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subxt/examples/historic_blocks.rs

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+//! Working with historic blocks.
+use subxt::dynamic::Value;
+use subxt::{Error, OnlineClient, PolkadotConfig};
+
+#[tokio::main]
+async fn main() -> Result<(), Error> {
+    // Point at an archive node since we want to obtain old blocks.
+    let config = PolkadotConfig::new();
+    let api = OnlineClient::from_url(config, "wss://rpc.polkadot.io").await?;
+
+    for block_number in 1234567u32.. {
+        let at_block = api.at_block(block_number).await?;
+
+        let block_number = at_block.block_number();
+        let block_hash = at_block.block_hash();
+
+        println!("Block #{block_number}:");
+        println!("  Hash: {block_hash}");
+        println!("  Extrinsics:");
+
+        // Here we'll obtain and display the extrinsics:
+        let extrinsics = at_block.extrinsics().fetch().await?;
+        for ext in extrinsics.iter() {
+            let ext = ext?;
+
+            let idx = ext.index();
+            let pallet_name = ext.pallet_name();
+            let call_name = ext.call_name();
+            let bytes_hex = format!("0x{}", hex::encode(ext.bytes()));
+            let events = ext.events().await?;
+
+            // See the API docs for more ways to decode extrinsics. Here, since we're
+            // accessing a historic block, we don't use any generated types to help us.
+            let decoded_ext = ext.decode_call_data_fields_unchecked_as::<Value>()?;
+
+            println!("    #{idx}: {pallet_name}.{call_name}:");
+            println!("      Bytes: {bytes_hex}");
+            println!("      Decoded: {decoded_ext}");
+
+            for evt in events.iter() {
+                println!("      Events:");
+                let evt = evt?;
+                let event_idx = evt.event_index();
+                let pallet_name = evt.pallet_name();
+                let event_name = evt.event_name();
+                let event_values = evt.decode_fields_unchecked_as::<Value>()?;
+
+                println!("        #{event_idx}: {pallet_name}.{event_name}");
+                println!("          {event_values}");
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    Ok(())
+}