# Ionic SDK

### Quickstart

**Installation**

```bash
npm i --save @ionicprotocol/sdk ethers 
```

Depending on your machine configuration, you may also need this:

```bash
npm install -D tslib @types/node
```

**Usage**

```typescript
import { ethers } from "ethers";
import { IonicSdk } from '@ionicprotocol/sdk';


const chainId = 56;  // for BSC mainnet
const provider = new ethers.providers.JsonRpcProvider('<YOUR-ENDPOINT-HERE>')

const ionic = new IonicSdk(provider, chainId);
```

The `IonicSdk` object provides access to all the functionality needed to query, manage & interact with pools created via our protocol. See the next sections to get an overview of the possibilities it enables.

To get a sense of how the `ionic-sdk` is used in a real-life, full-fledged web application, check out the latest section, [Putting It All Together](/developers/ionic-sdk/putting-it-all-together.md).


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