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Use Chainhooks with Stacks

This guide helps you define predicates to use Chainhook with Stacks. The predicates are specified based on if-this, and then-that constructs.

if_this Specifications​

The current stacks predicates support the following if_this constructs:

Get any transaction matching a given transaction ID txid mandatory argument admits:

  • 32 bytes hex encoded type
{
  "if_this": {
    "scope": "txid",
    "equals": "0xfaaac1833dc4883e7ec28f61e35b41f896c395f8d288b1a177155de2abd6052f"
  }
}

Get any stacks block matching constraints:

block_height can be used to check for specific blocks based on the height of the block.

  • block_height mandatory argument admits:
    • equals, higher_than, lower_than, between: integer type.
{
  "if_this": {
    "scope": "block_height",
    "higher_than": 10000
  }
}

The between operator can be used by providing an array with two values:

{
  "if_this": {
    "scope": "block_height",
    "between": [0, 1000]
  }
}

Get any transaction related to a given fungible token asset identifier:

  • asset-identifier mandatory argument admits:
    • string type, fully qualifying the asset identifier to observe. Example: ST1PQHQKV0RJXZFY1DGX8MNSNYVE3VGZJSRTPGZGM.cbtc-sip10::cbtc
  • actions mandatory argument admits:
    • array of string types constrained to mint, transfer, and burn values. Example: ["mint", "burn"]
{
  "if_this": {
    "scope": "ft_event",
    "asset_identifier": "ST1PQHQKV0RJXZFY1DGX8MNSNYVE3VGZJSRTPGZGM.cbtc-token::cbtc",
    "actions": ["burn"]
  }
}

Get any transaction related to a given non-fungible token asset identifier:

  • asset-identifier mandatory argument admits:
    • string type, fully qualifying the asset identifier to observe. Example: ST1PQHQKV0RJXZFY1DGX8MNSNYVE3VGZJSRTPGZGM.monkey-sip09::monkeys
  • actions mandatory argument admits:
    • array of string type constrained to mint, transfer and burn values. Example: ["mint", "burn"]
{
  "if_this": {
    "scope": "nft_event",
    "asset_identifier": "ST1PQHQKV0RJXZFY1DGX8MNSNYVE3VGZJSRTPGZGM.monkey-sip09::monkeys",
    "actions": ["mint", "transfer", "burn"]
  }
}

Get any transaction moving STX tokens:

  • actions mandatory argument admits:
    • array of string type constrained to mint, transfer , burn and lock values. Example: ["mint", "lock"]
{
  "if_this": {
    "scope": "stx_event",
    "actions": ["transfer", "lock"]
  }
}

Get any transaction emitting given print events predicate

  • contract-identifier mandatory argument admits:
    • string type, fully qualifying the contract to observe. Example: ST1PQHQKV0RJXZFY1DGX8MNSNYVE3VGZJSRTPGZGM.monkey-sip09
  • Either the contains or matches_regex argument:
    • contains argument admits string type, used for matching an event containing the specified string. Example: vault
    • matches_regex argument admits string type that should be valid regex, used for matching an event that regex matches with the specified string. Example: (?:^|\\W)vault(?:$|\\W)

The following example uses contains argument:

{
  "if_this": {
    "scope": "print_event",
    "contract_identifier": "ST1PQHQKV0RJXZFY1DGX8MNSNYVE3VGZJSRTPGZGM.monkey-sip09",
    "contains": "vault"
  }
}

The following example uses matches_regex argument:

{
  "if_this": {
    "scope": "print_event",
    "contract_identifier": "ST1PQHQKV0RJXZFY1DGX8MNSNYVE3VGZJSRTPGZGM.monkey-sip09",
    "matches_regex": "(?:^|\\W)vault(?:$|\\W)"
  }
}

Get any transaction calling a specific method for a given contract directly.

[!Warning] If the observed method is being called by another contract, this predicate won't detect it.

  • contract-identifier mandatory argument admits:
    • string type, fully qualifying the contract to observe.Example: SP000000000000000000002Q6VF78.pox
  • method mandatory argument admits:
    • string type, used for specifying the method to observe. Example: stack-stx
{
  "if_this": {
    "scope": "contract_call",
    "contract_identifier": "SP000000000000000000002Q6VF78.pox",
    "method": "stack-stx"
  }
}

Get any transaction, including a contract deployment:

  • deployer mandatory argument admits:
    • string "*" - string encoding a valid STX address. Example: "ST2CY5V39NHDPWSXMW9QDT3HC3GD6Q6XX4CFRK9AG"
{
  "if_this": {
    "scope": "contract_deployment",
    "deployer": "ST1PQHQKV0RJXZFY1DGX8MNSNYVE3VGZJSRTPGZGM"
  }
}

Get any transaction, including a contract deployment implementing a given trait // coming soon

  • implement-trait mandatory argument admits:
    • string type, fully qualifying the trait's shape to observe. Example: ST1PQHQKV0RJXZFY1DGX8MNSNYVE3VGZJSRTPGZGM.sip09-protocol
{
  "if_this": {
    "scope": "contract_deployment",
    "implement_trait": "ST1PQHQKV0RJXZFY1DGX8MNSNYVE3VGZJSRTPGZGM.sip09-protocol"
  }
}

then_that Specifications​

HTTP Post block/transaction payload to a given endpoint.

  • http_post construct admits:
    • url (string type). Example: http://localhost:3000/api/v1/wrapBtc
    • authorization_header (string type). Secret to add to the request authorization header when posting payloads
{
  "then_that": {
    "http_post": {
      "url": "http://localhost:3000/api/v1/wrapBtc",
      "authorization_header": "Bearer cn389ncoiwuencr"
    }
  }
}

Append events to a file through the filesystem. Convenient for local tests:

  • file_append construct admits:
    • path (string type). Path to file on disk.
{
  "then_that": {
    "file_append": {
      "path": "/tmp/events.json"
    }
  }
}

Additional Configurations available​

Following additional configurations can be used to improve the performance of chainhook by preventing a full scan of the blockchain:

  • Ignore any block before the given block: "start_block": 101

  • Ignore any block after the given block: "end_block": 201

  • Stop evaluating chainhook after a given number of occurrences found: "expire_after_occurrence": 1

  • Include decoded clarity values in the payload: "decode_clarity_values": true

  • Include the contract ABI for transactions that deploy contracts: "include_contract_abi": true

Example predicate definition to print events​

Retrieve and HTTP Post to http://localhost:3000/api/v1/wrapBtc the first five transactions interacting with ST1PQHQKV0RJXZFY1DGX8MNSNYVE3VGZJSRTPGZGM.monkey-sip09, emitting print events containing the word 'vault'.

{
  "chain": "stacks",
  "uuid": "1",
  "name": "Lorem ipsum",
  "version": 1,
  "networks": {
    "testnet": {
      "if_this": {
        "scope": "print_event",
        "contract_identifier": "ST1PQHQKV0RJXZFY1DGX8MNSNYVE3VGZJSRTPGZGM.monkey-sip09",
        "contains": "vault"
      },
      "then_that": {
        "http_post": {
          "url": "http://localhost:3000/api/v1/vaults",
          "authorization_header": "Bearer cn389ncoiwuencr"
        }
      },
      "start_block": 10200,
      "expire_after_occurrence": 5
    }
  }
}

Example predicate definition with multiple networks​

A specification file can also include different networks. In this case, the chainhook will select the predicate corresponding to the network it was launched against.

{
  "chain": "stacks",
  "uuid": "1",
  "name": "Lorem ipsum",
  "version": 1,
  "networks": {
    "testnet": {
      "if_this": {
        "scope": "print_event",
        "contract_identifier": "ST1PQHQKV0RJXZFY1DGX8MNSNYVE3VGZJSRTPGZGM.monkey-sip09",
        "contains": "vault"
      },
      "then_that": {
        "http_post": {
          "url": "http://localhost:3000/api/v1/vaults",
          "authorization_header": "Bearer cn389ncoiwuencr"
        }
      },
      "start_block": 10200,
      "expire_after_occurrence": 5
    },
    "mainnet": {
      "if_this": {
        "scope": "print_event",
        "contract_identifier": "SP456HQKV0RJXZFY1DGX8MNSNYVE3VGZJSRT459863.monkey-sip09",
        "contains": "vault"
      },
      "then_that": {
        "http_post": {
          "url": "http://my-protocol.xyz/api/v1/vaults",
          "authorization_header": "Bearer cn389ncoiwuencr"
        }
      },
      "start_block": 90232,
      "expire_after_occurrence": 5
    }
  }
}