View-Only Wallets

​RAILGUN Wallets (created with mnemonic) have both spending and viewing keys. View-Only wallets lack the spending key, so they cannot create transactions, but they have access to the wallet viewing key that can access balances and transaction history. 
View-Only wallets are created using a shareable viewing key. Only the original wallet owner, who has access to the RAILGUN Wallet (and mnemonic) can generate a shareable key.
Example: Generate shareable key and associated View-Only wallet
import { 
    getWalletShareableViewingKey, 
    createViewOnlyRailgunWallet, 
} from '@railgun-community/wallet';
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const shareableViewingKey = await getWalletShareableViewingKey(railgunWalletID);
​
...
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// Current block numbers for each chain when wallet was first created.
// If unknown, provide undefined.
const creationBlockNumberMap: Optional<MapType<number>> = undefined;
​
const viewOnlyWalletInfo = await createViewOnlyRailgunWallet(
    encryptionKey, 
    shareableViewingKey,
    creationBlockNumberMap,
);
const id = viewOnlyWalletInfo.id;
​
View-Only wallets may be loaded like RAILGUN Wallets, using loadWalletByID.
Example: Load stored RAILGUN Wallet by its ID
import { loadWalletByID } from '@railgun-community/quickstart';
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const viewOnlyWalletInfo = await loadWalletByID(
    encryptionKey, 
    id, 
    true, // isViewOnlyWallet
);
RAILGUN Wallets
Encryption Keys
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