Chopsticks

Create parallel reality of your Substrate network.

Quick Start

Fork Acala mainnet: npx @acala-network/chopsticks@latest --endpoint=wss://acala-rpc-2.aca-api.network/ws

It is recommended to use config file. You can check configs for examples.

Run node using config file

# npx @acala-network/chopsticks@latest --config= url | path | config_file_name
# i.e: using configs/acala.yml

npx @acala-network/chopsticks@latest -c acala

Web testing

Run Chopsticks in browser? Now you can turn a mainnet into a devnet and play with it directly in your browser!

An example is available at acalanetwork.github.io/chopsticks, and the corresponding code can be found in web-test.

Environment Variables

• PORT: Set port for Chopsticks to listen on, default is 8000
• LOG_LEVEL: Set log level, default is info. Available options: trace, debug, info, warn, error
• VERBOSE_LOG: If set, do not truncating log messages

Example configs can be found here

• acala
• astar
• basilisk
• composable-polkadot
• hydradx
• interlay
• karura
• kusama
• mandala-genesis
• mandala
• mangata
• moonbase-alpha
• moonbeam
• moonriver
• nodle-eden
• picasso-kusama
• picasso-rococo
• polkadot
• rococo
• shiden
• statemine
• statemint
• tinkernet

Install

Make sure you have setup Rust environment (>= 1.64).

• Clone repository with submodules (smoldot)
  • git clone --recurse-submodules https://github.com/AcalaNetwork/chopsticks.git && cd chopsticks
• Install deps
  • yarn
• Build wasm. Please do not use IDE's built-in tools to build wasm.
  • yarn build-wasm

Run

• Replay latest block
  • npx @acala-network/chopsticks@latest run-block --endpoint=wss://acala-rpc-2.aca-api.network/ws
  • This will replay the last block and print out the changed storages
  • Use option -b|--block to replay certain block hash
  • Use option --output-path=<file_path> to print out JSON file
  • Use option --html to generate storage diff preview (add --open to automatically open file)

Dry-run

• Dry run hep:

npx @acala-network/chopsticks@latest dry-run --help

• Dry run extrinsic, same as run-block, example:

npx @acala-network/chopsticks@latest dry-run --config=configs/mandala.yml --html --open --extrinsic=0x39028400d43593c715fdd31c61141abd04a99fd6822c8558854ccde39a5684e7a56da27d01183abac17ff331f8b65dbeddd27f014dedd892020cfdc6c40b574f6930f8cf391bde95997ae2edc5b1192a4036ea97804956c4b5497175c8d68b630301685889450200000a00008eaf04151687736326c9fea17e25fc5287613693c912909cb226aa4794f26a480284d717

• Dry run call, make sure mock-signature-host: true to fake caller's signature:

npx @acala-network/chopsticks@latest dry-run --config=configs/mandala.yml --html --open --extrinsic=0xff00000080969800 --address=5GrwvaEF5zXb26Fz9rcQpDWS57CtERHpNehXCPcNoHGKutQY --at=<block_hash_optional>

• Dry run a preimage:

npx @acala-network/chopsticks@latest dry-run --endpoint=wss://rpc.polkadot.io --preimage=<preimage> --open

• Dry run a preimage and execute an extrinsic after that:

npx @acala-network/chopsticks@latest dry-run --endpoint=wss://rpc.polkadot.io --preimage=<preimage> --extrinsic=<extrinsic> --open

• Dry run a preimage and execute a call after that, make sure mock-signature-host: true to fake caller's signature:

npx @acala-network/chopsticks@latest dry-run --config=configs/mandala.yml --preimage=<preimage> --extrinsic=<call> --address=<who> --open

• Run a test node

  • npx @acala-network/chopsticks@latest --endpoint=wss://acala-rpc-2.aca-api.network/ws
  • You have a test node running at ws://localhost:8000
  • You can use Polkadot.js Apps to connect to this node
  • Submit any transaction to produce a new block in the in parallel reality
  • (Optional) Pre-define/override storage using option -s|--import-storage=storage.[json/yaml]. See example storage below.

  {
    "Sudo": {
      "Key": "5GrwvaEF5zXb26Fz9rcQpDWS57CtERHpNehXCPcNoHGKutQY"
    },
    "TechnicalCommittee": {
      "Members": ["5GrwvaEF5zXb26Fz9rcQpDWS57CtERHpNehXCPcNoHGKutQY"]
    },
    "Tokens": {
      "Accounts": [
        [
          ["5GrwvaEF5zXb26Fz9rcQpDWS57CtERHpNehXCPcNoHGKutQY", { "token": "KAR" }],
          {
            "free": 1000000000000000,
          }
        ]
      ]
    },
    "Whitelist": {
      "WhitelistedCall": [
        [
          ["0x3146d2141cdb95de80488d6cecbb5d7577dd59069efc366cb1be7fe64f02e62c"],
          "0x" // please use 0x for null values
        ],
      ]
    }
  }

• Run Kusama fork

  • Edit configs/kusama.yml if needed. (e.g. update the block number)
  • npx @acala-network/chopsticks@latest --config=configs/kusama.yml

• Setup XCM multichain NOTE: You can also connect multiple parachains without a relaychain

npx @acala-network/chopsticks@latest xcm -r kusama -p karura -p statemine

Proxy

Chopsticks respect http_proxy and https_proxy environment variables. Export ROARR_LOG=true environment variable to enable log printing to stdout. To learn more, see https://www.npmjs.com/package/global-agent?activeTab=readme

Documentation

External documentation on Chopsticks can be found at the following links:

• Chopsticks types documentation
• Moonbeam documentation site

Plugins

Chopsticks is designed to be extensible. You can write your own plugin to extend Chopsticks' functionality.

There are 2 types of plugins: cli and rpc. cli plugins are used to extend Chopsticks' CLI, while rpc plugins are used to extend Chopsticks' RPC.

To create a new plugin, you could check out the run-block plugin as an example.