solido

Code first contract entity mapper for Solidity based blockchains like Ethereum, Vechain, Tron

Latest version

1.1.3

Installing

Ethereum

npm i -S @decent-bet/solido @decent-bet/solido-provider-web3

Vechain (Connex Framework)

npm i -S @decent-bet/solido @decent-bet/solido-provider-connex

Vechain (server side or mobile)

npm i -S @decent-bet/solido @decent-bet/solido-provider-thorify

What is solido

Solido is a contract entity mapper, which annotates a Solidity contract based from its generated ABI. Once a contract is annotated with decorators or auto generated, you can enable it to a blockchain by using a plugin vendor.

The pluggable architecture allows different scenarios:

• Server side applications can use a HSM private key based plugin to sign.
• Client side DApps can use specific client wallet like Comet or Metamask.
• Mobile Dapps

Examples

Setup:

import { Framework } from '@vechain/connex-framework';
import { DriverNodeJS } from '@vechain/connex.driver-nodejs';

import {
  SolidoModule,
} from '@decent-bet/solido';
import {
 ConnexPlugin,
 ConnexSettings,
} from '@decent-bet/solido-provider-connex';
import {
 ThorifyPlugin,
 ThorifySettings,
} from '@decent-bet/solido-provider-thorify';
import { EnergyTokenContract, EnergyContractImport } from './EnergyContract';
import Web3 from 'web3';
const { thorify } = require('thorify');

// Create Solido Module
export const module = new SolidoModule(
  [
    {
      name: 'ConnexToken',
      import: EnergyContractImport,
      entity: EnergyTokenContract,
      provider: ConnexPlugin,
    },
    {
      name: 'ThorifyToken',
      import: EnergyContractImport,
      entity: EnergyTokenContract,
      enableDynamicStubs: true,
      provider: ThorifyPlugin,
    }
  ],
);

const privateKey = '0x............';
const chainTag = '0x4a';
const defaultAccount = '0x...........';
const thorUrl = 'http://localhost:8669';

const thor = thorify(new Web3(), thorUrl);

const contracts = module.bindContracts();
const token = contracts.getContract<EnergyTokenContract>('ThorifyToken');
token.onReady<ThorifySettings>({
  privateKey,
  thor,
  defaultAccount,
  chainTag
});

(async () => {
  const balance = await token.balanceOf(defaultAccount);
  console.log(balance);
})();

Lazy loading contracts

// Create Solido Module
export const module = new SolidoModule(
  [
    {
      name: 'ConnexToken',
      import: EnergyContractImport,
      entity: EnergyTokenContract,
      provider: ConnexPlugin,
    }
  ],
);

module.addContractMapping({
      name: 'ThorifyToken',
      import: EnergyContractImport,
      enableDynamicStubs: true,
      provider: ThorifyPlugin,
});

const privateKey = '0x............';
const chainTag = '0x4a';
const defaultAccount = '0x...........';
const thorUrl = 'http://localhost:8669';

// thorify
const thor = thorify(new Web3(), thorUrl);

// connex framework node driver
const driver = await DriverNodeJS.connect(thorUrl);
const connex = new Framework(driver);
const { wallet } = driver;
wallet.add(PRIVATE_KEY);

const contracts = module.bindContracts({
  'connex': {
    provider: connex,
    options: {
      defaultAccount,
      chainTag,
      // ...connex options
    }
  },
  'thorify': {
    provider: thor,
    {
      privateKey,
      defaultAccount,
      chainTag      
    }
  }
});

// Add new contract and rebind 
module.addContractMapping({
      name: 'AstronautToken',
      import: AstronautToken,
      enableDynamicStubs: true,
      provider: ConnexPlugin,
});

module.rebind();

// Get single contract
const token = contracts.getContract<EnergyTokenContract>('ThorifyToken');
token.connect();

// Get all contracts
interface MyContracts {
  ThorifyToken: EnergyTokenContract,
  ConnexToken: EnergyTokenContract,
}
const { ThorifyToken, ConnexToken }: MyContracts = contracts.connect();

(async () => {
  const balance = await token.balanceOf(defaultAccount);
  console.log(balance);
})();

GetMethod

Returns a function method from a specific provider.

class MyContractClass {
  @GetMethod({
    name: 'balanceOf'
  })
  public balanceOfMethod: () => any;
}

// ...
// using the method
const fn = myContractClassInstance.balanceOfMethod();
console.log(fn);

Read

Executes a call and returns a response.

class MyContractClass {
  @Read()
  public balanceOf: (address: string) => Promise<any>;
}

// ...
// using the read
const balance = await myContractClassInstance.balanceOf(address);
console.log(balance);

Write

Executes a signing flow, which consists of:

• Prepares signing, eg for Connex displays the signing popup window.
• Send

class MyContractClass {
  @Write({
    name: 'transfer',
    gas: 1_190_000,
    gasPriceCoef: 0
  })
  public transferMethod: (sendTo: string, wei: BigNumber) => Promise<any>;
}

// ...
// using the write
const tx = await myContractClassInstance.transferMethod(
  '0x........',
  new BigNumber(1 ** 6)
).request({
  gas: 500_000
});
console.log(tx);

request accepts an object with:

• gas: Gas limit, either a number value or 'auto' which will use a gas estimation
• gasPriceCoef: Gas price coefficient
• from: From address

GetEvents

Executes a log event query and returns an array of typed logs.

class MyContractClass {
  @GetEvents({
    name: 'Transfer',
    blocks: {
      fromBlock: 0,
      toBlock: 'latest'
    },
    order: 'desc',
    pageOptions: { limit: 10, offset: 0 }
  })
  public getTransferEvents: (
    fnOptions?: EventFilter<any>
  ) => Promise<ThorifyLog[]>;
  // The return type can by ThorifyLog or Connex.Thor.Event depending of the driver used in the contract.
}

// ...
// get the events
// you can pass the same EventFilter object in every call to change the options
const events = await myContractClassInstance.getTransferEvents({
  pageOptions: { limit: 10, offset: 10 }
});
console.log(events);

Short module syntax

When you need to enable any contracts to support more than one provider, use the short module syntax. The provider name will be appended to the name.

export const module = new SolidoModule(
  [
    {
      name: 'Token',
      import: EnergyContractImport,
    }
  ],
  ThorifyPlugin, ConnexPlugin, Web3Plugin, TronWebPlugin, QtumPlugin
);

const contracts = module.bindContracts();

const token = contracts.getContract<Web3Plugin>('Web3Token');

const balance = await token.methods.balanceOf();

Dynamic Contract Entities

To let Solido generate Read, Write and Event methods, set enableDynamicStubs: true in contract mapping entry and use GetDynamicContract to get the contract. The generated stubs are available in contract.methods.

export const module = new SolidoModule(
  [
    {
      name: 'ThorifyToken',
      import: EnergyContractImport,
      enableDynamicStubs: true
    }
  ],
  ThorifyPlugin
);

const contracts = module.bindContracts();

const token = contracts.getDynamicContract('ThorifyToken');

const balance = await token.methods.balanceOf();

const transferEvent = await token.events.Transfer(); // Returns an event object dependending on provider

Topic Queries

You can query any log event call with a fluent topic query. A contract event signatures are define in contract.topics.

// build query
let topicQuery = new ConnexSolidoTopic();
topicQuery.topic(0, energy.topics.Transfer.signature);

// set filter options
const filterOptions: EventFilter<any> = {
  pageOptions: {
    limit: 100,
    offset: 0
  },
  topics: topicQuery
};

const logs = await energy.logTransfer(filterOptions);

Connex specific utilities - RxJS operators

blockConfirmationUntil

Waits for a block confirmation. Useful for waiting a confirmation and then request the transaction log.

const response: any = await energy.logTransfer();
const blockConfirmation = blockConfirmationUntil(response.txid);
const subscription = blockConfirmation
  .pipe(switchMap(_ => response))
  .subscribe((log: any) => {
    // ... code goes here
  });

Plugins

• (Vechain) Connex: Solido Connex
• (Vechain) Thorify: Solido Thorify
• (Ethereum) Web3: Solido Web3
• Vue/Vuex: Vuex Solido
• Contract import generator for Truffle: Connex Entity Builder