Mempool SDK
Access Blocknative notification messages in Javascript with our simple web socket library
Open source GitHub repo: https://github.com/blocknative/sdk
The SDK uses our API, which has rate limits. Please see Rate Limits for more details.
As Blocknative community members create SDKs in additional languages, we list them here. We greatly appreciate community member contributions. Golang: https://github.com/bonedaddy/go-blocknative
These SDKs are not supported directly by Blocknative.
Quickstart
It should take less than 5 minutes to get going with the SDK.
Create a Blocknative Account
Go to the Account page at https://explorer.blocknative.com/account and setup an account with an email address. You will receive an email to confirm your account.
You can read the Getting Started guide on the API Docs to get more information on how to set up an API Key for your purpose. API keys segment analytics data. Consider using different API keys for development, staging, and production releases.
Install the library using npm
Initialize the Library
Track transactions
Send a transaction using web3.js and get the transaction hash while its processing. Let the SDK know the hash and it will track its progress through the mempool and into a block.
And you are live!
Screencasts
See how to get started with the SDK in this screencast:
Initialization Options
The following options object needs to be passed when initializing and connecting
dappId
- [OPTIONAL]
dappId
- [OPTIONAL]Your unique API key that identifies your application. You can generate a dappId
by visiting the Blocknative account page and creating a free account. It is generally required, but is optional in the case of using the apiUrl
parameter to pass the API key in as a query parameter.
system
- [OPTIONAL]
system
- [OPTIONAL]The system that you would like to monitor transactions on. Currentlyethereum
is supported. Defaults to ethereum
if no value is passed in.
networkId
- [REQUIRED]
networkId
- [REQUIRED]Valid Ethereum and EVM compatible network ids (use ethereum
for system
):
1
Main Network11155111
Sepolia Test Network100
xDai POA Network137
Polygon Matic Mainnet Network80001
Polygon Matic Mumbai Test Network
transactionHandlers
- [OPTIONAL]
transactionHandlers
- [OPTIONAL]An array of functions that will each be called once for every status update for every transaction that is associated with this connection on a watched address or a watched transaction.
See the Transaction Object section for more info on what is included in the transaction
parameter.
ws
- [OPTIONAL]
ws
- [OPTIONAL]If you are running the sdk
in a server environment, there won't be a native WebSocket instance available for the sdk
to use, so you will need to pass one in. You can use any WebSocket library that you prefer as long as it correctly implements the WebSocket specifications. We recommend ws.
name
- [OPTIONAL]
name
- [OPTIONAL]If you are running multiple instances of the sdk
on the same client, passing in a name property allows the sdk
to properly manage persistent state.
onopen
- [OPTIONAL]
onopen
- [OPTIONAL]A function that is called once the WebSocket has successfully connected to the Blocknative backend infrastructure.
onerror
- [OPTIONAL]
onerror
- [OPTIONAL]A function that is called for every error that happens within the SDK including WebSocket connection errors. The function is called with an error object with the following parameters:
message
: String
- The error message, describing what went wrong
error
: ErrorObject
- An error object if ine exist (for instance a WebSocket error)
transaction
: String
- The hash
or txid
passed to the call to transaction
that caused the error
account
: String
- The address
passed to the call to account
that caused the error
If this function is not passed in then error will be thrown.
ondown
- [OPTIONAL]
ondown
- [OPTIONAL]A function that is called when the WebSocket connection has dropped. The SDK will automatically reconnect.
onreopen
- [OPTIONAL]
onreopen
- [OPTIONAL]A function that is called once the WebSocket has successfully re-connected after dropping.
onclose
- [OPTIONAL]
onclose
- [OPTIONAL]A function that is called when the WebSocket has successfully been destroyed.
apiUrl
- [OPTIONAL]
apiUrl
- [OPTIONAL]An optional (required if no dappId
provided) parameter that allows for the SDK to create a WebSocket connection to a url other than the default Blocknative WebSocket server. This can be useful in the case that you would like to use a WebSocket proxy server rather than including your API key client side.
Initialize and Connect
Import and initialize the SDK with the configuration options described above for client and server environments.
Client/Browser Environment
Server/Node.js Environment
Events
Watch a Transaction
Now that your application is successfully connected via a WebSocket connection to the Blocknative back-end, you can register transactions to watch for updates (notifications). \
Ethereum
Once you have initiated a transaction and have received the transaction hash, you can pass it in to the transaction
function:
The emitter
is used to listen for status updates. See the Emitter Section for details on how to use the emitter
object to handle specific transaction state changes.
The details
object contains the initial transaction details which are useful for internal tracking.
If the library was initialized with transaction handlers, those handlers will also be called on each status change for the watched transaction.
If a transaction is watched that is currently in the txpool or was updated in the last 60 minutes, the SDK will immediately send a notification with the last detected status for that transaction.
If a watched transaction is replaced (status speedup or cancel), the SDK will automatically watch the hash of the replacement transaction for the client and start delivering notifications for it.
Watch an Account Address
You can also register an account address to listen to any incoming and outgoing transactions that occur on that address using the account
method:
Ethereum
This will tell the Blocknative back-end to watch for any transactions that occur involving this address and any updates to the transaction status over time. The return object from successful calls to account
will include an event emitter
that you can use to listen for those events and a details object which includes the address
that is being watched.
Un-watch an Account Address or Transaction Hash
If you no longer want to receive notifications for an account address or transaction hash, you can use the unsubscribe
method:
Log an Event
You may want to log an event that isn't associated with a transaction for analytics purposes. Events are collated and displayed in the developer portal and are segmented by your dappId
. To log an event, simple call event
with a categoryCode
and an eventCode
, both of which can be any String
that you like:
Emitter
The emitter object is returned from calls to account
and transaction
and is used to listen to status updates via callbacks registered for specific event codes.
The first parameter is the eventCode
string of the event that you would like to register a callback for. For a list of the valid event codes, see the event codes section.
The second parameter is the callback that you would like to register to handle that event and will be called with a transaction object that includes all of the relevant details for that transaction. See the Transaction Object section for more info on what is included.
Any data that is returned from the listener callback for transaction
emitters will be included in the object that the global transactionHandlers
are called with under the emitterResult
property.
To prevent memory leaks on long running processes, you can use the off
method on the emitter to remove your callback listener:
Transaction Object
The callback that is registered for events on an emitter or included in the transactionHandlers
array will be called with the following transaction object:
Ethereum
Internal Transactions (Ethereum)
The SDK will send confirmed
notifications when a watchedAddress
is detected in the internal transactions of a contract call. In this case, the confirmed
transaction object will include details of the internal transactions and balance changes resulting from those internal transactions. Fields are not ordered.
Field | Description |
---|---|
| Array of objects containing details of each internal transaction (see below) |
| Object containing details of balance changes for all addresses involved in internal transactions (see below) |
The internalTransactions
array contains details on each internal transaction executed by the contract call of the parent (main) transaction. Fields are not ordered.
Field | Description |
---|---|
| Type of internal transaction (one of |
| Address initiating the internal transaction call (typically the parent (main) transaction's contract address |
| Address the internal transaction is calling or sending value to |
| Data sent to internal transaction. For value transfers from external account initiating parent (main) transaction to another external account, this field contains |
| Maximum amount of gas available to the internal transaction |
| Amount of gas actually used executing the internal transaction |
| Amount of ETH transferred directly to |
| Optional. A series of keys and values specific to the contract method . This object is present only if the contract method call includes parameters and Blocknative decodes the internal transaction contract call (e.g. an ERC20 transfer). For details see decoded contract payload above.
NOTE: If the Internal transaction is an ERC20 |
The netBalanceChanges
object contains details of all the balance changes resulting from the internal transactions details in the internalTransactions
array.
Field | Description |
---|---|
| Address involved in internal transaction. Each address contains an array of balances changes, one for each |
| Details of the asset being transferred. Contains |
| Amount of value transfer (balance change) in wei to the |
| The type of asset transferred (e.g. "ether") |
| The symbol of the asset transferred. "ETH" or appropriate ERC20 symbol |
| Array of individual transfers to |
| Address of the other side of the transfer relative to the |
| The amount of asset transferred with this |
Event Codes
The following is a list of event codes that are valid, and the events that they represent:
all
: Will be called for all events that are associated with that emitter. If a more specific listener exists for that event, then that will be called instead. This is useful to catch any remaining events that you haven't specified a handler fortxSent
: Transaction has been sent to the networktxPool
: Transaction was detected in the "pending" area of the mempool and is eligible for inclusion in a blocktxPoolSimulation
: Transaction was detected in the "pending" area of the mempool and is eligible for inclusion in a block and has been simulated against the latest blocktxStuck
: Transaction was detected in the "queued" area of the mempool and is not eligible for inclusion in a blocktxConfirmed
: Transaction has been confirmedtxFailed
: Transaction has failedtxSpeedUp
: A new transaction has been submitted with the same nonce and a higher gas price, replacing the original transactiontxCancel
: A new transaction has been submitted with the same nonce, a higher gas price, a value of zero and sent to an external address (not a contract)txDropped
: Transaction was dropped from the mempool without being added to a block
Filtering and Decoding Ethereum Transactions
You may want to filter events that occur on an Ethereum address and/or have the Blocknative server automatically decode the input data for a particular contract. To do this the configuration
function can be used to send a configuration that will be scoped globally or to a particular address:
There is a limit of 50 configurations per connection / API key. If you need to watch more than 50 addresses and also filter them, it is recommended that you use the blocknative.account
method to subscribe to all of the addresses and then use the blocknative.configuration
method to add a 'global'
scoped filter that will apply to all of those addresses.
Options
scope
- [required]
The scope that the configuration will be applied to. Can be a 'global'
configuration so that you can filter all events for all addresses that you are watching or a valid Ethereum address to scope the configuration to events that occur only on that address.
filters
- [optional]
The filters that you would like applied to events in scope. The Blocknative server uses jsql
a JavaScript query language to filter events. Documentation for how to create filter queries can be found here
abi
- [optional]
A JavaScript ABI (application binary interface) so that the Blocknative server can automatically decode transaction input data
watchAddress - [optional]
If the scope
is an Ethereum address, then watchAddress
can be set to true so that the Blocknative server can automatically watch the address in scope, rather than needing to send an extra call to blocknative.account
scope
establishes the context in which a filter is applied. The global
scope applies the filter to all transactions/addresses watched. Therefore a global
scope only supports generic transaction elements. A scope
set to an address can include filters, such as methodName,
that are specific to the contract at that address. Similarly, the abi
field only works for a contract specific scope
.
Simulation Platform over WebSockets
Simulation platform provides visibility into the effects of internal transactions. It notably highlights netBalanceChanges
of the contract calls a pending transaction is making, based on the most current state of the chain. Check the Simulation Platform docs for detailed information.
The SDK exposes a multiSim
method that can be used to simulate transactions over a current WebSocket connection. The multiSim
method takes an array of transaction objects (can be an array of 1) that you would like to simulate against the next block.
Mempool Explorer Configurations
Export & Import
You can download a Mempool Explorer configuration to be used with the SDK. You can also use your account page to download a configuration that was saved to a specific API key. Once you have the files (configuration.json
, sdk-setup.js
) downloaded, drop them in to your project directory. They can then be imported and setup with the SDK:
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