// Copyright 2016 The go-ethereum Authors // This file is part of the go-ethereum library. // // The go-ethereum library is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify // it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by // the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or // (at your option) any later version. // // The go-ethereum library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, // but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of // MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the // GNU Lesser General Public License for more details. // // You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License // along with the go-ethereum library. If not, see . package rpc_test import ( "context" "fmt" "math/big" "time" "github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/rpc" ) // In this example, our client whishes to track the latest 'block number' // known to the server. The server supports two methods: // // eth_getBlockByNumber("latest", {}) // returns the latest block object. // // eth_subscribe("newBlocks") // creates a subscription which fires block objects when new blocks arrive. type Block struct { Number *big.Int } func ExampleClientSubscription() { // Connect the client. client, _ := rpc.Dial("ws://127.0.0.1:8485") subch := make(chan Block) // Ensure that subch receives the latest block. go func() { for i := 0; ; i++ { if i > 0 { time.Sleep(2 * time.Second) } subscribeBlocks(client, subch) } }() // Print events from the subscription as they arrive. for block := range subch { fmt.Println("latest block:", block.Number) } } // subscribeBlocks runs in its own goroutine and maintains // a subscription for new blocks. func subscribeBlocks(client *rpc.Client, subch chan Block) { ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), 10*time.Second) defer cancel() // Subscribe to new blocks. sub, err := client.EthSubscribe(ctx, subch, "newBlocks") if err != nil { fmt.Println("subscribe error:", err) return } // The connection is established now. // Update the channel with the current block. var lastBlock Block if err := client.CallContext(ctx, &lastBlock, "eth_getBlockByNumber", "latest"); err != nil { fmt.Println("can't get latest block:", err) return } subch <- lastBlock // The subscription will deliver events to the channel. Wait for the // subscription to end for any reason, then loop around to re-establish // the connection. fmt.Println("connection lost: ", <-sub.Err()) }