Add subxt_signer crate for native & WASM compatible signing (#1016)

* Add and use subxt-signer crate for WASM compatible signing

* cargo fmt

* dev keypairs already references

* WIP fix various breakages

* re-jig features to be simpler and various test fixes etc

* doc and web fix

* fix various bits and pieces

* fix a test I broke

* dev-deps can't be linked to in docs, hrmph

* cargo fmt

* another doc link

* document the subxt_signer crate more thoroughly

* move feature flag for consistency

* more docs, no default subxt feature flag on signer, update release instrs

* Add missing license header

* unwrap_inner => into_inner

* extend a test a little to better check derive junctions

* note more clearly that the crypto bits come from sp_core::crypto

subxt/examples/runtime_apis_dynamic.rs

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-use sp_keyring::AccountKeyring;
 use subxt::dynamic::Value;
 use subxt::{config::PolkadotConfig, OnlineClient};
+use subxt_signer::sr25519::dev;
 
 #[subxt::subxt(runtime_metadata_path = "../artifacts/polkadot_metadata_small.scale")]
 pub mod polkadot {}
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ async fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
 
     // Create a dynamically runtime API payload that calls the
     // `AccountNonceApi_account_nonce` function.
-    let account = AccountKeyring::Alice.to_account_id();
+    let account = dev::alice().public_key();
     let runtime_api_call = subxt::dynamic::runtime_api_call(
         "AccountNonceApi",
         "account_nonce",

subxt/examples/runtime_apis_static.rs

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-use sp_keyring::AccountKeyring;
 use subxt::{config::PolkadotConfig, OnlineClient};
+use subxt_signer::sr25519::dev;
 
 #[subxt::subxt(runtime_metadata_path = "../artifacts/polkadot_metadata_small.scale")]
 pub mod polkadot {}
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ async fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
 
     // Create a runtime API payload that calls into
     // `AccountNonceApi_account_nonce` function.
-    let account = AccountKeyring::Alice.to_account_id().into();
+    let account = dev::alice().public_key().into();
     let runtime_api_call = polkadot::apis().account_nonce_api().account_nonce(account);
 
     // Submit the call and get back a result.

subxt/examples/storage_fetch.rs

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-use sp_keyring::AccountKeyring;
 use subxt::{OnlineClient, PolkadotConfig};
+use subxt_signer::sr25519::dev;
 
 // Generate an interface that we can use from the node's metadata.
 #[subxt::subxt(runtime_metadata_path = "../artifacts/polkadot_metadata_small.scale")]
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ async fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
     let api = OnlineClient::<PolkadotConfig>::new().await?;
 
     // Build a storage query to access account information.
-    let account = AccountKeyring::Alice.to_account_id().into();
+    let account = dev::alice().public_key().into();
     let storage_query = polkadot::storage().system().account(&account);
 
     // Use that query to `fetch` a result. This returns an `Option<_>`, which will be

subxt/examples/storage_fetch_dynamic.rs

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-use sp_keyring::AccountKeyring;
 use subxt::dynamic::{At, Value};
 use subxt::{OnlineClient, PolkadotConfig};
+use subxt_signer::sr25519::dev;
 
 #[tokio::main]
 async fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ async fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
     let api = OnlineClient::<PolkadotConfig>::new().await?;
 
     // Build a dynamic storage query to access account information.
-    let account = AccountKeyring::Alice.to_account_id();
+    let account = dev::alice().public_key();
     let storage_query =
         subxt::dynamic::storage("System", "Account", vec![Value::from_bytes(account)]);
 

subxt/examples/tx_basic.rs

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-use sp_keyring::AccountKeyring;
-use subxt::{tx::PairSigner, OnlineClient, PolkadotConfig};
+use subxt::{OnlineClient, PolkadotConfig};
+use subxt_signer::sr25519::dev;
 
 // Generate an interface that we can use from the node's metadata.
 #[subxt::subxt(runtime_metadata_path = "../artifacts/polkadot_metadata_small.scale")]
@@ -11,12 +11,12 @@ async fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
     let api = OnlineClient::<PolkadotConfig>::new().await?;
 
     // Build a balance transfer extrinsic.
-    let dest = AccountKeyring::Bob.to_account_id().into();
+    let dest = dev::bob().public_key().into();
     let balance_transfer_tx = polkadot::tx().balances().transfer(dest, 10_000);
 
     // Submit the balance transfer extrinsic from Alice, and wait for it to be successful
     // and in a finalized block. We get back the extrinsic events if all is well.
-    let from = PairSigner::new(AccountKeyring::Alice.pair());
+    let from = dev::alice();
     let events = api
         .tx()
         .sign_and_submit_then_watch_default(&balance_transfer_tx, &from)

subxt/examples/tx_status_stream.rs

@@ -1,9 +1,6 @@
 use futures::StreamExt;
-use sp_keyring::AccountKeyring;
-use subxt::{
-    tx::{PairSigner, TxStatus},
-    OnlineClient, PolkadotConfig,
-};
+use subxt::{tx::TxStatus, OnlineClient, PolkadotConfig};
+use subxt_signer::sr25519::dev;
 
 // Generate an interface that we can use from the node's metadata.
 #[subxt::subxt(runtime_metadata_path = "../artifacts/polkadot_metadata_small.scale")]
@@ -15,15 +12,15 @@ async fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
     let api = OnlineClient::<PolkadotConfig>::new().await?;
 
     // Build a balance transfer extrinsic.
-    let dest = AccountKeyring::Bob.to_account_id().into();
+    let dest = dev::bob().public_key().into();
     let balance_transfer_tx = polkadot::tx().balances().transfer(dest, 10_000);
 
     // Submit the balance transfer extrinsic from Alice, and then monitor the
     // progress of it.
-    let signer = PairSigner::new(AccountKeyring::Alice.pair());
+    let from = dev::alice();
     let mut balance_transfer_progress = api
         .tx()
-        .sign_and_submit_then_watch_default(&balance_transfer_tx, &signer)
+        .sign_and_submit_then_watch_default(&balance_transfer_tx, &from)
         .await?;
 
     while let Some(status) = balance_transfer_progress.next().await {

subxt/examples/tx_with_params.rs

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-use sp_keyring::AccountKeyring;
 use subxt::config::polkadot::{Era, PlainTip, PolkadotExtrinsicParamsBuilder as Params};
-use subxt::{tx::PairSigner, OnlineClient, PolkadotConfig};
+use subxt::{OnlineClient, PolkadotConfig};
+use subxt_signer::sr25519::dev;
 
 #[subxt::subxt(runtime_metadata_path = "../artifacts/polkadot_metadata_small.scale")]
 pub mod polkadot {}
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ async fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
     let api = OnlineClient::<PolkadotConfig>::new().await?;
 
     // Build a balance transfer extrinsic.
-    let dest = AccountKeyring::Bob.to_account_id().into();
+    let dest = dev::bob().public_key().into();
     let tx = polkadot::tx().balances().transfer(dest, 10_000);
 
     // Configure the transaction parameters; for Polkadot the tip and era:
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ async fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
         .era(Era::Immortal, api.genesis_hash());
 
     // submit the transaction:
-    let from = PairSigner::new(AccountKeyring::Alice.pair());
+    let from = dev::alice();
     let hash = api.tx().sign_and_submit(&tx, &from, tx_params).await?;
     println!("Balance transfer extrinsic submitted with hash : {hash}");