A Nethermind plugin to index and query Circles protocol events.
If you're just looking for a way to query Circles events, you can check out the query examples:
For a detailed description of the available RPC methods, see the Circles RPC methods section.
The repository contains a docker-compose file to start a Nethermind node with the Circles plugin installed. There are configurations for Gnosis Chain and Chiado.
The quickstart configurations use lighthouse as consensus engine and spin up a postgres database to store the indexed data.
git clone https://github.com/CirclesUBI/circles-nethermind-plugin.git
cd circles-nethermind-plugin
For the use with Gnosis Chain and Chiado, a shared secret is required to authenticate requests between the execution and consensus engine.
# Gnosis Chain
mkdir -p ./.state/jwtsecret-gnosis
openssl rand -hex 32 > ./.state/jwtsecret-gnosis/jwt.hex
# Chiado
mkdir -p ./.state/jwtsecret-chiado
openssl rand -hex 32 > ./.state/jwtsecret-chiado/jwt.hex
Copy the .env.example
file to .env
and adjust the values to your needs.
cp .env.example .env
Choose if your want to run your node on Gnosis Chain or Chiado.
# Gnosis chain
docker compose -f docker-compose.gnosis.yml up -d
# Chiado
docker compose -f docker-compose.chiado.yml up -d
That's it! The node must be fully synced before you can start querying the Circles events. Once synced you can use the node like any other RPC node, but with the added benefit of querying Circles events directly at the same RPC endpoint.
30303/tcp
(nethermind p2p)30303/udp
(nethermind p2p)8545/tcp
(nethermind rpc)5432/tcp
(postgres)9000/tcp
(consensus p2p)9000/udp
(consensus p2p)5054/tcp
(consensus metrics)
./.state
- Directory containing all host mapped docker volumes./.state/consensus-chiado|consensus-chiado
- Lighthouse consensus engine data./.state/nethermind-chiado|nethermind-gnosis
- Nethermind data./.state/postgres-chiado|postgres-gnosis
- Postgres data./.state/jwtsecret-chiado|jwtsecret-gnosis
- Shared secret between execution and consensus engine
The plugin extends the Nethermind JSON-RPC API with additional methods to query Circles events and aggregate values.
You can find concrete examples for all rpc-methods in the v1-example-requests.md and v2-example-requests.md files.
These methods allow you to query the total Circles (v1/v2) holdings of an address.
Signature:
circles_getTotalBalance(address: string, asTimeCircles: bool = false)
.circlesV2_getTotalBalance(address: string, asTimeCircles: bool = false)
.
curl -X POST --data '{
"jsonrpc": "2.0",
"id": 1,
"method": "circles_getTotalBalance",
"params": [
"0xde374ece6fa50e781e81aac78e811b33d16912c7"
]
}' -H "Content-Type: application/json" http://localhost:8545/
This method returns a string formatted BigInteger value. The value is the sum of all Circles holdings of the address.
If asTimeCircles
is set to true
, the value is formatted
as TimeCircles floating point number instead of the raw BigInteger value.
These methods allow you to query all individual Circles (v1/v2) holdings of an address.
Signature:
circles_getTokenBalances(address: string, asTimeCircles: bool = false)
.
curl -X POST --data '{
"jsonrpc": "2.0",
"id": 1,
"method": "circles_getTokenBalances",
"params": [
"0xd68193591d47740e51dfbc410da607a351b56586"
]
}' -H "Content-Type: application/json" http://localhost:8545/
This method returns an array of objects with the following properties:
tokenId
- The address of the token.balance
- The balance of the token.tokenOwner
- The address of the token owner.
If asTimeCircles
is set to true
, the value is formatted
as TimeCircles floating point number instead of the raw BigInteger value.
This method allows you to query Circles events. The method takes a single parameter, which is a JSON object with the following properties:
namespace
- The protocol namespace to query (System, CrcV1 or CrcV2).table
- The table to query (e.g.Signup
,Trust
, etc.).columns
- An array of column names to return or[]
to return all columns of the table.filter
- Filters that can be used e.g. for pagination or to search for specific values.order
- A list of columns to order the results by.distinct
- If set totrue
, only distinct rows are returned.limit
- The maximum number of rows to return (defaults to max. 1000).
NOTE: There is no default order, so make sure to always add sensible order columns.
curl -X POST --data '{
"jsonrpc": "2.0",
"id": 1,
"method": "circles_query",
"params": [
{
"Namespace": "V_Crc",
"Table": "Avatars",
"Limit": 100,
"Columns": [],
"Filter": [],
"Order": [
{
"Column": "blockNumber",
"SortOrder": "DESC"
},
{
"Column": "transactionIndex",
"SortOrder": "DESC"
},
{
"Column": "logIndex",
"SortOrder": "DESC"
}
]
}
]
}' -H "Content-Type: application/json" http://localhost:8545/
The result is a JSON object that resembles a table with rows and columns:
Columns
- An array of column names.Rows
- An array of rows, where each row is an array of values.
Every table has at least the following columns:
blockNumber
- The block number the event was emitted in.timestamp
- The unix timestamp of the event.transactionIndex
- The index of the transaction in the block.logIndex
- The index of the log in the transaction.
Tables for batch events have an additional batchIndex
column.
The items of a batch are treated like individual events that can only be distinguished by the batchIndex
.
Namespaces and tables:
Every table has at least the following columns:
blockNumber
- The block number the event was emitted in.timestamp
- The unix timestamp of the event.transactionIndex
- The index of the transaction in the block.logIndex
- The index of the log in the transaction.transactionHash
- The hash of the transaction.
Tables for batch events have an additional batchIndex
column.
HubTransfer
from
(Address)to
(Address)amount
(BigInteger)
Signup
user
(Address)token
(Address)
OrganizationSignup
organization
(Address)
Trust
canSendTo
(Address)user
(Address)limit
(BigInteger)
Transfer
tokenAddress
(Address)from
(Address)to
(Address)amount
(BigInteger)
PersonalMint
human
(Address)amount
(BigInteger)startPeriod
(BigInteger)endPeriod
(BigInteger)
RegisterGroup
group
(Address)mint
(Address)treasury
(Address)name
(String)symbol
(String)
RegisterHuman
avatar
(Address)
RegisterOrganization
organization
(Address)name
(String)
Stopped
avatar
(Address)
Trust
truster
(Address)trustee
(Address)expiryTime
(BigInteger)
TransferSingle
operator
(Address)from
(Address)to
(Address)id
(BigInteger)value
(BigInteger)
TransferBatch
operator
(Address)from
(Address)to
(Address)id
(BigInteger)value
(BigInteger)
URI
value
(String)id
(BigInteger)
ApprovalForAll
account
(Address)operator
(Address)approved
(Boolean)
Erc20WrapperDeployed
avatar
(Address)erc20Wrapper
(Address)circlesType
(Int64)
Erc20WrapperTransfer
tokenAddress
(Address)from
(Address)to
(Address)amount
(BigInteger)
DepositInflationary
account
(Address)amount
(BigInteger)demurragedAmount
(BigInteger)
WithdrawInflationary
account
(Address)amount
(BigInteger)demurragedAmount
(BigInteger)
DepositDemurraged
account
(Address)amount
(BigInteger)inflationaryAmount
(BigInteger)
WithdrawDemurraged
account
(Address)amount
(BigInteger)inflationaryAmount
(BigInteger)
StreamCompleted
operator
(Address)from
(Address)to
(Address)id
(BigInteger)amount
(BigInteger)
RegisterShortName
avatar
(Address)shortName
(UInt72)nonce
(BigInteger)
UpdateMetadataDigest
avatar
(Address)metadataDigest
(Bytes32)
CidV0
avatar
(Address)cidV0Digest
(Bytes32)
CreateVault
group
(Address)vault
(Address)
CollateralLockedSingle
group
(Address)id
(BigInteger)value
(BigInteger)userData
(Bytes)
CollateralLockedBatch
group
(Address)id
(BigInteger)value
(BigInteger)userData
(Bytes)
GroupRedeem
group
(Address)id
(BigInteger)value
(BigInteger)data
(Bytes)
GroupRedeemCollateralReturn
group
(Address)to
(Address)id
(BigInteger)value
(BigInteger)
GroupRedeemCollateralBurn
group
(Address)id
(BigInteger)value
(BigInteger)
* `Avatars` (view combining `Signup` and `OrganizationSignup`)
* `TrustRelations` (view filtered to represent all current `Trust` relations)
* `V_CrcV2_InviteHuman` (view combining CrcV2_Trust and CrcV2_RegisterHuman)
* `Avatars` (view combining `CrcV2_RegisterHuman`, `V_CrcV2_InviteHuman`, `CrcV2_RegisterGroup` and
`CrcV2_RegisterOrganization`)
* `TrustRelations` (view filtered to represent all current `Trust` relations)
* `Transfers` (view combining `CrcV2_TransferBatch`, `CrcV2_TransferSingle` and `CrcV2_Erc20WrapperTransfer`)
* `GroupMemberships` (view combining `CrcV2_RegisterGroup`, `V_CrcV2_TrustRelations` and `V_CrcV2_Avatars`)
* `Avatars` (view combining `V_CrcV1_Avatars` and `V_CrcV2_Avatars`)
* `TrustRelations` (view combining `V_CrcV1_TrustRelations` and `V_CrcV2_TrustRelations`)
* `Transfers` (view combining `V_CrcV1_Transfer` and `V_CrcV2_Transfers`)
Equals
NotEquals
GreaterThan
GreaterThanOrEquals
LessThan
LessThanOrEquals
Like
NotLike
In
NotIn
You can use the combination of blockNumber
, transactionIndex
and logIndex
(+ batchIndex
in the case of batch events) together with a limit
and order to paginate through the results.
Queries all events that involve a specific address. Can be used to e.g. easily populate a user's transaction history.
Signature: circles_events(address: string, fromBlock: number, toBlock?: number)
.
The fromBlock
and toBlock
parameters can be used to filter the events by block number.
The toBlock
parameter can be set to null
to query all events from fromBlock
to the latest block.
curl -X POST --data '{
"jsonrpc": "2.0",
"id": 1,
"method": "circles_events",
"params": [
"0xde374ece6fa50e781e81aac78e811b33d16912c7",
30282299,
null
]
}' -H "Content-Type: application/json" https://rpc.helsinki.aboutcircles.com/
The response generally contains the following fields:
event
- The name of the event (See Available namespaces, tables and columns for available event types).values
- The values of the event.
The values contain at least the following fields:
blockNumber
- The block number the event was emitted in.timestamp
- The unix timestamp of the event.transactionIndex
- The index of the transaction in the block.logIndex
- The index of the log in the transaction.transactionHash
- The hash of the transaction.
The circles_events
method can be filtered by specifying a filter as the last parameter:
curl -X POST --data '{
"jsonrpc": "2.0",
"id": 1,
"method": "circles_events",
"params": [
null,
0,
null,
[{
"Type": "FilterPredicate",
"FilterType": "In",
"Column": "transactionHash",
"Value": ["0xd1380076b6ad2d1872951da1852c20ed3161e10f237aca27dc531795fa6867e0"]
}]
]
}' -H "Content-Type: application/json" https://rpc.helsinki.aboutcircles.com/
Subscribes to all Circles events. The subscription is a stream of events that are emitted as soon as they've been indexed. Can be filtered to just a specific address.
Signature: eth_subscribe("circles", { address?: string })
.
This call subscribes to all Circles events (firehose):
npx wscat -c wss://rpc.helsinki.aboutcircles.com/ws -x '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"eth_subscribe","params":["circles",{}]}' -w 3600
This call subscribes to all Circles events that involve the address 0xde374ece6fa50e781e81aac78e811b33d16912c7
:
npx wscat -c wss://rpc.helsinki.aboutcircles.com/ws -x '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"eth_subscribe","params":["circles",{"address":"0xde374ece6fa50e781e81aac78e811b33d16912c7"}]}' -w 3600
The emitted events are the same as the objects returned by the circles_events
(circles_events Response)
method.
The plugin parses the log entries of all transaction receipts, filters them and stores them in a database. To do so it needs the following information:
- The event topic
- The address of the contract that emits the event
- A table schema for the database
All the above information are packaged into an own assembly per protocol. It's structured like this:
- [your-protocol].csproj
DatabaseSchema.cs
- Pulls together all information about the indexed events of a protocol.Events.cs
- Contains the DTOs for the events (usually just Records).LogParser.cs
- Extracts events from the transaction receipt logs.
The schema pulls together all information about the indexed events of a protocol. Each event type must have a corresponding table in the database. Tables are grouped into namespaces. In practice, a namespace is just a prefix in front of the table name. Additionally, to the tables the schema contains a mapping of the event DTOs to the tables and a mapping of the event properties to the table columns.
public class DatabaseSchema : IDatabaseSchema
{
public IDictionary<(string Namespace, string Table), EventSchema> Tables { get; }
= new Dictionary<(string Namespace, string Table), EventSchema>();
public IEventDtoTableMap EventDtoTableMap { get; } = new EventDtoTableMap();
public ISchemaPropertyMap SchemaPropertyMap { get; } = new SchemaPropertyMap();
}
The tables are defined as a dictionary with a tuple of the namespace and table name as key and an EventSchema
as
value:
var transfer = new EventSchema(
"CrcV1", // Namespace
"Transfer", // Table
Keccak.Compute("Transfer(address,address,uint256)").BytesToArray(), // Event topic
[ // Columns ..
new ("blockNumber", ValueTypes.Int, true),
new ("timestamp", ValueTypes.Int, true),
new ("transactionIndex", ValueTypes.Int, true),
new ("logIndex", ValueTypes.Int, true),
new ("transactionHash", ValueTypes.String, true),
new ("tokenAddress", ValueTypes.Address, true),
new ("from", ValueTypes.Address, true),
new ("to", ValueTypes.Address, true),
new ("amount", ValueTypes.BigInt, false)
]);
The single fields/columns are defined as follows:
public record EventFieldSchema(string Column, ValueTypes Type, bool IsIndexed, bool IncludeInPrimaryKey = false);
Alternatively, you can create an EventSchema from a solidity event signature:
var signup = EventSchema.FromSolidity("CrcV1",
"event Signup(address indexed user, address indexed token)")
Every protocol implementation has a set of DTOs that represent the events. The EventDtoTableMap
maps these DTOs to
the tables defined in the schema. The mapping is established between the generic type and the namespace and table name.
EventDtoTableMap.Add<Signup>(("CrcV1", "Signup"));
The SchemaPropertyMap
maps the properties of the DTOs to the columns of the tables.
Each column is mapped to a function that extracts the value from the DTO. The function can also return a calculated
value.
SchemaPropertyMap.Add(("CrcV1", "Signup"),
new Dictionary<string, Func<Signup, object?>>
{
{ "blockNumber", e => e.BlockNumber },
{ "timestamp", e => e.Timestamp },
{ "transactionIndex", e => e.TransactionIndex },
{ "logIndex", e => e.LogIndex },
{ "transactionHash", e => e.TransactionHash },
{ "user", e => e.User },
{ "token", e => e.Token }
});
The events file contains the DTOs for the events. Usually, these are just records with the properties of the event.
public record Signup(
long BlockNumber,
long Timestamp,
int TransactionIndex,
int LogIndex,
string TransactionHash,
string User,
string Token) : IIndexEvent;
All DTOs must derive from the IIndexEvent
interface that specifies the basic properties necessary for pagination:
public interface IIndexEvent
{
long BlockNumber { get; }
long Timestamp { get; }
int TransactionIndex { get; }
int LogIndex { get; }
}
The log parser is responsible for extracting the events from the transaction receipt logs. It must implement the
ILogParser
interface.
public class LogParser(Address emitterAddress) : ILogParser {
// Use the topics previously defined in the schema
Hash256 _transferTopic = new(DatabaseSchema.Transfer.Topic)
public IEnumerable<IIndexEvent> ParseLog(Block block, TxReceipt receipt, LogEntry log, int logIndex)
{
List<IIndexEvent> events = new();
if (log.Topics.Length == 0)
{
return events;
}
// Parse the log entry and add the resulting event DTOs to the list
var topic = log.Topics[0];
if (topic == _transferTopic))
{
events.Add(Erc20Transfer(block, receipt, log, logIndex));
}
return events;
}
}
The schema, property map and log parser must be registered in the main plugin file.
On first execution, the plugin will create the necessary tables in the database.
Note: The plugin will not create new tables if the schema changes. You have to manually update the database schema.
// Add your schema to the composite schema:
IDatabaseSchema common = new Common.DatabaseSchema();
IDatabaseSchema v1 = new CirclesV1.DatabaseSchema();
IDatabaseSchema v2 = new CirclesV2.DatabaseSchema();
IDatabaseSchema customprotocol = new CustomProtocol.DatabaseSchema();
// ...
IDatabaseSchema databaseSchema = new CompositeDatabaseSchema([common, v1, v2, customprotocol /*, ...*/]);
// Add your SchemaPropertyMap and EventDtoTableMap to the composite maps to initialize the sink:
Sink sink = new Sink(
database,
new CompositeSchemaPropertyMap([
v1.SchemaPropertyMap, v2.SchemaPropertyMap, v2NameRegistry.SchemaPropertyMap /*, ...*/
]),
new CompositeEventDtoTableMap([
v1.EventDtoTableMap, v2.EventDtoTableMap, v2NameRegistry.EventDtoTableMap /*, ...*/
]),
settings.EventBufferSize);
// Add your log parser to the list of log parsers:
ILogParser[] logParsers =
[
new CirclesV1.LogParser(settings.CirclesV1HubAddress),
new CirclesV2.LogParser(settings.CirclesV2HubAddress),
new CirclesV2.NameRegistry.LogParser(settings.CirclesNameRegistryAddress) //,
// ...
];