RPC API

Remote Procedure Calls (RPCs) provide a useful abstraction for building distributed applications and services.

Nebulas provides both gRPC and RESTful API for users to interact with Nebulas.

grpc provides a concrete implementation of the gRPC protocol, layered over HTTP/2. These libraries enable communication between clients and servers using any combination of the supported languages.

grpc-gateway is a plugin of protoc. It reads gRPC service definition, and generates a reverse-proxy server which translates a RESTful JSON API into gRPC. we use it to map gRPC to HTTP.

Endpoint

Default endpoints:

API

URL

Protocol

gRPC

http://localhost:8684

Protobuf

RESTful

http://localhost:8685

HTTP

gRPC API

We can run the gRPC example testing client code:

go run main.go

The testing client gets account state from sender address, makes a transaction from sender to receiver, and also checks the account state of receiver address.

We can see client log output like:

GetAccountState n1QZMXSZtW7BUerroSms4axNfyBGyFGkrh5 nonce 4 value 3142831039999999999992
SendTransaction n1QZMXSZtW7BUerroSms4axNfyBGyFGkrh5 -> n1Zn6iyyQRhqthmCfqGBzWfip1Wx8wEvtrJ value 2 txhash:"2c2f5404a2e2edb651dff44a2d114a198c00614b20801e58d5b00899c8f512ae"
GetAccountState n1Zn6iyyQRhqthmCfqGBzWfip1Wx8wEvtrJ nonce 0 value 10

HTTP

Now we also provided HTTP to access the RPC API. The file that ends with gw.go is the mapping file. Now we can access the rpc API directly from our browser, you can update the rpc_listen and http_listen in conf/default/config.conf to change RPC/HTTP port.

Example:

curl -i -H 'Content-Type: application/json' -X GET http://localhost:8685/v1/user/nebstate

if success, response will be returned like this

{
    "result":{
        "chain_id":100,
        "tail":"b10c1203d5ae6d4d069d5f520eb060f2f5fb74e942f391e7cadbc2b5148dfbcb",
        "lib":"da30b4ed14affb62b3719fb5e6952d3733e84e53fe6e955f8e46da503300c985",
        "height":"365",
        "protocol_version":"/neb/1.0.0",
        "synchronized":false,
        "version":"0.7.0"
    }
}

Or, there is error form grpc, repose will carry the error message

{
    "error":"message..."
}

RPC methods

RPC API Reference

GetNebState

Return the state of the neb.

Protocol

Method

API

gRpc

GetNebState

HTTP

GET

/v1/user/nebstate

Parameters

none

Returns

chain_id Block chain id

tail Current neb tail hash

lib Current neb lib hash

height Current neb tail block height

protocol_version The current neb protocol version.

synchronized The peer sync status.

version neb version.

HTTP Example

// Request
curl -i -H 'Content-Type: application/json' -X GET http://localhost:8685/v1/user/nebstate

// Result
{
    "result":{
        "chain_id":100,
        "tail":"b10c1203d5ae6d4d069d5f520eb060f2f5fb74e942f391e7cadbc2b5148dfbcb",
        "lib":"da30b4ed14affb62b3719fb5e6952d3733e84e53fe6e955f8e46da503300c985",
        "height":"365",
        "protocol_version":"/neb/1.0.0",
        "synchronized":false,
        "version":"0.7.0"
    }
}

GetAccountState

Return the state of the account. Balance and nonce of the given address will be returned.

Protocol

Method

API

gRpc

GetAccountState

HTTP

POST

/v1/user/accountstate

Parameters

address Hex string of the account addresss.

height block account state with height. If not specified, use 0 as tail height.

Returns

balance Current balance in unit of 1/(10^18) nas.

nonce Current transaction count.

type The type of address, 87 stands for normal address and 88 stands for contract address

HTTP Example

// Request
curl -i -H 'Content-Type: application/json' -X POST http://localhost:8685/v1/user/accountstate -d '{"address":"n1Z6SbjLuAEXfhX1UJvXT6BB5osWYxVg3F3"}'

// Result
{
    result {
        "balance":"9489999998980000000000"
        "nonce":51
        "type":87
    }
}

LatestIrreversibleBlock

Return the latest irreversible block.

Protocol

Method

API

gRpc

LatestIrreversibleBlock

HTTP

GET

/v1/user/lib

Parameters

none

Returns

hash Hex string of block hash.

parent_hash Hex string of block parent hash.

height block height.

nonce block nonce.

coinbase Hex string of coinbase address.

timestamp block timestamp.

chain_id block chain id.

state_root Hex string of state root.

txs_root Hex string of txs root.

events_root Hex string of event root.

consensus_root

Timestamp time of consensus state
Proposer proposer of current consensus state
DynastyRoot Hex string of dynasty root

miner the miner of this block

is_finality block is finality

transactions block transactions slice.

transaction GetTransactionReceipt response info.

HTTP Example

// Request
curl -i -H 'Content-Type: application/json' -X GET http://localhost:8685/v1/user/lib

// Result
{
    "result":{
        "hash":"c4a51d6241db372c1b8720e62c04426bd587e1f31054b7d04a3509f48ee58e9f",
        "parent_hash":"8f9f29028356d2fb2cf1291dcee85785e1c20a2145318f36c136978edb6097ce",
        "height":"407",
        "nonce":"0",
        "coinbase":"n1QZMXSZtW7BUerroSms4axNfyBGyFGkrh5",
        "timestamp":"1521963660",
        "chain_id":100,
        "state_root":"a77bbcd911e7ee9488b623ce4ccb8a38d9a83fc29eb5ad43009f3517f1d3e19a",
        "txs_root":"664671e2fda200bd93b00aaec4ab12db718212acd51b4624e8d4937003a2ab22",
        "events_root":"2607e32c166a3513f9effbd1dc7caa7869df5989398d0124987fa0e4d183bcaf",
        "consensus_root":{
            "timestamp":"1521963660",
            "proposer":"GVeOQnYf20Ppxa2cqTrPHdpr6QH4SKs4ZKs=",
            "dynasty_root":"IfTgx0o271Gg4N3cVKHe7dw3NREnlYCN8aIl8VvRXDY="
        },
        "miner": "n1WwqBXVMuYC3mFCEEuFFtAXad6yxqj4as4"
        "is_finality":false,
        "transactions":[] 
    }
}

Call

Call a smart contract function. The smart contract must have been submited. Method calls are run only on the current node, not broadcast.

Protocol

Method

API

gRpc

Call

HTTP

POST

/v1/user/call

Parameters

The parameters of the call method is the same as the SendTransaction parameters. Special attention:

to Hex string of the receiver account addresss. The value of to is a contract address.

contract transaction contract object for call smart contract.

Sub properties(source and sourceType are not need):
- function the contract call function for call contarct function.
- args the params of contract. The args content is JSON string of parameters array.

Returns

result result of smart contract method call

execute_err execute error

estimate_gas estimate gas used

HTTP Example

// Request
curl -i -H 'Content-Type: application/json' -X POST http://localhost:8685/v1/user/call -d '{"from":"n1Z6SbjLuAEXfhX1UJvXT6BB5osWYxVg3F3","to":"n1mL2WCZyRi1oELEugfCZoNAW3dt8QpHtJw","value":"0","nonce":3,"gasPrice":"1000000","gasLimit":"2000000","contract":{"function":"transferValue","args":"[500]"}}'

// Result
{
   "result": "0",
   "execute_err": "insufficient balance",
   estimate_gas: "22208"
}

SendRawTransaction

Submit the signed transaction. The transaction signed value should be return by SignTransactionWithPassphrase.

Protocol

Method

API

gRpc

SendRawTransaction

HTTP

POST

/v1/user/rawtransaction

Parameters

data Signed data of transaction

Returns

txhash Hex string of transaction hash.

contract_address returns only for deploy contract transaction.

HTTP Example

// Request
curl -i -H 'Content-Type: application/json' -X POST http://localhost:8685/v1/user/rawtransaction -d '{"data":"CiCrHtxyyIJks2/RErvBBA862D6iwAaGQ9OK1NisSGAuTBIYGiY1R9Fnx0z0uPkWbPokTeBIHFFKRaosGhgzPLPtjEF5cYRTgu3jz2egqWJwwF/i9wAiEAAAAAAAAAAADeC2s6dkAAAoAjDd/5jSBToICgZiaW5hcnlAZEoQAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA9CQFIQAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAABOIFgBYkGLnnvGZEDSlocc202ZRWtUlbl2RHfGNdBY5eajFiHKThfgXIwGixh17LpnZGnYHlmfiGe2zqnFHdj7G8b2XIP2AQ=="}'

// Result
{
    "result":{
        "txhash": "f37acdf93004f7a3d72f1b7f6e56e70a066182d85c186777a2ad3746b01c3b52"
    }
}

Deploy Contract Example

// Request
curl -i -H 'Content-Type: application/json' -X POST http://localhost:8685/v1/user/rawtransaction -d '{"data":"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"}'

// Result
{
    "result":{
        "txhash": "f37acdf93004f7a3d72f1b7f6e56e70a066182d85c186777a2ad3746b01c3b52",
        "contract_address":"4702b597eebb7a368ac4adbb388e5084b508af582dadde47"
    }
}

GetBlockByHash

Get block header info by the block hash.

Protocol

Method

API

gRpc

GetBlockByHash

HTTP

POST

/v1/user/getBlockByHash

Parameters

hash Hex string of transaction hash.

full_fill_transaction If true it returns the full transaction objects, if false only the hashes of the transactions.

Returns

See LatestIrreversibleBlock response.

HTTP Example

// Request
curl -i -H 'Content-Type: application/json' -X POST http://localhost:8685/v1/user/getBlockByHash -d '{"hash":"00000658397a90df6459b8e7e63ad3f4ce8f0a40b8803ff2f29c611b2e0190b8", "full_fill_transaction":"true"}'

// Result
{
    "result":{
        "hash":"c4a51d6241db372c1b8720e62c04426bd587e1f31054b7d04a3509f48ee58e9f",
        "parent_hash":"8f9f29028356d2fb2cf1291dcee85785e1c20a2145318f36c136978edb6097ce",
        "height":"407",
        "nonce":"0",
        "coinbase":"n1QZMXSZtW7BUerroSms4axNfyBGyFGkrh5",
        "timestamp":"1521963660",
        "chain_id":100,
        "state_root":"a77bbcd911e7ee9488b623ce4ccb8a38d9a83fc29eb5ad43009f3517f1d3e19a",
        "txs_root":"664671e2fda200bd93b00aaec4ab12db718212acd51b4624e8d4937003a2ab22",
        "events_root":"2607e32c166a3513f9effbd1dc7caa7869df5989398d0124987fa0e4d183bcaf",
        "consensus_root":{
            "timestamp":"1521963660",
            "proposer":"GVeOQnYf20Ppxa2cqTrPHdpr6QH4SKs4ZKs=",
            "dynasty_root":"IfTgx0o271Gg4N3cVKHe7dw3NREnlYCN8aIl8VvRXDY="
        },
        "miner": "n1WwqBXVMuYC3mFCEEuFFtAXad6yxqj4as4"
        "is_finality":false,
        "transactions":[{
            "hash":"1e96493de6b5ebe686e461822ec22e73fcbfb41a6358aa58c375b935802e4145",
            "chainId":100,
            "from":"n1Z6SbjLuAEXfhX1UJvXT6BB5osWYxVg3F3",
            "to":"n1orSeSMj7nn8KHHN4JcQEw3r52TVExu63r",
            "value":"10000000000000000000","nonce":"34",
            "timestamp":"1522220087",
            "type":"binary",
            "data":null,
            "gas_price":"1000000",
            "gas_limit":"2000000",
            "contract_address":"",
            "status":1,
            "gas_used":"20000"
        }]
    }
}

GetBlockByHeight

Get block header info by the block height.

Protocol

Method

API

gRpc

GetBlockByHeight

HTTP

POST

/v1/user/getBlockByHeight

Parameters

height Height of transaction hash.

full_fill_transaction If true it returns the full transaction objects, if false only the hashes of the transactions.

Returns

See LatestIrreversibleBlock response.

HTTP Example

// Request
curl -i -H 'Content-Type: application/json' -X POST http://localhost:8685/v1/user/getBlockByHeight -d '{"height": 256, "full_fill_transaction": true}'

// Result
{
    "result":{
        "hash":"c4a51d6241db372c1b8720e62c04426bd587e1f31054b7d04a3509f48ee58e9f",
        "parent_hash":"8f9f29028356d2fb2cf1291dcee85785e1c20a2145318f36c136978edb6097ce",
        "height":"407",
        "nonce":"0",
        "coinbase":"n1QZMXSZtW7BUerroSms4axNfyBGyFGkrh5",
        "timestamp":"1521963660",
        "chain_id":100,
        "state_root":"a77bbcd911e7ee9488b623ce4ccb8a38d9a83fc29eb5ad43009f3517f1d3e19a",
        "txs_root":"664671e2fda200bd93b00aaec4ab12db718212acd51b4624e8d4937003a2ab22",
        "events_root":"2607e32c166a3513f9effbd1dc7caa7869df5989398d0124987fa0e4d183bcaf",
        "consensus_root":{
            "timestamp":"1521963660",
            "proposer":"GVeOQnYf20Ppxa2cqTrPHdpr6QH4SKs4ZKs=",
            "dynasty_root":"IfTgx0o271Gg4N3cVKHe7dw3NREnlYCN8aIl8VvRXDY="
        },
        "miner": "n1WwqBXVMuYC3mFCEEuFFtAXad6yxqj4as4"
        "is_finality":false,
        "transactions":[{
            "hash":"1e96493de6b5ebe686e461822ec22e73fcbfb41a6358aa58c375b935802e4145",
            "chainId":100,
            "from":"n1Z6SbjLuAEXfhX1UJvXT6BB5osWYxVg3F3",
            "to":"n1orSeSMj7nn8KHHN4JcQEw3r52TVExu63r",
            "value":"10000000000000000000","nonce":"34",
            "timestamp":"1522220087",
            "type":"binary",
            "data":null,
            "gas_price":"1000000",
            "gas_limit":"2000000",
            "contract_address":"",
            "status":1,
            "gas_used":"20000"
        }]
    }
}

GetTransactionReceipt

Get transactionReceipt info by tansaction hash. If the transaction not submit or only submit and not packaged on chain, it will reurn not found error.

Protocol

Method

API

gRpc

GetTransactionReceipt

HTTP

POST

/v1/user/getTransactionReceipt

Parameters

hash Hex string of transaction hash.

Returns

hash Hex string of tx hash.

chainId Transaction chain id.

from Hex string of the sender account addresss.

to Hex string of the receiver account addresss.

value Value of transaction.

nonce Transaction nonce.

timestamp Transaction timestamp.

type Transaction type.

data Transaction data, return the payload data.

gas_price Transaction gas price.

gas_limit Transaction gas limit.

contract_address Transaction contract address.

status Transaction status, 0 failed, 1 success, 2 pending.

gas_used transaction gas used

HTTP Example

// Request
curl -i -H 'Content-Type: application/json' -X POST http://localhost:8685/v1/user/getTransactionReceipt -d '{"hash":"cda54445ffccf4ea17f043e86e54be11b002053f9edbe30ae1fbc0437c2b6a73"}'

// Result
{
    "result":{
        "hash":"cda54445ffccf4ea17f043e86e54be11b002053f9edbe30ae1fbc0437c2b6a73",
        "chainId":100,
        "from":"n1Z6SbjLuAEXfhX1UJvXT6BB5osWYxVg3F3",
        "to":"n1PxKRaJ5jZHXwTfgM9WqkZJJVXBxRcggEE",
        "value":"10000000000000000000",
        "nonce":"53",
        "timestamp":"1521964742",
        "type":"binary",
        "data":null,
        "gas_price":"1000000",
        "gas_limit":"20000",
        "contract_address":"",
        "status":1,
        "gas_used":"20000"
    }
}

Return the subscribed events of transaction & block. The request is a keep-alive connection.

Protocol

Method

API

gRpc

HTTP

POST

/v1/user/subscribe

Parameters

topics repeated event topic name, string array.

The topic name list:

chain.pendingTransaction The topic of pending a transaction in transaction_pool.
chain.latestIrreversibleBlock The topic of updating latest irreversible block.
chain.transactionResult The topic of executing & submitting tx.
chain.newTailBlock The topic of setting new tail block.
chain.revertBlock The topic of reverting block.

Returns

topic subscribed event topic name.

data subscribed event data.

HTTP Example

// Request
curl -i -H 'Content-Type: application/json' -X POST http://localhost:8685/v1/user/subscribe -d '{"topics":["chain.linkBlock", "chain.pendingTransaction"]}'

// Result
{
    "result":{
        "topic":"chain.pendingTransaction",
        "data":"{
                \"chainID\":100,
                 \"hash\":\"b466c7a9b667db8d15f74863a4bc60bc989566b6c3766948b2cacb45a4fbda42\", 
                 \"from\":\"n1Z6SbjLuAEXfhX1UJvXT6BB5osWYxVg3F3\",
                 \"to\":\"n1Z6SbjLuAEXfhX1UJvXT6BB5osWYxVg3F3\", 
                 \"nonce\":6,
                 \"value\":\"0\",
                 \"timestamp\":1522215320,
                 \"gasprice\": \"1000000\", 
                 \"gaslimit\":\"20000000\",
                 \"type\":\"deploy\"}"
    }
    "result":{
        "topic":"chain.pendingTransaction",
        "data": "..."
    }
    ...
}

GetGasPrice

Return current gasPrice.

Protocol

Method

API

gRpc

GetGasPrice

HTTP

GET

/v1/user/getGasPrice

Parameters

none

Returns

gas_price gas price. The unit is 10^-18 NAS.

HTTP Example

// Request
curl -i -H 'Content-Type: application/json' -X GET http://localhost:8685/v1/user/getGasPrice

// Result
{
    "result":{
        "gas_price":"1000000"
    }
}

EstimateGas

Return the estimate gas of transaction.

Protocol

Method

API

gRpc

EstimateGas

HTTP

POST

/v1/user/estimateGas

Parameters

The parameters of the EstimateGas method is the same as the SendTransactionparameters.

Returns

gas the estimate gas.

err error message of the transaction executing

HTTP Example

// Request
curl -i -H 'Content-Type: application/json' -X POST http://localhost:8685/v1/user/estimateGas -d '{"from":"n1QZMXSZtW7BUerroSms4axNfyBGyFGkrh5","to":"n1SAeQRVn33bamxN4ehWUT7JGdxipwn8b17", "value":"1000000000000000000","nonce":1,"gasPrice":"1000000","gasLimit":"2000000"}'

// Result
{
    "gas":"20000",
    "err":""
}

GetEventsByHash

Return the events list of transaction.

Protocol

Method

API

gRpc

GetEventsByHash

HTTP

POST

/v1/user/getEventsByHash

Parameters

hash Hex string of transaction hash.

Returns

events the events list.

topic event topic;
data event data.

HTTP Example

// Request
curl -i -H 'Content-Type: application/json' -X POST http://localhost:8685/v1/user/getEventsByHash -d '{"hash":"ec239d532249f84f158ef8ec9262e1d3d439709ebf4dd5f7c1036b26c6fe8073"}'

// Result
{
    "result":{
        "events":[{
            "topic":"chain.transactionResult",
            "data":"{
                \"hash\":\"d7977f96294cd232781d9c17f0f3212b48312d5ef0f556551c5cf48622759785\",
                \"status\":1,
                \"gas_used\":\"22208\",
                \"error\":\"\"
            }"
        }]
    }
}

GetDynasty

GetDynasty get dpos dynasty.

Protocol

Method

API

gRpc

GetDynasty

HTTP

POST

/v1/user/dynasty

Parameters

height block height

Returns

miners repeated string of miner address.

HTTP Example

// Request
curl -i -H 'Content-Type: application/json' -X POST http://localhost:8685/v1/user/dynasty -d '{"height": 1}'

// Result
{
    {
        "result":{
            "miners":[
                "n1FkntVUMPAsESuCAAPK711omQk19JotBjM",
                "n1JNHZJEUvfBYfjDRD14Q73FX62nJAzXkMR",
                "n1Kjom3J4KPsHKKzZ2xtt8Lc9W5pRDjeLcW",
                "n1TV3sU6jyzR4rJ1D7jCAmtVGSntJagXZHC",
                "n1WwqBXVMuYC3mFCEEuFFtAXad6yxqj4as4",
                "n1Zn6iyyQRhqthmCfqGBzWfip1Wx8wEvtrJ"
            ]
        }
    }
}

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Endpoint

gRPC API

HTTP

RPC methods

RPC API Reference

GetNebState

GetAccountState

LatestIrreversibleBlock

Parameters

HTTP Example

Call

SendRawTransaction

GetBlockByHash

GetBlockByHeight

GetTransactionReceipt

Subscribe

Parameters

Returns

HTTP Example

GetGasPrice

Parameters

Returns

HTTP Example

EstimateGas

Parameters

Returns

HTTP Example

GetEventsByHash

Parameters

Returns

HTTP Example

GetDynasty