In this quickstart, you will:

  • Register a book series as an IP collection
  • Register a book as an IP asset
This quickstart is under development as new features are added to the Story Protocol daily.

Preparation Steps

1

Create a Developer Account and Project

To get started, create a developer account in the Crossmint Staging Console. Open that link, sign in, and accept the dialog to continue.

Crossmint offers two consoles: staging, for development and testing, and www, for production.

Then, navigate to project Settings > General and set the wallet type to “Smart Wallets”:

2

Get an API Key

Create a server-side API key with these scopes: collection.create, collection.update, collection.read, nfts.create.

This allows your API key to perform any kind of asset registration action.

Register a Book Series

1

Create an IP Collection

This quickstart will register the Harry Potter book series as an IP collection.

Customize the collection’s metadata according to your needs and run the script:

Register a Book

1

Register an IP Asset

Every written work may have different contributors and metadata. When defining an IP asset you can:

  • Specify multiple contributors (like authors, illustrators, and publishers) with their respective revenue shares
  • Attach relevant media files
  • Include important metadata like creation dates and identifiers

Now, run the script:

Confirm Book Registration

1

Get Action Status

You can easily check the IP asset registration status to ensure the action has completed before proceeding.

Use the action ID returned in any of the previous steps and run the script: