Received and Send messages using Waku Relay

Waku Relay is a gossip protocol that enables you to send and receive messages. You can find Waku Relay's specifications on Vac RFC.

Before starting, you need to choose a Content Topic for your dApp. Check out the choose a content topic guide to learn more about content topics.

For the purpose of this guide, we are using a unique content topic: /relay-guide/1/chat/proto.

Installation

You can install js-waku using your favorite package manager:

npm install js-waku

In order to interact with the Waku network, you first need a Waku instance:

import { Waku } from 'js-waku';

const wakuNode = await Waku.create();