# API Documentation Guidelines

The Meter API documentation focuses on the use of the [`meterify`](https://github.com/meterio/meterify) library, which is a modified version of [`web3`](https://github.com/ethereum/web3.js). The content is a combination of the `web3` documentation, and content specific to `meterify` and the Meter blockchain.

All API documentation should be written to reflect `meterify`. So where existing content that has been ported `web3` is mentioned, this should be replaced to the greatest extent possible with `meterify`. Some code snippets provide a good example of these kinds of changes.

**web3**

```
import Web3 from 'web3';

// "Web3.givenProvider" will be set in a Ethereum supported browser.
const web3 = new Web3(Web3.givenProvider || 'ws://some.local-or-remote.node:8546', net, options);

web3.version
```

**meterify**

```
const meter = require("meterify").meterify;
const Web3 = require("web3");
const meterify = meter(new Web3(), "http://test.meter.io:8669");

meterify.version
```

Another example, where `web3` content might read:

```
For `web3.eth.subscribe` see the [`subscribe`](web3.eth.subscribe.html) reference documentation.
```

Modify it to read:

```
For `meterify.eth.subscribe` see the [`subscribe`](meterify.eth.subscribe.html) reference documentation.
```


---

# Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation

If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question.

Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter:

```
GET https://docs.meter.io/developer-documentation/contributing-to-meter-and-our-documentation/documentation-guidelines/api-documentation-guidelines.md?ask=<question>
```

The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language.
The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation.

Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.