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title: JavaScript console
title: JavaScript Console
---
Ethereum implements a **javascript runtime environment** (JSRE) that can be used in either interactive (console) or non-interactive (script) mode.
Ethereum's Javascript console exposes the full [web3 JavaScript Dapp API](https://github.com/ethereum/wiki/wiki/JavaScript-API) and the admin API.
## Interactive use: the JSRE REPL Console
The Geth JavaScript console exposes the full [web3 JavaScript Dapp
API](https://github.com/ethereum/wiki/wiki/JavaScript-API) and further administrative
APIs.
The `ethereum CLI` executable `geth` has a JavaScript console (a **Read, Evaluate & Print Loop** = REPL exposing the JSRE), which can be started with the `console` or `attach` subcommand. The `console` subcommands starts the geth node and then opens the console. The `attach` subcommand will not start the geth node but instead tries to open the console on a running geth instance.
## Interactive Use: The Console
$ geth console
$ geth attach
The geth JavaScript console is started with the `console` or `attach` geth sub-commands.
The `console` subcommands starts the geth node and then opens the console. The `attach`
subcommand attaches to the console to an already-running geth instance.
The attach node accepts an endpoint in case the geth node is running with a non default ipc endpoint or you would like to connect over the rpc interface.
geth console
geth attach
$ geth attach /some/custom/path.ipc
$ geth attach http://191.168.1.1:8545
$ geth attach ws://191.168.1.1:8546
Attach mode accepts an endpoint in case the geth node is running with a non default
ipc endpoint or you would like to connect over the rpc interface.
Note that by default the geth node doesn't start the http and weboscket service and not all functionality is provided over these interfaces due to security reasons. These defaults can be overridden when the `--rpcapi` and `--wsapi` arguments when the geth node is started, or with [admin.startRPC](management-apis#admin_startrpc) and [admin.startWS](management-apis#admin_startws).
geth attach /some/custom/path.ipc
eth attach http://191.168.1.1:8545
geth attach ws://191.168.1.1:8546
Note that by default the geth node doesn't start the HTTP and WebSocket servers and not
all functionality is provided over these interfaces for security reasons. These defaults
can be overridden when the `--rpcapi` and `--wsapi` arguments when the geth node is
started, or with [admin.startRPC](../rpc/ns-admin#admin_startrpc) and
[admin.startWS](../rpc/ns-admin#admin_startws).
If you need log information, start with:
$ geth --verbosity 5 console 2>> /tmp/eth.log
geth console --verbosity 5 2>> /tmp/eth.log
Otherwise mute your logs, so that it does not pollute your console:
$ geth console 2> /dev/null
geth console 2> /dev/null
or
Geth has support to load custom JavaScript files into the console through the `--preload`
option. This can be used to load often used functions, or to setup web3 contract objects.
$ geth --verbosity 0 console
geth console --preload "/my/scripts/folder/utils.js,/my/scripts/folder/contracts.js"
Geth has support to load custom JavaScript files into the console through the `--preload` argument. This can be used to load often used functions, setup web3 contract objects, or ...
```
geth --preload "/my/scripts/folder/utils.js,/my/scripts/folder/contracts.js" console
```
## Non-interactive Use: Script Mode
It's also possible to execute files to the JavaScript interpreter. The `console` and
`attach` subcommand accept the `--exec` argument which is a javascript statement.
## Non-interactive use: JSRE script mode
It's also possible to execute files to the JavaScript interpreter. The `console` and `attach` subcommand accept the `--exec` argument which is a javascript statement.
$ geth --exec "eth.blockNumber" attach
geth attach --exec "eth.blockNumber"
This prints the current block number of a running geth instance.
Or execute a local script with more complex statements on a remote node over http:
$ geth --exec 'loadScript("/tmp/checkbalances.js")' attach http://123.123.123.123:8545
$ geth --jspath "/tmp" --exec 'loadScript("checkbalances.js")' attach http://123.123.123.123:8545
geth attach http://geth.example.org:8545 --exec 'loadScript("/tmp/checkbalances.js")'
geth attach http://geth.example.org:8545 --jspath "/tmp" --exec 'loadScript("checkbalances.js")'
Use the `--jspath <path/to/my/js/root>` to set a libdir for your js scripts. Parameters to `loadScript()` with no absolute path will be understood relative to this directory.
Use the `--jspath <path/to/my/js/root>` to set a library directory for your js scripts.
Parameters to `loadScript()` with no absolute path will be understood relative to this
directory.
You can exit the console cleanly by typing `exit` or simply with `CTRL-C`.
You can exit the console by typing `exit` or simply with `CTRL-C`.
## Caveat
## Caveats
The go-ethereum JSRE uses the [Otto JS VM](https://github.com/robertkrimen/otto) which has some limitations:
go-ethereum uses the [Otto JS VM](https://github.com/robertkrimen/otto) which has some
limitations:
* `"use strict"` will parse, but does nothing.
* The regular expression engine (re2/regexp) is not fully compatible with the ECMA5 specification.
* The regular expression engine (re2/regexp) is not fully compatible with the ECMA5
specification.
Note that the other known limitation of Otto (namely the lack of timers) is taken care of. Ethereum JSRE implements both `setTimeout` and `setInterval`. In addition to this, the console provides `admin.sleep(seconds)` as well as a "blocktime sleep" method `admin.sleepBlocks(number)`.
`web3.js` uses the [`bignumber.js`](https://github.com/MikeMcl/bignumber.js) library.
This library is auto-loaded into the console.
Since `web3.js` uses the [`bignumber.js`](https://github.com/MikeMcl/bignumber.js) library (MIT Expat Licence), it is also autoloded.
### Timers
## Timers
In addition to the full functionality of JS (as per ECMA5), the ethereum JSRE is augmented with various timers. It implements `setInterval`, `clearInterval`, `setTimeout`, `clearTimeout` you may be used to using in browser windows. It also provides implementation for `admin.sleep(seconds)` and a block based timer, `admin.sleepBlocks(n)` which sleeps till the number of new blocks added is equal to or greater than `n`, think "wait for n confirmations".
# Management APIs
Beside the official [DApp API](https://github.com/ethereum/wiki/wiki/JSON-RPC) interface the go ethereum node has support for additional management API's. These API's are offered using [JSON-RPC](http://www.jsonrpc.org/specification) and follow the same conventions as used in the DApp API. The go ethereum package comes with a console client which has support for all additional API's.
[The management API has its own page](management-apis).
In addition to the full functionality of JS (as per ECMA5), the ethereum JSRE is augmented
with various timers. It implements `setInterval`, `clearInterval`, `setTimeout`,
`clearTimeout` you may be used to using in browser windows. It also provides
implementation for `admin.sleep(seconds)` and a block based timer, `admin.sleepBlocks(n)`
which sleeps till the number of new blocks added is equal to or greater than `n`, think
"wait for n confirmations".