Avail Rust

Avail Rust is a Rust library for communicating with Avail networks.

In Action

This example uses the Tokio runtime, but you can use any runtime you like. Your Cargo.toml file could look like this:

[dependencies]
avail-rust-client = { version = "0.4.0-rc.3", default-features = false, features = ["native", "reqwest"] }
tokio = { version = "1.45.0", features = ["rt-multi-thread", "macros"] }

[!NOTE] For the WASM environment, replace "native" with "wasm".

And then the code:

use avail_rust_client::prelude::*;

#[tokio::main]
async fn main() -> Result<(), Error> {
	// Establishing a connection
	let client = Client::new(TURING_ENDPOINT).await?;

	// Defining account that will sign future transaction
	let signer = Keypair::from_str("bottom drive obey lake curtain smoke basket hold race lonely fit walk")?;
	// Or use one of dev accounts -> let signer = alice();

	// Transaction Creation
	let submittable = client.tx().data_availability().submit_data("My First Data Submission");

	// Transaction Submission
	let submitted = submittable.sign_and_submit(&signer, Options::new(2)).await?;
	println!(
		"Ext Hash: {:?}, Account Id: {}, Nonce: {}, App Id: {}",
		submitted.ext_hash, submitted.account_id, submitted.options.nonce, submitted.options.app_id
	);

	// Transaction Receipt
	let receipt = submitted.receipt(false).await?;
	let Some(receipt) = receipt else {
		panic!("Oops, looks like our transaction was dropped")
	};
	println!(
		"Block Height: {}, Block Hash: {:?}, Ext Hash: {:?}, Ext Index: {}",
		receipt.block_height, receipt.block_hash, receipt.ext_hash, receipt.ext_index
	);

	let block_state = receipt.block_state().await?;
	match block_state {
		BlockState::Included => println!("Block Not Yet Finalized"),
		BlockState::Finalized => println!("Block Finalized"),
		BlockState::Discarded => println!("Block Discarded"),
		BlockState::DoesNotExist => println!("Block Does not Exist"),
	};

	Ok(())
}

You can find this example and similar ones in the example directory.

Feature Flags

The library is designed to use only the necessary dependencies, so by using default-features = false, features = [], the library will not compile unless you choose either the native or wasm target.

After that, you are free to choose one or all of the following feature flags:

• reqwest: Sets up a basic RPC client for sending and receiving network data. If you’re unsure what this means, it’s best to add this feature flag to your list.
• tracing: Enables logging/tracing, which is useful when dealing with nonce and other transaction-related issues. The logging output can be set to JSON format if needed.

Examples

All existing and new examples can be found here. They cover most basic needs and interactions with the chain. If there is something you need that isn’t covered, let us know—we might add it. :)

Logging/Tracing

To enable tracing, use the tracing feature flag and call Client::init_tracing(boolean) in your code, where boolean is true or false depending on whether you want to enable JSON-format structured logging.

Example:

[dependencies]
avail-rust-client = { version = "0.4.0-rc.3", default-features = false, features = ["native", "reqwest", "tracing"] }
tokio = { version = "1.45.0", features = ["rt-multi-thread", "macros"] }

use avail_rust_client::prelude::*;

#[tokio::main]
async fn main() -> Result<(), Error> {
    Client::init_tracing(false)?;
    let client = Client::new(LOCAL_ENDPOINT).await?;
    ...
}

After everything is set up run the following command:

RUST_LOG=info cargo run

Getting Help

In the avail-rust repository, we have many examples showing how to use this library. If something is missing or unclear, don't hesitate to open a discussion or reach out to us on Discord (the link is at the bottom of the page).

Contribution

Thank you for your interest in improving this project! As we are still adding new features and finalizing existing ones, it would be helpful to first post your idea in the discussions or issues.

License

This project is primarily distributed under the terms of MIT license. See LICENSE