TronWeb to send trc20 usdt - tron

Question

I want to use TronWeb to send trc20 token. Whether I need to use contract().at() to do this? It means I need to treat trc20 token just as smart contract?

Answer 1

first things first, to clarify every token on any network (not just tron) has its own smart contract that has been published to the network
here is the code to get your account balance and another to transfer USDT
don't forget to init the code with your private key and network endpoints
note that you need tron energy and bandwidth to perform a transaction
you can read about them using this link
const CONTRACT = "TR7NHqjeKQxGTCi8q8ZY4pL8otSzgjLj6t"
async function getBalance(account) {
const {
abi
} = await tronWeb.trx.getContract(CONTRACT);
const contract = tronWeb.contract(abi.entrys, CONTRACT);
const balance = await contract.methods.balanceOf(account).call();
console.log("balance:", balance.toString());
}
async function transferUSDT(destination, amount) {
const {
abi
} = await tronWeb.trx.getContract(CONTRACT);
const contract = tronWeb.contract(abi.entrys, CONTRACT);
const resp = await contract.methods.transfer(destination, amount).send();
console.log("transfer:", resp);
}

Answer 2

When you init the tronweb compnent with private key ,you could use the contract().at()
tronWeb = new TronWeb(
'https://api.nileex.io/',
'https://api.nileex.io/',
'https://event.nileex.io/',
'your privateKey'
);