neo-go/docs/notifications.md

Notification subsystem

Original motivation, requirements and general solution strategy are described in the issue #895.

This extension allows a websocket client to subscribe to various events and receive them as JSON-RPC notifications from the server.

Events

Currently supported events:

• new block added Contents: block. Filters: primary ID.
• new transaction in the block Contents: transaction. Filters: sender and signer.
• notification generated during execution Contents: container hash, contract script hash, stack item. Filters: contract script hash.
• transaction executed Contents: application execution result. Filters: VM state.

Filters use conjunctional logic.

Ordering and persistence guarantees

• new block is only announced after its processing is complete and the chain is updated to the new height
• no disk-level persistence guarantees are given
• new in-block transaction is announced after block processing, but before announcing the block itself
• transaction notifications are only announced for successful transactions
• all announcements are being done in the same order they happen on the chain At first transaction execution is announced, then followed by notifications generated during this execution, then followed by transaction announcement. Transaction announcements are ordered the same way they're in the block.
• unsubscription may not cancel pending, but not yet sent events

Subscription management

To receive events clients need to subscribe to them first via subscribe method. Upon successful subscription clients receive subscription ID for subsequent management of this subscription. Subscription is only valid for connection lifetime, no long-term client identification is being made.

Errors are not described down below, but they can be returned as standard JSON-RPC errors (most often caused by invalid parameters).

subscribe method

Parameters: event stream name, stream-specific filter rules hash (can be omitted if empty).

Recognized stream names:

• block_added Filter: primary as an integer with primary (speaker) node index from ConsensusData.
• transaction_added Filter: sender field containing string with hex-encoded Uint160 (LE representation) for transaction's Sender and/or signer in the same format for one of transaction's Signers.
• notification_from_execution Filter: contract field containing string with hex-encoded Uint160 (LE representation) and/or name field containing string with execution notification name.
• transaction_executed Filter: state field containing HALT or FAULT string for successful and failed executions respectively.

Response: returns subscription ID (string) as a result. This ID can be used to cancel this subscription and has no meaning other than that.

Example request (subscribe to notifications from contract 0x6293a440ed80a427038e175a507d3def1e04fb67 generated when executing transactions):

{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "method": "subscribe",
  "params": ["notification_from_execution", {"contract": "6293a440ed80a427038e175a507d3def1e04fb67"}],
  "id": 1
}

Example response:

{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "result": "55aaff00"
}

unsubscribe method

Parameters: subscription ID as a string.

Response: boolean true.

Example request (unsubscribe from "55aaff00"):

{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "method": "unsubscribe",
  "params": ["55aaff00"],
  "id": 1
}

Example response:

{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "result": true
}

Events

Events are sent as JSON-RPC notifications from the server with method field being used for notification names. Notification names are identical to stream names described for subscribe method with one important addition for event_missed which can be sent for any subscription to signify that some events were not delivered (usually when client isn't able to keep up with event flow).

Verbose responses for various structures like blocks and transactions are used to simplify working with notifications on client side. Returned structures mostly follow the one used by standard Neo RPC calls, but may have some minor differences.

If a server-side event matches several subscriptions from one client, it's only sent once.

block_added notification

As a first parameter (params section) contains block converted to JSON structure which is similar to verbose getblock response but with the following differences:

• it doesn't have size field (you can calculate it client-side)
• it doesn't have nextblockhash field (it's supposed to be the latest one anyway)
• it doesn't have confirmations field (see previous)

No other parameters are sent.

Example:

{
   "params" : [
      {
         "index" : 207,
         "time" : 1590006200,
         "nextconsensus" : "AXSvJVzydxXuL9da4GVwK25zdesCrVKkHL",
         "consensusdata" : {
            "primary" : 0,
            "nonce" : "0000000000000457"
         },
         "previousblockhash" : "0x04f7580b111ec75f0ce68d3a9fd70a0544b4521b4a98541694d8575c548b759e",
         "witnesses" : [
            {
               "invocation" : "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",
               "verification" : "130c2102103a7f7dd016558597f7960d27c516a4394fd968b9e65155eb4b013e4040406e0c2102a7bc55fe8684e0119768d104ba30795bdcc86619e864add26156723ed185cd620c2102b3622bf4017bdfe317c58aed5f4c753f206b7db896046fa7d774bbc4bf7f8dc20c2103d90c07df63e690ce77912e10ab51acc944b66860237b608c4f8f8309e71ee699140b413073b3bb"
            }
         ],
         "version" : 0,
         "hash" : "0x239fea00c54c2f6812612874183b72bef4473fcdf68bf8da08d74fd5b6cab030",
         "tx" : [
            {
               "txid" : "0xf736cd91ab84062a21a09b424346b241987f6245ffe8c2b2db39d595c3c222f7",
               "witnesses" : [
                  {
                     "verification" : "0c2102b3622bf4017bdfe317c58aed5f4c753f206b7db896046fa7d774bbc4bf7f8dc20b410a906ad4",
                     "invocation" : "0c4016e7a112742409cdfaad89dcdbcb52c94c5c1a69dfe5d8b999649eaaa787e31ca496d1734d6ea606c749ad36e9a88892240ae59e0efa7f544e0692124898d512"
                  }
               ],
               "vout" : [],
               "cosigners" : [],
               "validuntilblock" : 1200,
               "nonce" : 8,
               "netfee" : "0.0030421",
               "sender" : "ALHF9wsXZVEuCGgmDA6ZNsCLtrb4A1g4yG",
               "sysfee" : "0",
               "type" : "InvocationTransaction",
               "attributes" : [],
               "version" : 1,
               "vin" : [],
               "size" : 204,
               "script" : "10c00c04696e69740c14769162241eedf97c2481652adf1ba0f5bf57431b41627d5b52"
            },
            {
               "script" : "01e8030c14316e851039019d39dfc2c37d6c3fee19fd5809870c14769162241eedf97c2481652adf1ba0f5bf57431b13c00c087472616e736665720c14769162241eedf97c2481652adf1ba0f5bf57431b41627d5b5238",
               "size" : 277,
               "attributes" : [],
               "version" : 1,
               "vin" : [],
               "netfee" : "0.0037721",
               "sender" : "ALHF9wsXZVEuCGgmDA6ZNsCLtrb4A1g4yG",
               "sysfee" : "0",
               "type" : "InvocationTransaction",
               "nonce" : 9,
               "signers" : [
                  {
                     "scopes" : 1,
                     "account" : "0x870958fd19ee3f6c7dc3c2df399d013910856e31"
                  }
               ],
               "validuntilblock" : 1200,
               "witnesses" : [
                  {
                     "invocation" : "0c4027727296b84853c5d9e07fb8a40e885246ae25641383b16eefbe92027ecb1635b794aacf6bbfc3e828c73829b14791c483d19eb758b57638e3191393dbf2d288",
                     "verification" : "0c2102b3622bf4017bdfe317c58aed5f4c753f206b7db896046fa7d774bbc4bf7f8dc20b410a906ad4"
                  }
               ],
               "vout" : [],
               "txid" : "0xe1cd5e57e721d2a2e05fb1f08721b12057b25ab1dd7fd0f33ee1639932fdfad7"
            }
         ],
         "merkleroot" : "0xb2c7230ebee4cb83bc03afadbba413e6bca8fcdeaf9c077bea060918da0e52a1"
      }
   ],
   "jsonrpc" : "2.0",
   "method" : "block_added"
}

transaction_added notification

In the first parameter (params section) contains transaction converted to JSON which is similar to verbose getrawtransaction response, but with the following differences:

• block's metadata is missing (blockhash, confirmations, blocktime)

No other parameters are sent.

Example:

{
   "method" : "transaction_added",
   "params" : [
      {
         "validuntilblock" : 1200,
         "version" : 1,
         "txid" : "0xe1cd5e57e721d2a2e05fb1f08721b12057b25ab1dd7fd0f33ee1639932fdfad7",
         "witnesses" : [
            {
               "invocation" : "0c4027727296b84853c5d9e07fb8a40e885246ae25641383b16eefbe92027ecb1635b794aacf6bbfc3e828c73829b14791c483d19eb758b57638e3191393dbf2d288",
               "verification" : "0c2102b3622bf4017bdfe317c58aed5f4c753f206b7db896046fa7d774bbc4bf7f8dc20b410a906ad4"
            }
         ],
         "sysfee" : "0",
         "sender" : "ALHF9wsXZVEuCGgmDA6ZNsCLtrb4A1g4yG",
         "vout" : [],
         "netfee" : "0.0037721",
         "size" : 277,
         "attributes" : [],
         "script" : "01e8030c14316e851039019d39dfc2c37d6c3fee19fd5809870c14769162241eedf97c2481652adf1ba0f5bf57431b13c00c087472616e736665720c14769162241eedf97c2481652adf1ba0f5bf57431b41627d5b5238",
         "nonce" : 9,
         "vin" : [],
         "type" : "InvocationTransaction",
         "signers" : [
            {
               "account" : "0x870958fd19ee3f6c7dc3c2df399d013910856e31",
               "scopes" : 1
            }
         ]
      }
   ],
   "jsonrpc" : "2.0"
}

notification_from_execution notification

Contains three parameters: contract script hash (hex-encoded LE Uint160 in a string), notification name and stack item (encoded the same way as state field contents for notifications from getapplicationlog response).

Example:

{
   "jsonrpc" : "2.0",
   "method" : "notification_from_execution",
   "params" : [
      {
         "state" : {
            "value" : [
               {
                  "value" : "636f6e74726163742063616c6c",
                  "type" : "ByteString"
               },
               {
                  "value" : "7472616e73666572",
                  "type" : "ByteString"
               },
               {
                  "value" : [
                     {
                        "value" : "769162241eedf97c2481652adf1ba0f5bf57431b",
                        "type" : "ByteString"
                     },
                     {
                        "value" : "316e851039019d39dfc2c37d6c3fee19fd580987",
                        "type" : "ByteString"
                     },
                     {
                        "value" : "1000",
                        "type" : "Integer"
                     }
                  ],
                  "type" : "Array"
               }
            ],
            "type" : "Array"
         },
         "contract" : "0x1b4357bff5a01bdf2a6581247cf9ed1e24629176",
         "name" : "transfer",
      }
   ]
}

transaction_executed notification

Contains the same result as from getapplicationlog method in the first parameter and no other parameters. One difference from getapplicationlog is that it always contains zero in the contract field.

Example:

{
   "method" : "transaction_executed",
   "params" : [
      {
         "container" : "0xe1cd5e57e721d2a2e05fb1f08721b12057b25ab1dd7fd0f33ee1639932fdfad7",
         "executions" : [
            {
               "trigger" : "Application",
               "gasconsumed" : "2.291",
               "contract" : "0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000",
               "stack" : [],
               "notifications" : [
                  {
                     "state" : {
                        "type" : "Array",
                        "value" : [
                           {
                              "value" : "636f6e74726163742063616c6c",
                              "type" : "ByteString"
                           },
                           {
                              "type" : "ByteString",
                              "value" : "7472616e73666572"
                           },
                           {
                              "value" : [
                                 {
                                    "value" : "769162241eedf97c2481652adf1ba0f5bf57431b",
                                    "type" : "ByteString"
                                 },
                                 {
                                    "type" : "ByteString",
                                    "value" : "316e851039019d39dfc2c37d6c3fee19fd580987"
                                 },
                                 {
                                    "value" : "1000",
                                    "type" : "Integer"
                                 }
                              ],
                              "type" : "Array"
                           }
                        ]
                     },
                     "contract" : "0x1b4357bff5a01bdf2a6581247cf9ed1e24629176"
                  },
                  {
                     "contract" : "0x1b4357bff5a01bdf2a6581247cf9ed1e24629176",
                     "state" : {
                        "value" : [
                           {
                              "value" : "7472616e73666572",
                              "type" : "ByteString"
                           },
                           {
                              "value" : "769162241eedf97c2481652adf1ba0f5bf57431b",
                              "type" : "ByteString"
                           },
                           {
                              "value" : "316e851039019d39dfc2c37d6c3fee19fd580987",
                              "type" : "ByteString"
                           },
                           {
                              "value" : "1000",
                              "type" : "Integer"
                           }
                        ],
                        "type" : "Array"
                     }
                  }
               ],
               "vmstate" : "HALT"
            }
         ]
      }
   ],
   "jsonrpc" : "2.0"
}

event_missed notification

Never has any parameters. Example:

{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "method": "event_missed",
  "params": []
}