HCS‑5 API Reference

Sources

• Module folder: GitHub
• sdk.ts: GitHub
• browser.ts: GitHub
• tx.ts: GitHub
• types.ts: GitHub

Import Paths

TypeScript

import {
  HCS5Client,
  HCS5BrowserClient,
  type HCS5ClientConfig,
  type HCS5MintOptions,
  type HCS5CreateHashinalOptions,
  type HCS5MintResponse,
  buildHcs1Hrl,
} from '@hashgraphonline/standards-sdk';

Go

import (
	"github.com/hashgraph-online/standards-sdk-go/pkg/hcs5"
	"github.com/hashgraph-online/standards-sdk-go/pkg/inscriber"
)

Python

from standards_sdk_py.hcs5 import Hcs5Client

# Equivalent Python usage — see Python SDK docs for details

Types

TypeScript

interface HCS5ClientConfig {
  network: 'mainnet' | 'testnet';
  operatorId: string;                       // Server only
  operatorKey: string | import('@hashgraph/sdk').PrivateKey; // Server only
  logLevel?: 'debug' | 'info' | 'warn' | 'error';
  silent?: boolean;
  mirrorNodeUrl?: string;
  logger?: any;
}

interface HCS5MintOptions {
  tokenId: string;
  metadataTopicId: string; // HCS‑1/12 content topic
  supplyKey?: string | import('@hashgraph/sdk').PrivateKey;
  memo?: string;
}

interface HCS5CreateHashinalOptions {
  tokenId: string;
  inscriptionInput: import('../inscribe/inscriber').InscriptionInput; // file/buffer/url/topic
  inscriptionOptions?: import('../inscribe/inscriber').InscriptionOptions;
  supplyKey?: string | import('@hashgraph/sdk').PrivateKey;
  memo?: string;
}

interface HCS5MintResponse {
  success: boolean;
  serialNumber?: number;
  transactionId?: string;
  metadata?: string; // HRL used as NFT metadata
  error?: string;
}

Go

type ClientConfig struct {
	OperatorAccountID  string
	OperatorPrivateKey string
	Network            string
	InscriberAuthURL   string
	InscriberAPIURL    string
}

type MintOptions struct {
	TokenID         string
	MetadataTopicID string
	SupplyKey       string
	Memo            string
}

type CreateHashinalOptions struct {
	TokenID           string
	Request           inscriber.StartInscriptionRequest
	WaitForCompletion bool
	SupplyKey         string
	Memo              string
	InscriberNetwork  inscriber.Network
	InscriberAuthURL  string
	InscriberAPIURL   string
}

type MintResponse struct {
	Success       bool
	SerialNumber  int64
	TransactionID string
	Metadata      string
	Error         string
}

Python

from standards_sdk_py.hcs5 import Hcs5Client

# Equivalent Python usage — see Python SDK docs for details

Server Client (HCS5Client)

TypeScript

constructor(config: HCS5ClientConfig)

mint(options: HCS5MintOptions): Promise<HCS5MintResponse>

createHashinal(options: HCS5CreateHashinalOptions): Promise<HCS5MintResponse>

Go

func NewClient(config ClientConfig) (*Client, error)

func (c *Client) Mint(ctx context.Context, options MintOptions) (MintResponse, error)

func (c *Client) CreateHashinal(ctx context.Context, options CreateHashinalOptions) (MintResponse, error)

Python

from standards_sdk_py.hcs5 import Hcs5Client

# Equivalent Python usage — see Python SDK docs for details

Notes

• createHashinal inscribes content first (waits for confirmation) and reuses the resulting topic as metadata for minting.
• If a raw supplyKey is a string, it may be resolved via Mirror Node to the correct curve using NodeOperatorResolver.

Browser Client (HCS5BrowserClient)

Mirrors server flows but uses wallet signing for inscription and mint. Returns similar responses.

Helper

TypeScript

function buildHcs1Hrl(topicId: string): string; // e.g., hcs://1/<topicId>

Go

func BuildHCS1HRL(topicID string) string // e.g., hcs://1/<topicId>

Python

from standards_sdk_py.hcs5 import Hcs5Client

# Equivalent Python usage — see Python SDK docs for details

Builders (tx.ts)

TypeScript

function buildHcs5MintTx(params: { tokenId: string; metadata: string; transactionMemo?: string }): import('@hashgraph/sdk').TokenMintTransaction;

function buildHcs5MintWithHrlTx(params: { tokenId: string; metadataTopicId: string; transactionMemo?: string }): import('@hashgraph/sdk').TokenMintTransaction;

Go

func BuildMintTx(tokenID string, metadata string, transactionMemo string) (*hedera.TokenMintTransaction, error)

func BuildMintWithHRLTx(tokenID string, metadataTopicID string, transactionMemo string) (*hedera.TokenMintTransaction, error)

Python

from standards_sdk_py.hcs5 import Hcs5Client

# Equivalent Python usage — see Python SDK docs for details

Throws / Errors

• Failed to mint HCS-5 Hashinal: …
• Failed to inscribe and mint HCS-5 Hashinal: …

Example

TypeScript

const c = new HCS5Client({ network: 'testnet', operatorId, operatorKey });
const hr = await c.createHashinal({ tokenId, inscriptionInput: { type: 'url', url: 'https://…' } });

Go

client, _ := hcs5.NewClient(hcs5.ClientConfig{
	Network:            "testnet",
	OperatorAccountID:  os.Getenv("HEDERA_ACCOUNT_ID"),
	OperatorPrivateKey: os.Getenv("HEDERA_PRIVATE_KEY"),
})

hr, _ := client.CreateHashinal(context.Background(), hcs5.CreateHashinalOptions{
	TokenID: tokenId,
	Request: inscriber.StartInscriptionRequest{
		Content: "https://...",
	},
})

Python

import os

client = Hcs5Client(network="testnet", operator_id=os.environ["HEDERA_ACCOUNT_ID"], operator_private_key=os.environ["HEDERA_PRIVATE_KEY"])

hr = client.create_hashinal(token_id=tokenId, request={"content": "https://..."})