WTF are projects and modules?

Projects and Modules in thirdweb are smart contracts on steroids

With thirdweb you can mint NFTs, create drops and build your own marketplace. All of this is done inside Projects and Modules. In this guide we'll dive in what Projects and Modules are.

A project is a smart contract that gets deployed with your wallet. Think of this as a container holding together a set of modules. But what are modules? Keep reading 👇

At first sight modules may seem smart contracts, but they are much more. Modules are more like packages that contain smart contracts and other features and functionalities. Let's dive into it.

Select Module

At the base a module is smart contract that is deployed on the blockchain is held by a project. Every module has a smart contract address that can be looked up on etherscan. In the example below, underneath Cool NFT marketplace, you can see the smart contract address.

Dashboard

This smart contract is used to define certain rules, like royalty, claim conditions etc.

thirdweb allows you to configure these rules via the dashboard 👇 or through the SDKs.

Deploy NFT module

The cool thing about module is that it also allows you to manage roles. You can easily assign and revoke roles such as Admin, Minter, Lister, etc. These roles use the wallet address of an user. Again you can manage these roles inside a module via the dashboard or any of the SDKs we created.

Permission Manager

Whenever you use a module, you need to define which module you want to use. A module has an address and you need to pass that address inside your code. Here are two examples:

Copy code#pick your module and enter the smart contract address
market_smart_contract_address = "0x56c1F1f63dC507F24495E5fD56003D56FD12A7F9"
market_module = SDK.get_market_module(market_smart_contract_address)

#pick your module and enter the smart contract address
nft_smart_contract_address = "0xdd25FAEE772FbB1bcB7ba0b2cEE6387A8F82f032"
nft_module = SDK.get_nft_module(nft_smart_contract_address)