# Clients

Clients are libraries used to interact directly with the blockchain, for example, to deploy, call, and manage smart contracts.

LightLink is fully EVM-equivalent, and developers can use their usual Ethereum clients.

### ethers.js

To use [ethers.js](https://docs.ethers.org/v5/) in LightLink projects, you need to add LightLink's JSON RPC URL. In your project code, find this code and change the 'url' constant to:

```javascript
const url = 'https://replicator.phoenix.lightlink.io/rpc/v1';
const provider = new ethers.providers.JsonRpcProvider(url);
```

To connect with the Testnet, insert the following:

```javascript
const url = 'https://replicator.pegasus.lightlink.io/rpc/v1';
const provider = new ethers.providers.JsonRpcProvider(url);
```

### thirdweb's SDK

To connect [thirdweb SDK](https://thirdweb.com/sdk) with LightLink Mainnet, add this code to your project:

```javascript
import { LightlinkPhoenix } from "@thirdweb-dev/chains";
import { ThirdwebSDK } from "@thirdweb-dev/sdk";

// If used on the FRONTEND pass your 'clientId'
const sdk = new ThirdwebSDK(LightlinkPhoenix, {
  clientId: "YOUR_CLIENT_ID",
});
// --- OR ---
// If used on the BACKEND pass your 'secretKey'
const sdk = new ThirdwebSDK(LightlinkPhoenix, {
  secretKey: "YOUR_SECRET_KEY",
});

const contract = await sdk.getContract("0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000");
```

To connect with the Testnet, add this code:

```javascript
import { LightlinkPegasusTestnet } from "@thirdweb-dev/chains";
import { ThirdwebSDK } from "@thirdweb-dev/sdk";

// If used on the FRONTEND pass your 'clientId'
const sdk = new ThirdwebSDK(LightlinkPegasusTestnet, {
  clientId: "YOUR_CLIENT_ID",
});
// --- OR ---
// If used on the BACKEND pass your 'secretKey'
const sdk = new ThirdwebSDK(LightlinkPegasusTestnet, {
  secretKey: "YOUR_SECRET_KEY",
});

const contract = await sdk.getContract("0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000");
```

### web3.js

To use [web3.js](https://web3js.readthedocs.io/en/v1.10.0/) with LightLink Mainnet, initialize a new web3 object:

```javascript
const Web3 = require('web3');
const web3 = new Web3('https://replicator.phoenix.lightlink.io/rpc/v1');
```

To connect with the Testnet, use the following initialization:

```javascript
const Web3 = require('web3');
const web3 = new Web3('https://replicator.pegasus.lightlink.io/rpc/v1');
```

Other EVM-compatible clients should also work with LightLink, provided the [correct RPC node addresses](https://docs.lightlink.io/lightlink-protocol/building-on-lightlink/live-networks) are used.