The Graph is a protocol for building decentralized applications (dApps) quickly on Ethereum and IPFS using GraphQL.
Graph Node is an open source Rust implementation that event sources the Ethereum blockchain to deterministically update a data store that can be queried via the GraphQL endpoint.
For detailed instructions and more context, check out the Getting Started Guide.
To build and run this project you need to have the following installed on your system:
- Rust (latest stable) – How to install Rust
- Note that
rustfmt
, which is part of the default Rust installation, is a build-time requirement.
- Note that
- PostgreSQL – PostgreSQL Downloads
- IPFS – Installing IPFS
- Profobuf Compiler - Installing Protobuf
For Ethereum network data, you can either run your own Ethereum node or use an Ethereum node provider of your choice.
Minimum Hardware Requirements:
- To build graph-node with
cargo
, 8GB RAM are required.
The easiest way to run a Graph Node is to use the official Docker compose setup. This will start a Postgres database, IPFS node, and Graph Node. Follow the instructions here.
This is a quick example to show a working Graph Node. It is a subgraph for Gravatars.
- Install IPFS and run
ipfs init
followed byipfs daemon
. - Install PostgreSQL and run
initdb -D .postgres -E UTF8 --locale=C
followed bypg_ctl -D .postgres -l logfile start
andcreatedb graph-node
. - If using Ubuntu, you may need to install additional packages:
sudo apt-get install -y clang libpq-dev libssl-dev pkg-config
- In the terminal, clone https://github.com/graphprotocol/example-subgraph, and install dependencies and generate types for contract ABIs:
yarn
yarn codegen
- In the terminal, clone https://github.com/graphprotocol/graph-node, and run
cargo build
.
Once you have all the dependencies set up, you can run the following:
cargo run -p graph-node --release -- \
--postgres-url postgresql://USERNAME[:PASSWORD]@localhost:5432/graph-node \
--ethereum-rpc NETWORK_NAME:[CAPABILITIES]:URL \
--ipfs 127.0.0.1:5001
Try your OS username as USERNAME
and PASSWORD
. For details on setting
the connection string, check the Postgres
documentation.
graph-node
uses a few Postgres extensions. If the Postgres user with which
you run graph-node
is a superuser, graph-node
will enable these
extensions when it initializes the database. If the Postgres user is not a
superuser, you will need to create the extensions manually since only
superusers are allowed to do that. To create them you need to connect as a
superuser, which in many installations is the postgres
user:
psql -q -X -U <SUPERUSER> graph-node <<EOF
create extension pg_trgm;
create extension pg_stat_statements;
create extension btree_gist;
create extension postgres_fdw;
grant usage on foreign data wrapper postgres_fdw to <USERNAME>;
EOF
This will also spin up a GraphiQL interface at http://127.0.0.1:8000/
.
- With this Gravatar example, to get the subgraph working locally run:
yarn create-local
Then you can deploy the subgraph:
yarn deploy-local
This will build and deploy the subgraph to the Graph Node. It should start indexing the subgraph immediately.
USAGE:
graph-node [FLAGS] [OPTIONS] --ethereum-ipc <NETWORK_NAME:FILE> --ethereum-rpc <NETWORK_NAME:URL> --ethereum-ws <NETWORK_NAME:URL> --ipfs <HOST:PORT> --postgres-url <URL>
FLAGS:
--debug Enable debug logging
-h, --help Prints help information
-V, --version Prints version information
OPTIONS:
--admin-port <PORT> Port for the JSON-RPC admin server [default: 8020]
--elasticsearch-password <PASSWORD>
Password to use for Elasticsearch logging [env: ELASTICSEARCH_PASSWORD]
--elasticsearch-url <URL>
Elasticsearch service to write subgraph logs to [env: ELASTICSEARCH_URL=]
--elasticsearch-user <USER> User to use for Elasticsearch logging [env: ELASTICSEARCH_USER=]
--ethereum-ipc <NETWORK_NAME:[CAPABILITIES]:FILE>
Ethereum network name (e.g. 'mainnet'), optional comma-separated capabilities (eg full,archive), and an Ethereum IPC pipe, separated by a ':'
--ethereum-polling-interval <MILLISECONDS>
How often to poll the Ethereum node for new blocks [env: ETHEREUM_POLLING_INTERVAL=] [default: 500]
--ethereum-rpc <NETWORK_NAME:[CAPABILITIES]:URL>
Ethereum network name (e.g. 'mainnet'), optional comma-separated capabilities (eg 'full,archive'), and an Ethereum RPC URL, separated by a ':'
--ethereum-ws <NETWORK_NAME:[CAPABILITIES]:URL>
Ethereum network name (e.g. 'mainnet'), optional comma-separated capabilities (eg `full,archive), and an Ethereum WebSocket URL, separated by a ':'
--node-id <NODE_ID>
A unique identifier for this node instance. Should have the same value between consecutive node restarts [default: default]
--http-port <PORT> Port for the GraphQL HTTP server [default: 8000]
--ipfs <HOST:PORT> HTTP address of an IPFS node
--postgres-url <URL> Location of the Postgres database used for storing entities
--subgraph <[NAME:]IPFS_HASH> Name and IPFS hash of the subgraph manifest
--ws-port <PORT> Port for the GraphQL WebSocket server [default: 8001]
The command line arguments generally are all that is needed to run a
graph-node
instance. For advanced uses, various aspects of graph-node
can further be configured through environment
variables. Very
large graph-node
instances can also split the work of querying and
indexing across multiple databases.
node
— A local Graph Node.graph
— A library providing traits for system components and types for common data.core
— A library providing implementations for core components, used by all nodes.chain/ethereum
— A library with components for obtaining data from Ethereum.graphql
— A GraphQL implementation with API schema generation, introspection, and more.mock
— A library providing mock implementations for all system components.runtime/wasm
— A library for running WASM data-extraction scripts.server/http
— A library providing a GraphQL server over HTTP.store/postgres
— A Postgres store with a GraphQL-friendly interface and audit logs.
🔨 = In Progress
🛠 = Feature complete. Additional testing required.
✅ = Feature complete
Feature | Status |
---|---|
Ethereum | |
Indexing smart contract events | ✅ |
Handle chain reorganizations | ✅ |
Mappings | |
WASM-based mappings | ✅ |
TypeScript-to-WASM toolchain | ✅ |
Autogenerated TypeScript types | ✅ |
GraphQL | |
Query entities by ID | ✅ |
Query entity collections | ✅ |
Pagination | ✅ |
Filtering | ✅ |
Block-based Filtering | ✅ |
Entity relationships | ✅ |
Subscriptions | ✅ |
Please check CONTRIBUTING.md for development flow and conventions we use. Here's a list of good first issues.
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