Original motivation, requirements and general solution strategy are described in the issue #895.
This extension allows a websocket client to subscribe to various events and receive them as JSON-RPC notifications from the server.
Currently supported events:
-
new block added
Contents: block. Filters: primary ID, since/till block indexes.
-
new transaction in the block
Contents: transaction. Filters: sender and signer.
-
notification generated during execution
Contents: container hash, contract hash, notification name, stack item. Filters: contract hash, notification name.
-
transaction/persisting script executed
Contents: application execution result. Filters: VM state, script container hash.
-
new/removed P2P notary request (if
P2PSigExtensionsare enabled)Contents: P2P notary request. Filters: request sender and main tx signer.
Filters use conjunctional logic.
- new block is only announced after its processing is complete and the chain is updated to the new height
- no disk-level persistence guarantees are given
- new in-block transaction is announced after block processing, but before announcing the block itself
- transaction notifications are only announced for successful transactions
- all announcements are being done in the same order they happen on the chain First, OnPersist script execution is announced followed by notifications generated during the script execution. After that transaction execution is announced. It is then followed by notifications generated during this execution. Next, follows the transaction announcement. Transaction announcements are ordered the same way they're in the block. After all in-block transactions announcements PostPersist script execution is announced followed by notifications generated during the script execution. Finally, block announcement is followed.
- unsubscription may not cancel pending, but not yet sent events
To receive events, clients need to subscribe to them first via subscribe
method. Upon successful subscription, clients receive subscription ID for
subsequent management of this subscription. Subscription is only valid for
connection lifetime, no long-term client identification is being made.
Errors are not described down below, but they can be returned as standard JSON-RPC errors (most often caused by invalid parameters).
Parameters: event stream name, stream-specific filter rules hash (can be omitted if empty).
Recognized stream names:
block_addedFilter:primaryas an integer with primary (speaker) node index from ConsensusData and/orsincefield as an integer value with block index starting from which new block notifications will be received and/ortillfield as an integer values containing block index till which new block notifications will be received.transaction_addedFilter:senderfield containing a string with hex-encoded Uint160 (LE representation) for transaction'sSenderand/orsignerin the same format for one of transaction'sSigners.notification_from_executionFilter:contractfield containing a string with hex-encoded Uint160 (LE representation) and/ornamefield containing a string with execution notification name.transaction_executedFilter:statefield containingHALTorFAULTstring for successful and failed executions respectively and/orcontainerfield containing script container (block/transaction) hash.notary_request_eventFilter:senderfield containing a string with hex-encoded Uint160 (LE representation) for notary request'sSenderand/orsignerin the same format for one of main transaction'sSigners.
Response: returns subscription ID (string) as a result. This ID can be used to cancel this subscription and has no meaning other than that.
Example request (subscribe to notifications from contract 0x6293a440ed80a427038e175a507d3def1e04fb67 generated when executing transactions):
{
"jsonrpc": "2.0",
"method": "subscribe",
"params": ["notification_from_execution", {"contract": "6293a440ed80a427038e175a507d3def1e04fb67"}],
"id": 1
}
Example response:
{
"jsonrpc": "2.0",
"id": 1,
"result": "55aaff00"
}
Parameters: subscription ID as a string.
Response: boolean true.
Example request (unsubscribe from "55aaff00"):
{
"jsonrpc": "2.0",
"method": "unsubscribe",
"params": ["55aaff00"],
"id": 1
}
Example response:
{
"jsonrpc": "2.0",
"id": 1,
"result": true
}
Events are sent as JSON-RPC notifications from the server with method field
being used for notification names. Notification names are identical to stream
names described for subscribe method with one important addition for
event_missed, which can be sent for any subscription to signify that some
events have not been delivered (usually when a client is unable to keep up with
the event flow).
Verbose responses for various structures like blocks and transactions are used to simplify working with notifications on the client side. Returned structures mostly follow the one used by standard Neo RPC calls but may have some minor differences.
If a server-side event matches several subscriptions from one client, it's only sent once.
The first parameter (params section) contains a block converted to a JSON
structure, which is similar to a verbose getblock response but with the
following differences:
- it doesn't have
sizefield (you can calculate it client-side) - it doesn't have
nextblockhashfield (it's supposed to be the latest one anyway) - it doesn't have
confirmationsfield (see previous)
No other parameters are sent.
Example:
{
"params" : [
{
"index" : 207,
"time" : 1590006200,
"nextconsensus" : "AXSvJVzydxXuL9da4GVwK25zdesCrVKkHL",
"consensusdata" : {
"primary" : 0,
"nonce" : "0000000000000457"
},
"previousblockhash" : "0x04f7580b111ec75f0ce68d3a9fd70a0544b4521b4a98541694d8575c548b759e",
"witnesses" : [
{
"invocation" : "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",
"verification" : "130c2102103a7f7dd016558597f7960d27c516a4394fd968b9e65155eb4b013e4040406e0c2102a7bc55fe8684e0119768d104ba30795bdcc86619e864add26156723ed185cd620c2102b3622bf4017bdfe317c58aed5f4c753f206b7db896046fa7d774bbc4bf7f8dc20c2103d90c07df63e690ce77912e10ab51acc944b66860237b608c4f8f8309e71ee699140b413073b3bb"
}
],
"version" : 0,
"hash" : "0x239fea00c54c2f6812612874183b72bef4473fcdf68bf8da08d74fd5b6cab030",
"tx" : [
{
"txid" : "0xf736cd91ab84062a21a09b424346b241987f6245ffe8c2b2db39d595c3c222f7",
"witnesses" : [
{
"verification" : "0c2102b3622bf4017bdfe317c58aed5f4c753f206b7db896046fa7d774bbc4bf7f8dc20b410a906ad4",
"invocation" : "0c4016e7a112742409cdfaad89dcdbcb52c94c5c1a69dfe5d8b999649eaaa787e31ca496d1734d6ea606c749ad36e9a88892240ae59e0efa7f544e0692124898d512"
}
],
"vout" : [],
"cosigners" : [],
"validuntilblock" : 1200,
"nonce" : 8,
"netfee" : "0.0030421",
"sender" : "ALHF9wsXZVEuCGgmDA6ZNsCLtrb4A1g4yG",
"sysfee" : "0",
"type" : "InvocationTransaction",
"attributes" : [],
"version" : 1,
"vin" : [],
"size" : 204,
"script" : "10c00c04696e69740c14769162241eedf97c2481652adf1ba0f5bf57431b41627d5b52"
},
{
"script" : "01e8030c14316e851039019d39dfc2c37d6c3fee19fd5809870c14769162241eedf97c2481652adf1ba0f5bf57431b13c00c087472616e736665720c14769162241eedf97c2481652adf1ba0f5bf57431b41627d5b5238",
"size" : 277,
"attributes" : [],
"version" : 1,
"vin" : [],
"netfee" : "0.0037721",
"sender" : "ALHF9wsXZVEuCGgmDA6ZNsCLtrb4A1g4yG",
"sysfee" : "0",
"type" : "InvocationTransaction",
"nonce" : 9,
"signers" : [
{
"scopes" : 1,
"account" : "0x870958fd19ee3f6c7dc3c2df399d013910856e31"
}
],
"validuntilblock" : 1200,
"witnesses" : [
{
"invocation" : "0c4027727296b84853c5d9e07fb8a40e885246ae25641383b16eefbe92027ecb1635b794aacf6bbfc3e828c73829b14791c483d19eb758b57638e3191393dbf2d288",
"verification" : "0c2102b3622bf4017bdfe317c58aed5f4c753f206b7db896046fa7d774bbc4bf7f8dc20b410a906ad4"
}
],
"vout" : [],
"txid" : "0xe1cd5e57e721d2a2e05fb1f08721b12057b25ab1dd7fd0f33ee1639932fdfad7"
}
],
"merkleroot" : "0xb2c7230ebee4cb83bc03afadbba413e6bca8fcdeaf9c077bea060918da0e52a1"
}
],
"jsonrpc" : "2.0",
"method" : "block_added"
}
The first parameter (params section) contains a transaction converted to
JSON, which is similar to a verbose getrawtransaction response, but with the
following differences:
- block's metadata is missing (
blockhash,confirmations,blocktime)
No other parameters are sent.
Example:
{
"method" : "transaction_added",
"params" : [
{
"validuntilblock" : 1200,
"version" : 1,
"txid" : "0xe1cd5e57e721d2a2e05fb1f08721b12057b25ab1dd7fd0f33ee1639932fdfad7",
"witnesses" : [
{
"invocation" : "0c4027727296b84853c5d9e07fb8a40e885246ae25641383b16eefbe92027ecb1635b794aacf6bbfc3e828c73829b14791c483d19eb758b57638e3191393dbf2d288",
"verification" : "0c2102b3622bf4017bdfe317c58aed5f4c753f206b7db896046fa7d774bbc4bf7f8dc20b410a906ad4"
}
],
"sysfee" : "0",
"sender" : "ALHF9wsXZVEuCGgmDA6ZNsCLtrb4A1g4yG",
"vout" : [],
"netfee" : "0.0037721",
"size" : 277,
"attributes" : [],
"script" : "01e8030c14316e851039019d39dfc2c37d6c3fee19fd5809870c14769162241eedf97c2481652adf1ba0f5bf57431b13c00c087472616e736665720c14769162241eedf97c2481652adf1ba0f5bf57431b41627d5b5238",
"nonce" : 9,
"vin" : [],
"type" : "InvocationTransaction",
"signers" : [
{
"account" : "0x870958fd19ee3f6c7dc3c2df399d013910856e31",
"scopes" : 1
}
]
}
],
"jsonrpc" : "2.0"
}
Contains four parameters: container hash (block's or transaction's hex-encoded LE
Uint256 hash in a string), contract hash (hex-encoded LE Uint160 in a string),
notification name and stack item (encoded the same way as state field contents
for notifications from getapplicationlog response).
Example:
{
"jsonrpc" : "2.0",
"method" : "notification_from_execution",
"params" : [
{
"state" : {
"value" : [
{
"value" : "636f6e74726163742063616c6c",
"type" : "ByteString"
},
{
"value" : "7472616e73666572",
"type" : "ByteString"
},
{
"value" : [
{
"value" : "769162241eedf97c2481652adf1ba0f5bf57431b",
"type" : "ByteString"
},
{
"value" : "316e851039019d39dfc2c37d6c3fee19fd580987",
"type" : "ByteString"
},
{
"value" : "1000",
"type" : "Integer"
}
],
"type" : "Array"
}
],
"type" : "Array"
},
"contract" : "0x1b4357bff5a01bdf2a6581247cf9ed1e24629176",
"name" : "transfer",
"container" : "0xe1cd5e57e721d2a2e05fb1f08721b12057b25ab1dd7fd0f33ee1639932fdfad7",
}
]
}
It contains the same result as from getapplicationlog method in the first
parameter and no other parameters. The difference from getapplicationlog is
that it has block's or transaction's hex-encoded LE Uint256 hash in the container
field instead of two separate txid and blockhash fields and a single execution
instead of an executions array.
Example:
{
"method" : "transaction_executed",
"params" : [
{
"container" : "0xe1cd5e57e721d2a2e05fb1f08721b12057b25ab1dd7fd0f33ee1639932fdfad7",
"trigger" : "Application",
"gasconsumed" : "2.291",
"stack" : [],
"notifications" : [
{
"state" : {
"type" : "Array",
"value" : [
{
"value" : "636f6e74726163742063616c6c",
"type" : "ByteString"
},
{
"type" : "ByteString",
"value" : "7472616e73666572"
},
{
"value" : [
{
"value" : "769162241eedf97c2481652adf1ba0f5bf57431b",
"type" : "ByteString"
},
{
"type" : "ByteString",
"value" : "316e851039019d39dfc2c37d6c3fee19fd580987"
},
{
"value" : "1000",
"type" : "Integer"
}
],
"type" : "Array"
}
]
},
"contract" : "0x1b4357bff5a01bdf2a6581247cf9ed1e24629176"
},
{
"contract" : "0x1b4357bff5a01bdf2a6581247cf9ed1e24629176",
"state" : {
"value" : [
{
"value" : "7472616e73666572",
"type" : "ByteString"
},
{
"value" : "769162241eedf97c2481652adf1ba0f5bf57431b",
"type" : "ByteString"
},
{
"value" : "316e851039019d39dfc2c37d6c3fee19fd580987",
"type" : "ByteString"
},
{
"value" : "1000",
"type" : "Integer"
}
],
"type" : "Array"
}
}
],
"vmstate" : "HALT"
}
],
"jsonrpc" : "2.0"
}
It contains two parameters: event type, which could be one of "added" or "removed", and added (or removed) notary request.
Example:
{
"jsonrpc" : "2.0",
"method" : "notary_request_event",
"params" : [
{
"notaryrequest" : {
"Witness" : {
"verification" : "DCECs2Ir9AF73+MXxYrtX0x1PyBrfbiWBG+n13S7xL9/jcJBVuezJw==",
"invocation" : "DECWLkFhNqBMCewLxjAWiXXA1YE/GmX6EWmIRM17F9lwwpXyWtzp+hkxvJNWHpDlslDvpXizGiB/YBd05kadXlSv"
},
"fallbacktx" : {
"validuntilblock" : 115,
"attributes" : [
{
"type" : "NotValidBefore",
"height" : 65
},
{
"type" : "Conflicts",
"hash" : "0x03c564ed28ba3d50beb1a52dcb751b929e1d747281566bd510363470be186bc0"
},
{
"type" : "NotaryAssisted",
"nkeys" : 0
}
],
"sender" : "NRNp25VPHahL3umVxBcMLuEENGZR9cHxtc",
"size" : 291,
"netfee" : "200000000",
"witnesses" : [
{
"invocation" : "DEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA",
"verification" : ""
},
{
"invocation" : "DEBnVePpwnsM54K72RmxZR8cWTGxQveJ1cAdd3/zQUh6KVDnj+G5F8AI6gYlbnEK5qJwP40WfGWlmy3A8mYHGVLm",
"verification" : "DCECs2Ir9AF73+MXxYrtX0x1PyBrfbiWBG+n13S7xL9/jcJBVuezJw=="
}
],
"nonce" : 0,
"sysfee" : "0",
"signers" : [
{
"scopes" : "None",
"account" : "0xc1e14f19c3e60d0b9244d06dd7ba9b113135ec3b"
},
{
"account" : "0xb248508f4ef7088e10c48f14d04be3272ca29eee",
"scopes" : "None"
}
],
"version" : 0,
"hash" : "0x5eb5f89d04648d43ba7563130e8bfd1710392ab97cba8e35857aed4206db3643",
"script" : "QA=="
},
"maintx" : {
"sender" : "Nhfg3TbpwogLvDGVvAvqyThbsHgoSUKwtn",
"attributes" : [
{
"nkeys" : 1,
"type" : "NotaryAssisted"
}
],
"validuntilblock" : 115,
"witnesses" : [
{
"invocation" : "AQQH",
"verification" : "AwYJ"
}
],
"netfee" : "0",
"size" : 62,
"version" : 0,
"signers" : [
{
"scopes" : "None",
"account" : "0xb248508f4ef7088e10c48f14d04be3272ca29eee"
}
],
"sysfee" : "0",
"nonce" : 1,
"script" : "QA==",
"hash" : "0x03c564ed28ba3d50beb1a52dcb751b929e1d747281566bd510363470be186bc0"
}
},
"type" : "added"
}
]
}
Never has any parameters. Example:
{
"jsonrpc": "2.0",
"method": "event_missed",
"params": []
}