Class: Eth::Client::Ipc

Inherits:
Eth::Client show all
Defined in:
lib/eth/client/ipc.rb

Overview

Provides an IPC-RPC client.

Instance Attribute Summary collapse

Instance Method Summary collapse

Constructor Details

#initialize(path) ⇒ Ipc

Constructor for the IPC Client. Should not be used; use Eth::Client.create instead.

Parameters:

  • path (String) —

    an URI pointing to an IPC RPC-API.



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# File 'lib/eth/client/ipc.rb', line 30

def initialize(path)
  super
  @path = path
end

Instance Attribute Details

#path ⇒ Object

The path of the IPC socket.



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# File 'lib/eth/client/ipc.rb', line 24

def path
  @path
end

Instance Method Details

#send_request(payload) ⇒ String

Sends an RPC request to the connected IPC socket.

Parameters:

  • payload (Hash) —

    the RPC request parameters.

Returns:

  • (String) —

    a JSON-encoded response.



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# File 'lib/eth/client/ipc.rb', line 39

def send_request(payload)
  socket = UNIXSocket.new(@path)
  socket.puts(payload)
  read = socket.recvmsg(nil)[0]
  until read.end_with?("\n")
    read = read << socket.recvmsg(nil)[0]
  end
  socket.close
  return read
end