Set ProofApi

Some of the functions in matic.js are suffixed with the term faster. As the name suggests, they generate results faster compared to their non-faster counterparts. They do so by utilizing the Proof Generation API as the backend which can be hosted by anyone.

https://apis/matic.network is a publicly available Proof Generation API, hosted by Polygon.

The setProofApi method can help in setting the Proof Generation API’s URL to the matic.js instance.

import { setProofApi } from '@maticnetwork/maticjs'

setProofApi("https://apis.matic.network/");

Utilizing a self-hosted Proof Generation API service will offer better performance compared to a publicly hosted one.

Please follow the installation instructions provided in the README.md file of https://github.com/maticnetwork/proof-generation-api to self-host the service.

e.g - if you have deployed the proof API and the base URL is - https://abc.com/, then you need to set base URL in setProofApi

import { setProofApi } from '@maticnetwork/maticjs'

setProofApi("https://abc.com/");

tip

We recommend using faster API's, because some API's, particularly where proof is being generated, make a lot of RPC calls and it might be very slow with public RPC's.