How can I inject and use this javascript library web3 with JavascriptCore

Question

I have been trying to use the web3 library with JavascriptCore in Swift. A web3 instance is created by running

var web3 = new Web3(new Web3.providers.HttpProvider("[the provider im using]"))

This is the code I am trying to do this in Swift with:

if let url = Bundle.main.url(forResource: "web3", withExtension: "js"){
     let lib = try! String(contentsOfFile: url.path)
     let jsvirtualmachine = JSVirtualMachine()
     let context = JSContext(virtualMachine: jsvirtualmachine)
     context.evaluateScript(lib)

     let web3 = context.evaluateScript("var web3 = new Web3(new Web3.providers.HttpProvider('[myprovider]')")
     let fn = context.objectForKeyedSubscript("web3")
     let fn1 = fn?.construct(withArguments: [])
     let latestBlockNumber = context.evaluateScript("web3.eth.blockNumber")
     print(latestBlockNumber)
}

I have tried printing out latestBlockNumber, web3, fn, and fn1 and all of them return undefined

Answer 1

The web3.js library has dependencies on bignumber.js and crypto-js.js (See dependencies here). You will need to add these two JS libs to the bundle and load them in a similar way, e.g.

do {
    let bigNumberJS = try String(contentsOf: Bundle.main.url(forResource: "bignumber.min", withExtension: "js")!, encoding: .utf8)
    let cryptoJS = try String(contentsOf: Bundle.main.url(forResource: "crypto-js", withExtension: "js")!, encoding: .utf8)
    let web3JS = try String(contentsOf: Bundle.main.url(forResource: "web3-light.min", withExtension: "js")!, encoding: .utf8)
    context.evaluateScript(bigNumberJS)
    context.evaluateScript(cryptoJS)
    context.evaluateScript(web3JS)
    context.evaluateScript("var Web3 = require('web3'); var web3 = new Web3(new Web3.providers.HttpProvider('http://localhost:8545'));")
    if let version = context.evaluateScript("web3.version.api") {
        print("Web3 version is \(version)")
    }
}
catch {
    print("An error occurred")
}