ABI (ex_abi v0.6.0)
Documentation for ABI, the function interface language for Solidity. Generally, the ABI describes how to take binary Ethereum and transform it to or from types that Solidity understands.
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Functions
Decodes the given data based on the function or tuple signature.
Encodes the given data into the function signature or tuple signature.
Finds and decodes the correct function from a list of ABI.FunctionSelector
s
Parses the given ABI specification document into an array of ABI.FunctionSelector
s.
Link to this section Functions
decode(function_signature, data, data_type \\ :input)
Decodes the given data based on the function or tuple signature.
In place of a signature, you can also pass one of the ABI.FunctionSelector
structs returned from parse_specification/1
.
examples
Examples
iex> ABI.decode("baz(uint,address)", "00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000320000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000001" |> Base.decode16!(case: :lower))
[50, <<1::160>>]
iex> ABI.decode("(address[])", "00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000200000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000" |> Base.decode16!(case: :lower))
[{[]}]
iex> ABI.decode("(string)", "00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000200000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000020000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000b457468657220546f6b656e000000000000000000000000000000000000000000" |> Base.decode16!(case: :lower))
[{"Ether Token"}]
iex> File.read!("priv/dog.abi.json")
...> |> Jason.decode!
...> |> ABI.parse_specification
...> |> Enum.find(&(&1.function == "bark")) # bark(address,bool)
...> |> ABI.decode("b85d0bd200000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000010000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000001" |> Base.decode16!(case: :lower))
[<<1::160>>, true]
encode(function_signature, data, data_type \\ :input)
Encodes the given data into the function signature or tuple signature.
In place of a signature, you can also pass one of the ABI.FunctionSelector
structs returned from parse_specification/1
.
examples
Examples
iex> ABI.encode("baz(uint,address)", [50, <<1::160>> |> :binary.decode_unsigned])
...> |> Base.encode16(case: :lower)
"a291add600000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000320000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000001"
iex> ABI.encode("(address[])", [{[]}] ) |> Base.encode16(case: :lower)
"000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000002000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000200000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000"
iex> ABI.encode("baz(uint8)", [9999])
** (RuntimeError) Data overflow encoding uint, data `9999` cannot fit in 8 bits
iex> ABI.encode("(uint,address)", [{50, <<1::160>> |> :binary.decode_unsigned}])
...> |> Base.encode16(case: :lower)
"00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000320000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000001"
iex> ABI.encode("(string)", [{"Ether Token"}])
...> |> Base.encode16(case: :lower)
"00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000200000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000020000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000b457468657220546f6b656e000000000000000000000000000000000000000000"
iex> ABI.encode("test(uint[], uint[])", [[1], [2]])
...> |> Base.encode16(case: :lower)
"f0d7f6eb000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000004000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000800000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000001000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000100000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000010000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000002"
iex> File.read!("priv/dog.abi.json")
...> |> Jason.decode!
...> |> ABI.parse_specification
...> |> Enum.find(&(&1.function == "bark")) # bark(address,bool)
...> |> ABI.encode([<<1::160>> |> :binary.decode_unsigned, true])
...> |> Base.encode16(case: :lower)
"b85d0bd200000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000010000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000001"
find_and_decode(function_selectors, data, data_type \\ :input)
Finds and decodes the correct function from a list of ABI.FunctionSelector
s
The function is found based on the method_id
, which is generated from the
keccak hash of the function head. More information can be found here:
https://solidity.readthedocs.io/en/develop/abi-spec.html
Keep in mind, you must include the method identifier in the passed in data otherwise this won't work as expected. If you are decoding transaction input data the identifier is the first four bytes and should already be there.
To find and decode events instead of functions, see find_and_decode_event/6
examples
Examples
iex> File.read!("priv/dog.abi.json")
...> |> Jason.decode!
...> |> ABI.parse_specification
...> |> ABI.find_and_decode("b85d0bd200000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000010000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000001" |> Base.decode16!(case: :lower))
{%ABI.FunctionSelector{type: :function, function: "bark", input_names: ["at", "loudly"], method_id: <<184, 93, 11, 210>>, returns: [], types: [:address, :bool], state_mutability: :non_payable}, [<<0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1>>, true]}
parse_specification(doc, opts \\ [])
Parses the given ABI specification document into an array of ABI.FunctionSelector
s.
Non-function entries (e.g. constructors) in the ABI specification are skipped. Fallback function entries are accepted.
This function can be used in combination with a JSON parser, e.g. Jason
, to parse ABI specification JSON files.
Opts:
:include_events?
- Include events in the output list (as%FunctionSelector{}
with a type of:event
). Defaults tofalse
for backwards compatibility reasons.
examples
Examples
iex> File.read!("priv/dog.abi.json")
...> |> Jason.decode!
...> |> ABI.parse_specification
[%ABI.FunctionSelector{type: :function, function: "bark", input_names: ["at", "loudly"], method_id: <<184, 93, 11, 210>>, returns: [], types: [:address, :bool], state_mutability: :non_payable},
%ABI.FunctionSelector{type: :function, function: "rollover", method_id: <<176, 86, 180, 154>>, returns: [:bool], types: [], state_mutability: :non_payable}]
iex> [%{
...> "constant" => true,
...> "inputs" => [
...> %{"name" => "at", "type" => "address"},
...> %{"name" => "loudly", "type" => "bool"}
...> ],
...> "name" => "bark",
...> "outputs" => [],
...> "payable" => false,
...> "stateMutability" => "nonpayable",
...> "type" => "function"
...> }]
...> |> ABI.parse_specification
[%ABI.FunctionSelector{type: :function, function: "bark", method_id: <<184, 93, 11, 210>>, input_names: ["at", "loudly"], returns: [], types: [:address, :bool], state_mutability: :non_payable}]
iex> [%{
...> "inputs" => [
...> %{"name" => "_numProposals", "type" => "uint8"}
...> ],
...> "payable" => false,
...> "stateMutability" => "nonpayable",
...> "type" => "constructor"
...> }]
...> |> ABI.parse_specification
[%ABI.FunctionSelector{function: nil, input_names: ["_numProposals"], inputs_indexed: nil, method_id: <<99, 53, 230, 34>>, returns: [], type: :constructor, types: [uint: 8]}]
iex> [%{
...> "payable" => false,
...> "stateMutability" => "nonpayable",
...> "type" => "fallback"
...> }]
...> |> ABI.parse_specification
[%ABI.FunctionSelector{type: :function, function: nil, returns: [], types: [], method_id: nil}]
iex> File.read!("priv/dog.abi.json")
...> |> Jason.decode!
...> |> ABI.parse_specification(include_events?: true)
...> |> Enum.filter(&(&1.type == :event))
[%ABI.FunctionSelector{type: :event, function: "WantsPets", input_names: ["_from_human", "_number", "_belly"], inputs_indexed: [true, false, true], method_id: <<235, 155, 60, 76>>, types: [:string, {:uint, 256}, :bool]}]
iex> File.read!("priv/example1.abi.json")
...> |> Jason.decode!
...> |> ABI.parse_specification(include_events?: true)