James Wilson 8203679cbd Merge v0.50.x to master (#2127)
* v0.50.0: Integrate frame-decode, redo storage APIs and break up Error. (#2100)

* WIP integrating new frame-decode and working out new storage APIS

* WIP: first pass adding new storage things to subxt-core

* Second pass over Address type and start impl in Subxt

* WIP new storage APIs

* WIP New storage APIs roughly completed, lots of errors still

* Remove PlainorMap enum; plain and map values now use same struct to simplify usage

* Begin 'fixing' errors

* WIP splitting errors and tidying payload/address traits

* Get subxt-core compiling

* Small fixes in subxt-core and remove metadata mod

* subxt-core: cargo check --all-targets passes

* Fix test

* WIP starting to update subxt from subxt-core changes

* WIP splitting up subxt errors into smaller variants

* WIP errors: add DispatchError errors

* Port new Storage APIs to subxt-core

* cargo check -p subxt passes

* Quick-fix errors in subxt-cli (explore subcommand)

* fmt

* Finish fixing codegen up and start fixing examples

* get Subxt examples compiling and bytes_at for constants

* Add some arcs to limit lifetimes in subxt/subxt-core storage APIs

* A little Arcing to allow more method chaining in Storage APIs, aligning with Subxt

* Update codegen test

* cargo check --all-targets passing

* cargo check --features 'unstable-light-client' passing

* clippy

* Remove unused dep in subxt

* use published frame-decode

* fix wasm-example

* Add new tx extension to fix daily tests

* Remove unused subxt_core::dynamic::DecodedValue type

* Update book to match changes

* Update docs to fix more broken bits

* Add missing docs

* fmt

* allow larger result errs for now

* Add missing alloc imports in subxt-core

* Fix doc tests and fix bug getting constant info

* Fix V14 -> Metadata transform for storage & constants

* Fix parachain example

* Fix FFI example

* BlockLength decodes t ostruct, not u128

* use fetch/iter shorthands rather than entry in most storage tests

* Fix some integration tests

* Fix Runtime codegen tests

* Expose the dynamic custom_value selecter and use in a UI test

* Update codegen metadata

* Tidy CLI storage query and support (str,str) as a storage address

* Add (str,str) as valid constant address too

* Show string tuple in constants example

* Via the magic of traits, avoid needing any clones of queries/addresses and accept references to them

* clippy

* [v0.50] update scale-info-legacy and frame-decode to latest (#2119)

* bump scale-info-legacy and frame-decode to latest

* Remove something we don't need in this PR

* Fully remove unused for now dep

* [v0.50] Convert historic metadata to subxt::Metadata (#2120)

* First pass converting historic metadatas to our subxt::Metadata type

* use published frame-decode

* fmt and rename legacy metadata macro

* Enable legacy feature where needed in subxt_metadata so it compiles on its own

* Use cargo hack more in CI and fix subxt-metadata features

* Add tests for metadata conversion (need to optimise; some too expensive right now

* Address performance and equality issues in metadata conversion testing

* fmt

* fmt all

* clippy

* Fix a doc link

* Test codegen and fixes to make it work

* Remove local frame-decode patch

* bump frame-decode to latest

* [v0.50.0] Allow visiting extrinsic fields in subxt_historic (#2124)

* Allow visiting extrinsic fields

* fmt

* Don't use local scale-decode dep

* Clippy and tidy

* Extend 'subxt codegen' CLI to work with legacy metadatas

* Simplify historic extrinsics example now that AccountId32s have paths/names

* clippy

* clippy

* clippy..

* Allow visiting storage values, too, and clean up extrinsic visiting a little by narrowing lifetime

* Try to fix flaky test

* Add custom value decode to extrinsics example

* Remove useless else branch ra thought I needed

* Simplify examples

* Prep to release v0.0.5 (#2126)
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subxt · build Latest Version Documentation

Subxt is a library for interacting with Substrate based nodes in Rust and WebAssembly. It can:

  • Submit Extrinsics (this is where the name comes from).
  • Subscribe to blocks, reading the extrinsics and associated events from them.
  • Read and iterate over storage values.
  • Read constants and custom values from the metadata.
  • Call runtime APIs, returning the results.
  • Do all of the above via a safe, statically typed interface or via a dynamic one when you need the flexibility.
  • Compile to WASM and run entirely in the browser.
  • Do a bunch of things in a #[no_std] environment via the subxt-core crate.
  • Use a built-in light client (smoldot) to interact with chains.

Usage

Take a look in the examples folder or the examples folder for various smaller or larger subxt usage examples, or read the guide to learn more.

Downloading metadata from a Substrate node

Use the subxt-cli tool to download the metadata for your target runtime from a node.

  1. Install:
cargo install subxt-cli
  1. Save the encoded metadata to a file:
subxt metadata -f bytes > metadata.scale

This defaults to querying the metadata of a locally running node on the default http://localhost:9933/. If querying a different node then the metadata command accepts a --url argument.

Subxt Documentation

For more details regarding utilizing subxt, please visit the documentation.

Integration Testing

Most tests require a running substrate node to communicate with. This is done by spawning an instance of the substrate node per test. It requires an up-to-date substrate executable on your path.

This can be installed from source via cargo:

cargo install --git https://github.com/paritytech/polkadot-sdk staging-node-cli --force

Real world usage

Please add your project to this list via a PR.

  • cargo-contract CLI for interacting with Wasm smart contracts.
  • xcm-cli CLI for submitting XCM messages.
  • phala-pherry The relayer between Phala blockchain and the off-chain Secure workers.
  • crunch CLI to claim staking rewards in batch every Era or X hours for substrate-based chains.
  • interbtc-clients Client implementations for the interBTC parachain; notably the Vault / Relayer and Oracle.
  • tidext Tidechain client with Stronghold signer.
  • staking-miner-v2 Submit NPos election solutions and get rewards.
  • polkadot-introspector Tools for monitoring Polkadot nodes.
  • ink! Smart contract language that uses subxt for allowing developers to conduct End-to-End testing of their contracts.
  • Chainflip A decentralised exchange for native cross-chain swaps.
  • Hyperbridge A hyperscalable coprocessor for verifiable cross-chain interoperability.
  • pop CLI The all-in-one tool for Polkadot development.

Alternatives

substrate-api-client provides similar functionality.

License

The entire code within this repository is dual licensed under the GPL-3.0 or Apache-2.0 licenses. See the LICENSE file for more details.

Please contact us if you have questions about the licensing of our products.

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