@solana/rpc-spec

This package contains types that describe the implementation of the JSON RPC API, as well as methods to create one. It can be used standalone, but it is also exported as part of the Solana JavaScript SDK @solana/web3.js@rc.

This API is designed to be used as follows:

const rpc =
    // Step 1 - Create an `Rpc` instance. This may be stateful.
    createSolanaRpc(mainnet('https://api.mainnet-beta.solana.com'));
const response = await rpc
    // Step 2 - Call supported methods on it to produce `PendingRpcRequest` objects.
    .getLatestBlockhash({ commitment: 'confirmed' })
    // Step 3 - Call the `send()` method on those pending requests to trigger them.
    .send({ abortSignal: AbortSignal.timeout(10_000) });

Types

PendingRpcRequest<TResponse>

Pending requests are the result of calling a supported method on on Rpc object. They encapsulate all of the information necessary to make the request without actually making it.

Calling the send(options) method on a PendingRpcRequest will trigger the request and return a promise for TResponse.

Rpc<TRpcMethods, TRpcTransport>

An object that exposes all of the functions described by TRpcMethods, and fulfils them using TRpcTransport. Calling each method returns a PendingRpcRequest<TResponse> where TResponse is that method's response type.

RpcApi<TRpcMethods>

For each of TRpcMethods this object exposes a method with the same name that maps between its input arguments and a RpcRequest<TResponse> that describes how to prepare a JSON RPC request to fetch TResponse.

RpcApiMethods

This is a marker interface that all RPC method definitions must extend to be accepted for use with the RpcApi creator.

RpcRequest

This type describes how a particular request should be issued to the JSON RPC server. Given a function that was called on a Rpc, this object gives you the opportunity to:

• customize the JSON RPC method name in the case that it's different than the name of that function
• define the shape of the JSON RPC params in case they are different than the arguments provided to that function
• provide a function to transform the JSON RPC server's response, in case it does not match the TResponse specified by the PendingRpcRequest<TResponse> returned from that function.

RpcSendOptions

A configuration object consisting of the following properties:

• abortSignal: An optional signal that you can supply when triggering a PendingRpcRequest that you might later need to abort.

RpcTransport

Any function that implements this interface can act as a transport for an Rpc. It need only return a promise for a response given the following config:

• payload: A value of arbitrary type to be sent.
• signal: An optional AbortSignal on which the 'abort' event will be fired if the request should be cancelled.

Functions

createRpc(config)

Creates an RPC instance given an RpcApi<TRpcMethods> and a RpcTransport capable of fulfilling them.

Arguments

A config object with the following properties:

• api: An instance of RpcApi
• transport: A function that implements the RpcTransport interface

createRpcApi(config)

Creates a JavaScript proxy that converts any function call called on it to a RpcRequest by:

• setting methodName to the name of the function called
• setting params to the arguments supplied to that function, optionally transformed by config.parametersTransformer
• setting responseTransformer to config.responseTransformer or the identity function if no such config exists

// For example, given this `RpcApi`:
const rpcApi = createRpcApi({
    paramsTransformer: (...rawParams) => rawParams.reverse(),
    responseTransformer: response => response.result,
});

// ...the following function call:
rpcApi.foo('bar', { baz: 'bat' });

// ...will produce the following `RpcRequest` object:
//
//     {
//         methodName: 'foo',
//         params: [{ baz: 'bat' }, 'bar'],
//         responseTransformer: (response) => response.result,
//     }

Arguments

A config object with the following properties:

• parametersTransformer<T>(params: T, methodName): unknown: An optional function that maps between the shape of the arguments an RPC method was called with and the shape of the params expected by the JSON RPC server.
• responseTransformer<T>(response, methodName): T: An optional function that maps between the shape of the JSON RPC server response for a given method and the shape of the response expected by the RpcApi.