem’s typed client.Explanation
viem provides a clean, typed interface for contract interactions. Key differences from ethers.js:parseAbi()accepts human-readable ABI strings — no JSON needed.readContractis for view functions (no gas cost).- Full TypeScript inference on function arguments and return types.
simulateContract + walletClient.writeContract.
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