# Codama ➤ Nodes From Anchor

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This package converts Anchor IDLs from various versions into Codama IDLs.

## Installation

```sh
pnpm install @codama/nodes-from-anchor
```

> [!NOTE]
>
> - This package is **not** included in the main [`codama`](../library) package.
> - If `metadata.origin` is not set on the IDL, it is assumed to be `"anchor"`. If you are trying to parse a Shank IDL, be sure that origin is set to `"shank"` so discriminators can be set correctly.

## Functions

### `rootNodeFromAnchor(anchorIdl)`

This function takes a valid Anchor IDL and returns a `RootNode`.

```js
// node ./codama.mjs
import { rootNodeFromAnchor } from '@codama/nodes-from-anchor';
import { createFromRoot } from 'codama';
import { readFileSync } from 'node:fs';
import path from 'path';

// Read the content of your IDL file.
const anchorIdlPath = path.join(__dirname, 'target', 'idl', 'anchor_program.json');
const anchorIdl = JSON.parse(readFileSync(anchorIdlPath, 'utf-8'));

// Parse it into a Codama IDL.
const codama = createFromRoot(rootNodeFromAnchor(anchorIdl));
```