Lightcone SDK

Rust SDK for the Lightcone impact market protocol on Solana.

Table of Contents

• Installation
• Feature Flags
• Quick Start
• Start Trading
  • Step 1: Find a Market
  • Step 2: Deposit Collateral
  • Step 3: Place an Order
  • Step 4: Monitor
  • Step 5: Cancel an Order
  • Step 6: Exit a Position
  • Step 7: Withdraw
• Examples
• Authentication
• Error Handling
• Retry Strategy

Installation

Add to your Cargo.toml:

[dependencies]
lightcone = { version = "0.4.1", features = ["native"] }

For browser/WASM targets:

[dependencies]
lightcone = { version = "0.4.1", features = ["wasm"] }

Feature Flags

Quick Start

use lightcone::prelude::*;
use lightcone::auth::native::sign_login_message;
use solana_keypair::Keypair;

#[tokio::main]
async fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
    // Defaults to Prod. Use .env(LightconeEnv::Staging) for staging.
    let client = LightconeClient::builder()
        .deposit_source(DepositSource::Market)
        .build()?;
    let keypair = Keypair::new();

    // 1. Authenticate
    let nonce = client.auth().get_nonce().await?;
    let signed = sign_login_message(&keypair, &nonce);
    let user = client.auth().login_with_message(
        &signed.message,
        &signed.signature_bs58,
        &signed.pubkey_bytes,
        None,
    ).await?;

    // 2. Find a market
    let market = client.markets().get(None, Some(1)).await?.markets.into_iter().next().unwrap();
    let orderbook = &market.orderbook_pairs[0];

    // 3. Deposit collateral to the global pool
    let deposit_mint = market.deposit_assets[0].pubkey().to_pubkey()?;
    let deposit_ix = client.positions().deposit().await
        .user(keypair.pubkey())
        .mint(deposit_mint)
        .amount(1_000_000)
        .build_ix()
        .await?;

    // 4. Build, sign, and submit a limit order
    let request = client.orders().limit_order().await
        .maker(keypair.pubkey())
        .bid()
        .price("0.55")
        .size("100")
        .sign(&keypair, &orderbook)?;

    let response = client.orders().submit(&request).await?;
    println!("Order submitted: {:?}", response);

    // 5. Withdraw from the global pool
    let withdraw_ix = client.positions().withdraw().await
        .user(keypair.pubkey())
        .mint(deposit_mint)
        .amount(1_000_000)
        .build_ix()
        .await?;

    // 6. Stream real-time updates
    let mut ws = client.ws_native();
    ws.connect().await?;
    ws.subscribe(SubscribeParams::Books {
        orderbook_ids: vec![orderbook.orderbook_id.clone()],
    })?;

    Ok(())
}

Start Trading

use lightcone::prelude::*;
use solana_keypair::read_keypair_file;
use solana_signer::Signer;

// Defaults to Prod. Use .env(LightconeEnv::Staging) for staging.
let client = LightconeClient::builder()
    .deposit_source(DepositSource::Market)
    .build()?;
let keypair = read_keypair_file("~/.config/solana/id.json")?;

Step 1: Find a Market

let market = client.markets().get(None, Some(1)).await?.markets.into_iter().next().unwrap();
let orderbook = market
    .orderbook_pairs
    .iter()
    .find(|pair| pair.active)
    .or_else(|| market.orderbook_pairs.first())
    .expect("market has no orderbooks");

Step 2: Deposit Collateral

let deposit_mint = market.deposit_assets[0].pubkey().to_pubkey()?;
let deposit_ix = client.positions().deposit().await
    .user(keypair.pubkey())
    .mint(deposit_mint)
    .amount(1_000_000)
    .build_ix()
    .await?;

Step 3: Place an Order

let request = client.orders().limit_order().await
    .maker(keypair.pubkey())
    .bid()
    .price("0.55")
    .size("1")
    .sign(&keypair, &orderbook)?;
let order = client.orders().submit(&request).await?;

Step 4: Monitor

let open = client
    .orders()
    .get_user_orders(&keypair.pubkey().to_string(), Some(50), None)
    .await?;
let mut ws = client.ws_native();
ws.connect().await?;
ws.subscribe(SubscribeParams::Books {
    orderbook_ids: vec![orderbook.orderbook_id.clone()],
})?;
ws.subscribe(SubscribeParams::User {
    wallet_address: keypair.pubkey().into(),
})?;

Step 5: Cancel an Order

let cancel = CancelBody::signed(order.order_hash.clone(), keypair.pubkey().into(), &keypair);
client.orders().cancel(&cancel).await?;

Step 6: Exit a Position

// sign_and_submit builds the tx, signs it using the client's signing strategy, and submits
let tx_hash = client.positions().merge()
    .user(keypair.pubkey())
    .market(&market)
    .mint(deposit_mint)
    .amount(1_000_000)
    .sign_and_submit()
    .await?;

Step 7: Withdraw

let withdraw_ix = client.positions().withdraw().await
    .user(keypair.pubkey())
    .mint(deposit_mint)
    .amount(1_000_000)
    .build_ix()
    .await?;

Authentication

Authentication is only required for user-specific endpoints. Authentication is session-based using ED25519 signed messages. The flow is: request a nonce, sign it with your wallet, and exchange it for a session token.

Environment Configuration

The SDK defaults to the production environment. Use LightconeEnv to target a different deployment:

// Production (default — no .env() call needed)
let client = LightconeClient::builder().build()?;

// Staging
let client = LightconeClient::builder()
    .env(LightconeEnv::Staging)
    .build()?;

// Local development
let client = LightconeClient::builder()
    .env(LightconeEnv::Local)
    .build()?;

Each environment configures the API URL, WebSocket URL, Solana RPC URL, and on-chain program ID automatically. Individual URL overrides (.base_url(), .ws_url(), .rpc_url()) take precedence when called after .env().

Examples

All examples are runnable with cargo run --example <name> --features native. Examples default to the production environment and read the wallet keypair from ~/.config/solana/id.json.

Setup & Authentication

Market Discovery & Data

Placing Orders

Cancelling Orders

On-Chain Operations

WebSocket Streaming

Error Handling

All SDK operations return Result<T, SdkError>:

HttpError variants:

Retry Strategy

• GET requests: RetryPolicy::Idempotent - retries on transport failures and 502/503/504, backs off on 429 with exponential backoff + jitter.
• POST requests (order submit, cancel, auth): RetryPolicy::None - no automatic retry. Non-idempotent actions are never retried to prevent duplicate side effects.
• Customizable per-call with RetryPolicy::Custom(RetryConfig { .. }).