Class: Ethereum::IpcClient

Inherits:
Client
  • Object
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Defined in:
lib/ethereumex/ipc_client.rb

Instance Attribute Summary collapse

Instance Method Summary collapse

Constructor Details

#initialize(ipcpath = "#{ENV['HOME']}/.ethereum/geth.ipc", log = false) ⇒ IpcClient

Returns a new instance of IpcClient.



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# File 'lib/ethereumex/ipc_client.rb', line 6

def initialize(ipcpath = "#{ENV['HOME']}/.ethereum/geth.ipc", log = false)
  super(log)
  @ipcpath = ipcpath
end

Instance Attribute Details

#ipcpath ⇒ Object

Returns the value of attribute ipcpath.



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# File 'lib/ethereumex/ipc_client.rb', line 4

def ipcpath
  @ipcpath
end

Instance Method Details

#send_batch(batch) ⇒ Object

TODO: Not sure if multithread safe Note: Guarantees the results are in the same order as defined in batch call. client.batch do client.eth_block_number client.eth_mining end => ["id"=>1, "result"=>"0x26", "id"=>2, "result"=>false]



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# File 'lib/ethereumex/ipc_client.rb', line 26

def send_batch(batch)
  result = send_single(batch.to_json)
  result = JSON.parse(result)

  # Make sure the order is the same as it was when batching calls
  # See 6 Batch here http://www.jsonrpc.org/specification
  return result.sort_by! { |c| c['id'] }
end

#send_single(payload) ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/ethereumex/ipc_client.rb', line 11

def send_single(payload)
  socket = UNIXSocket.new(@ipcpath)
  socket.puts(payload)
  read = socket.gets
  socket.close
  return read
end