# deployContract

## Description

The `deployContract` function is used to deploy a Soulbound contract on a specified blockchain network.

## Parameters

| Name         | Type   | Description                                                    |
| ------------ | ------ | -------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `blockchain` | string | The blockchain network on which the contract will be deployed. |
| `privateKey` | string | The private key of the wallet used to deploy the contract.     |
| `name`       | string | The name of the Soulbound contract to be deployed.             |
| `symbol`     | string | The symbol of the Soulbound contract to be deployed.           |

## Response

| Name       | Type   | Description                                                                                                        |
| ---------- | ------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| `code`     | number | A code indicating the success or failure of the function. 1 indicates success, while 0 indicates failure.          |
| `contract` | object | An object containing information about the deployed contract, including the contract address and transaction hash. |

## Example Request and Response

### Prerequisites

Before making requests with Volary SDK, you must have it installed.

You can install Volary SDK using either **`npm`** or **`yarn`**. Use the following commands to install Volary SDK:

```jsx
npm install @nest25/evm-chains-lib
OR
yarn add @nest25/evm-chains-lib
```

### Request

Here is an example of how to make a `deployContract` request using the Volary SDK:

```jsx
const {SOULBOUND} = require('@nest25/evm-chains-lib')
// create instance of SOULBOUND
const soul = new SOULBOUND();
const privateKey = "your private key here"

const main = async () => {
    // deploy soulbound contract
    const contract = await soul.deployContract(
        'optimism',
        privateKey,
        "SulBoundbyHarshInSDK",
        "SDDK");
    // print contract address
    console.log(contract.address);
}
main()
```

### Response

```jsx
Contract deployed at 0xe6811ffc22D567A0267B5260211C34074e091022. Transaction hash: 0x99916877816ce81f0091a5107282b077d9f637824bf9291c355762bee4b13713
```

## Use Cases

* **NFT marketplaces:** They can use this function to deploy Soulbound contracts for their non-fungible tokens, which can restrict their transfer to only certain whitelisted addresses.
* **Gaming:** Companies can use this function to deploy Soulbound contracts for in-game assets, which can restrict their transfer to only certain authorized players.


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