Rosetta CLI
CLI to validate the correctness of Rosetta API implementations
Overview
The rosetta-cli
is used by developers to test the correctness of their Rosetta
API implementations. The CLI also provides the ability to look up block contents
and account balances.
Documentation
Before diving into the CLI, we recommend taking a look at the Rosetta API Docs:
Install
To download a binary for the latest release, run:
curl -sSfL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/coinbase/rosetta-cli/master/scripts/install.sh | sh -s
The binary will be installed inside the ./bin
directory (relative to where the install command was run).
Downloading binaries from the Github UI will cause permission errors on Mac.
Installing in Custom Location
To download the binary into a specific directory, run:
curl -sSfL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/coinbase/rosetta-cli/master/scripts/install.sh | sh -s -- -b <relative directory>
Usage
CLI for the Rosetta API
Usage:
rosetta-cli [command]
Available Commands:
check:construction Check the correctness of a Rosetta Construction API Implementation
check:data Check the correctness of a Rosetta Data API Implementation
configuration:create Create a default configuration file at the provided path
configuration:validate Ensure a configuration file at the provided path is formatted correctly
help Help about any command
utils:asserter-configuration Generate a static configuration file for the Asserter
utils:train-zstd Generate a zstd dictionary for enhanced compression performance
version Print rosetta-cli version
view:balance View an account balance
view:block View a block
view:networks View all network statuses
Flags:
--block-profile string Save the pprof block profile in the specified file
--configuration-file string Configuration file that provides connection and test settings.
If you would like to generate a starter configuration file (populated
with the defaults), run rosetta-cli configuration:create.
Any fields not populated in the configuration file will be populated with
default values.
--cpu-profile string Save the pprof cpu profile in the specified file
-h, --help help for rosetta-cli
--mem-profile string Save the pprof mem profile in the specified file
Use "rosetta-cli [command] --help" for more information about a command.
Configuration
All rosetta-cli
parameters are populated from a configuration file (--configuration-file
)
provided at runtime. If a configuration file is not provided, the default
configuration is used. This default configuration can be viewed
here. Note, there is no default
configuration for running check:construction
as this is very network-specific.
You can view a full list of all configuration options here.
In the examples/configuration
directory, you can find examples configuration
files for running tests against a Bitcoin Rosetta implementation
(config) and an Ethereum Rosetta
implementation (config).
Using environment variables
It's possible to set the configuration file path using an environment variable instead of using a CLI flag. See an example below:
ROSETTA_CONFIGURATION_FILE=/path/to/cli/config rosetta <command>
CLI flags take precedence over environment variables.
Writing check:construction Tests
The new Construction API testing framework (first released in rosetta-cli@v0.5.0
) uses
a new design pattern to allow for complex transaction construction orchestration.
You can read more about the design goals here.
Most teams write their Construction API tests using the Rosetta Constructor DSL. We have examples of a DSL files written for UTXO-based chains and account-based chains.
Terminology
When first learning about a new topic, it is often useful to understand the hierarchy of concerns. In the automated Construction API tester, this "hierarchy" is as follows:
Workflows -> Jobs
Scenarios
Actions
Workflows
contain collections of Scenarios
to execute. Scenarios
are
executed atomically in database transactions (rolled back if execution fails)
and culminate in an optional broadcast. This means that a single Workflow
could contain multiple broadcasts (which can be useful for orchestrating
staking-related transactions that affect a single account).
To perform a Workflow
, we create a Job
. This Job
has a unique identifier
and stores state for all Scenarios
in the Workflow
. State is shared across
an entire Job
so Actions
in a Scenario
can access the output of Actions
in other Scenarios
. The syntax for accessing this shared state can be found
here.
Actions
are discrete operations that can be performed in the context of a
Scenario
. A full list of all Actions
that can be performed can be found
here.
If you have suggestions for more actions, please
open an issue in rosetta-sdk-go
!
Workflows
To use the automated Construction API tester (without prefunded accounts),
you must implement 2 required Workflows
:
create_account
request_funds
If you don't implement these 2 Workflows
, processing could stall.
Please note that create_account
can contain a transaction broadcast if
on-chain origination is required for new accounts on your blockchain.
If you plan to run the automated Construction API tester in CI, you may wish to
provide prefunded accounts
when running the tester (otherwise you would need to manually fund generated
accounts).
Optionally, you can also provide a return_funds
workflow that will be invoked
when exiting check:construction
. This can be useful in CI when you want to return
all funds to a single accout or faucet (instead of black-holing them in all the addresses
created during testing).
Broadcast Invocation
If you'd like to broadcast a transaction at the end of a Scenario
,
you must populate the following fields:
<scenario>.network
<scenario>.operations
<scenario>.confirmation_depth
(allows for stake-related transactions to complete before marking as a success)
Optionally, you can populate the following field:
<scenario>.preprocess_metadata
Once a transaction is confirmed on-chain (after the provided
<scenario>.confirmation_depth
, it is stored by the tester at
<scenario>.transaction
for access by other Scenarios
in the same Job
.
Dry Runs
In UTXO-based blockchains, it may be necessary to amend the operations
stored
in <scenario>.operations
based on the suggested_fee
returned in
/construction/metadata
. The automated Construction API tester supports
running a "dry run" of a transaction broadcast if you set the follow field:
<scenario>.dry_run = true
The suggested fee will then be stored as <scenario>.suggested_fee
for use by
other Scenarios
in the same Job
. You can find an example of this in the
Bitcoin config.
If this field is not populated or set to false
, the transaction
will be constructed, signed, and broadcast.
End Conditions
When running the rosetta-cli
in a CI job, it is usually desired to exit
when certain conditions are met (or before then with an exit code of 1). We
provide this functionality through the use of "end conditions" which can be
specified in your configuration file.
check:data
A full list of check:data
end conditions can be found here.
If any end condition is satisifed, we will exit and output the
results in results_output_file
(if it is populated).
check:construction
The check:construction
end condition is a map of
workflow:count that indicates how many of each workflow
should be performed before check:construction
should stop.
For example, {"create_account": 5}
indicates that 5 create_account
workflows should be performed before stopping.
Unlike check:data
, all check:construction
end conditions
must be satisifed before the rosetta-cli
will exit.
Disable Complex Checks
If you are just getting started with your implementation, you may want
to disable balance tracking (did any address balance go below zero?) and
reconciliation (does the balance I calculated match the balance returned
by the /account/balance
endpoint?). Take a look at the
simple configuration for an example of
how to do this.
Status Codes
If there are no issues found while running check
, it will exit with a 0
status code.
If there are any issues, it will exit with a 1
status code. It can be useful
to run this command as an integration test for any changes to your implementation.
Commands
version
Print rosetta-cli version
Usage:
rosetta-cli version [flags]
Flags:
-h, --help help for version
Global Flags:
--block-profile string Save the pprof block profile in the specified file
--configuration-file string Configuration file that provides connection and test settings.
If you would like to generate a starter configuration file (populated
with the defaults), run rosetta-cli configuration:create.
Any fields not populated in the configuration file will be populated with
default values.
--cpu-profile string Save the pprof cpu profile in the specified file
--mem-profile string Save the pprof mem profile in the specified file
check:data
Check all server responses are properly constructed, that
there are no duplicate blocks and transactions, that blocks can be processed
from genesis to the current block (re-orgs handled automatically), and that
computed balance changes are equal to balance changes reported by the node.
When re-running this command, it will start where it left off if you specify
some data directory. Otherwise, it will create a new temporary directory and start
again from the genesis block. If you want to discard some number of blocks
populate the start_index filed in the configuration file with some block index.
Starting from a given index can be useful to debug a small range of blocks for
issues but it is highly recommended you sync from start to finish to ensure
all correctness checks are performed.
By default, account balances are looked up at specific heights (instead of
only at the current block). If your node does not support this functionality,
you can disable historical balance lookups in your configuration file. This will
make reconciliation much less efficient but it will still work.
If check fails due to an INACTIVE reconciliation error (balance changed without
any corresponding operation), the cli will automatically try to find the block
missing an operation. If historical balance disabled is true, this automatic
debugging tool does not work.
To debug an INACTIVE account reconciliation error without historical balance lookup,
set the interesting accounts to the path of a JSON file containing
accounts that will be actively checked for balance changes at each block. This
will return an error at the block where a balance change occurred with no
corresponding operations.
If your blockchain has a genesis allocation of funds and you set
historical balance disabled to true, you must provide an
absolute path to a JSON file containing initial balances with the
bootstrap balance config. You can look at the examples folder for an example
of what one of these files looks like.
Usage:
rosetta-cli check:data [flags]
Flags:
-h, --help help for check:data
Global Flags:
--block-profile string Save the pprof block profile in the specified file
--configuration-file string Configuration file that provides connection and test settings.
If you would like to generate a starter configuration file (populated
with the defaults), run rosetta-cli configuration:create.
Any fields not populated in the configuration file will be populated with
default values.
--cpu-profile string Save the pprof cpu profile in the specified file
--mem-profile string Save the pprof mem profile in the specified file
check:construction
The check:construction command runs an automated test of a
Construction API implementation by creating and broadcasting transactions
on a blockchain. In short, this tool generates new addresses, requests
funds, constructs transactions, signs transactions, broadcasts transactions,
and confirms transactions land on-chain. At each phase, a series of tests
are run to ensure that intermediate representations are correct (i.e. does
an unsigned transaction return a superset of operations provided during
construction?).
Check out the https://github.com/coinbase/rosetta-cli/tree/master/examples
directory for examples of how to configure this test for Bitcoin and
Ethereum.
Right now, this tool only supports transfer testing (for both account-based
and UTXO-based blockchains). However, we plan to add support for testing
arbitrary scenarios (i.e. staking, governance).
Usage:
rosetta-cli check:construction [flags]
Flags:
-h, --help help for check:construction
Global Flags:
--block-profile string Save the pprof block profile in the specified file
--configuration-file string Configuration file that provides connection and test settings.
If you would like to generate a starter configuration file (populated
with the defaults), run rosetta-cli configuration:create.
Any fields not populated in the configuration file will be populated with
default values.
--cpu-profile string Save the pprof cpu profile in the specified file
--mem-profile string Save the pprof mem profile in the specified file
configuration:create
Create a default configuration file at the provided path
Usage:
rosetta-cli configuration:create [flags]
Flags:
-h, --help help for configuration:create
Global Flags:
--block-profile string Save the pprof block profile in the specified file
--configuration-file string Configuration file that provides connection and test settings.
If you would like to generate a starter configuration file (populated
with the defaults), run rosetta-cli configuration:create.
Any fields not populated in the configuration file will be populated with
default values.
--cpu-profile string Save the pprof cpu profile in the specified file
--mem-profile string Save the pprof mem profile in the specified file
configuration:validate
Validate the correctness of a configuration file at the provided path
Usage:
rosetta-cli configuration:validate [flags]
Flags:
-h, --help help for configuration:validate
Global Flags:
--configuration-file string Configuration file that provides connection and test settings.
If you would like to generate a starter configuration file (populated
with the defaults), run rosetta-cli configuration:create.
Any fields not populated in the configuration file will be populated with
default values.
view:networks
While debugging a Data API implementation, it can be very
useful to view network(s) status. This command fetches the network
status from all available networks and prints it to the terminal.
If this command errors, it is likely because the /network/* endpoints are
not formatted correctly.
Usage:
rosetta-cli view:networks [flags]
Flags:
-h, --help help for view:networks
Global Flags:
--block-profile string Save the pprof block profile in the specified file
--configuration-file string Configuration file that provides connection and test settings.
If you would like to generate a starter configuration file (populated
with the defaults), run rosetta-cli configuration:create.
Any fields not populated in the configuration file will be populated with
default values.
--cpu-profile string Save the pprof cpu profile in the specified file
--mem-profile string Save the pprof mem profile in the specified file
view:balance
While debugging, it is often useful to inspect the state
of an account at a certain block. This command allows you to look up
any account by providing a JSON representation of a types.AccountIdentifier
(and optionally a height to perform the query).
For example, you could run view:balance '{"address":"interesting address"}' 1000
to lookup the balance of an interesting address at block 1000. Allowing the
address to specified as JSON allows for querying by SubAccountIdentifier.
Usage:
rosetta-cli view:balance [flags]
Flags:
-h, --help help for view:balance
Global Flags:
--block-profile string Save the pprof block profile in the specified file
--configuration-file string Configuration file that provides connection and test settings.
If you would like to generate a starter configuration file (populated
with the defaults), run rosetta-cli configuration:create.
Any fields not populated in the configuration file will be populated with
default values.
--cpu-profile string Save the pprof cpu profile in the specified file
--mem-profile string Save the pprof mem profile in the specified file
view:block
While debugging a Data API implementation, it can be very
useful to inspect block contents. This command allows you to fetch any
block by index to inspect its contents. It uses the
fetcher (https://github.com/coinbase/rosetta-sdk-go/tree/master/fetcher) package
to automatically get all transactions in the block and assert the format
of the block is correct before printing.
If this command errors, it is likely because the block you are trying to
fetch is formatted incorrectly.
Usage:
rosetta-cli view:block [flags]
Flags:
-h, --help help for view:block
--only-changes Only print balance changes for accounts in the block
Global Flags:
--block-profile string Save the pprof block profile in the specified file
--configuration-file string Configuration file that provides connection and test settings.
If you would like to generate a starter configuration file (populated
with the defaults), run rosetta-cli configuration:create.
Any fields not populated in the configuration file will be populated with
default values.
--cpu-profile string Save the pprof cpu profile in the specified file
--mem-profile string Save the pprof mem profile in the specified file
utils:asserter-configuration
In production deployments, it is useful to initialize the response
Asserter (https://github.com/coinbase/rosetta-sdk-go/tree/master/asserter) using
a static configuration instead of intializing a configuration dynamically
from the node. This allows a client to error on new types/statuses that may
have been added in an update instead of silently erroring.
To use this command, simply provide an absolute path as the argument for where
the configuration file should be saved (in JSON).
Usage:
rosetta-cli utils:asserter-configuration [flags]
Flags:
-h, --help help for utils:asserter-configuration
Global Flags:
--block-profile string Save the pprof block profile in the specified file
--configuration-file string Configuration file that provides connection and test settings.
If you would like to generate a starter configuration file (populated
with the defaults), run rosetta-cli configuration:create.
Any fields not populated in the configuration file will be populated with
default values.
--cpu-profile string Save the pprof cpu profile in the specified file
--mem-profile string Save the pprof mem profile in the specified file
utils:train-zstd
Zstandard (https://github.com/facebook/zstd) is used by
rosetta-sdk-go/storage to compress data stored to disk. It is possible
to improve compression performance by training a dictionary on a particular
storage namespace. This command runs this training and outputs a dictionary
that can be used with rosetta-sdk-go/storage.
The arguments for this command are:
<namespace> <database path> <dictionary path> <max items> (<existing dictionary path>)
You can learn more about dictionary compression on the Zstandard
website: https://github.com/facebook/zstd#the-case-for-small-data-compression
Usage:
rosetta-cli utils:train-zstd [flags]
Flags:
-h, --help help for utils:train-zstd
Global Flags:
--block-profile string Save the pprof block profile in the specified file
--configuration-file string Configuration file that provides connection and test settings.
If you would like to generate a starter configuration file (populated
with the defaults), run rosetta-cli configuration:create.
Any fields not populated in the configuration file will be populated with
default values.
--cpu-profile string Save the pprof cpu profile in the specified file
--mem-profile string Save the pprof mem profile in the specified file
Correctness Checks
This tool performs a variety of correctness checks using the Rosetta Server. If any correctness check fails, the CLI will exit and print out a detailed message explaining the error.
Response Correctness
The validator uses the autogenerated Go Client package to communicate with the Rosetta Server and assert that responses adhere to the Rosetta interface specification.
Duplicate Hashes
The validator checks that a block hash or transaction hash is never duplicated.
Non-negative Balances
The validator checks that an account balance does not go negative from any operations.
Balance Reconciliation
Active Addresses
The CLI checks that the balance of an account computed by its operations is equal to the balance of the account according to the node. If this balance is not identical, the CLI will exit.
Inactive Addresses
The CLI randomly checks the balances of accounts that aren't involved in any transactions. The balances of accounts could change on the blockchain node without being included in an operation returned by the Rosetta Data API. Recall that all balance-changing operations should be returned by the Rosetta Data API.
Development
make deps
to install dependenciesmake test
to run testsmake lint
to lint the source code (included generated code)make release
to run one last check before opening a PRmake compile version=RELEASE_TAG
to generate binaries
If you are developing on both rosetta-cli and rosetta-sdk-go, use go.mod replace to reference local changes:
replace "github.com/coinbase/rosetta-sdk-go" v0.6.8 => "../rosetta-sdk-go"
Helper/Handler
Many of the packages use a Helper/Handler
interface pattern to acquire
required information or to send events to some client implementation. An example
of this is in the reconciler
package where a Helper
is used to get
the account balance and the Handler
is called to indicate whether the
reconciliation of an account was successful.
Repo Structure
cmd
examples // examples of different config files
pkg
logger // logic to write syncing information to stdout/files
processor // Helper/Handler implementations for reconciler, storage, and syncer
tester // test orchestrators
Troubleshoot
-
While running
check:data
orcheck:construction
option if you get the following error:dial tcp 127.0.0.1:8080: socket: too many open files: unable to sync to 1902533: unable to sync to 1902533
Please run
ulimit -n 10000
to increase the max concurrent opened file limitNote: MacOS users, if you face
ulimit: setrlimit failed: invalid argument
error while settingulimit
, please runsudo launchctl limit maxfiles 10000 200000
before setting theulimit
License
This project is available open source under the terms of the Apache 2.0 License.
© 2021 Coinbase