# CLI
An Epirus binary is distributed, providing an interactive command line (CLI). It supports a number of key Epirus project features including the creation of:
- Ethereum applications in Java or Kotlin
- OpenAPI services for Ethereum smart contracts
These projects can then be run by the Epirus CLI either natively as an application binary or within a Docker container.
Epirus provides the following infrastructure behind the scenes to make the user process as seamless as possible:
- Public network connectivity (Rinkeby or Ropsten test networks)
- Transaction fee management so the user does not need to be concerned with obtaining Ether to run their application.
Behind the scenes there are some more granular commands that you can also use, including:
- Wallet creation
- Wallet password management
- Ether transfer from one wallet to another
- Generation of Solidity smart contract wrappers
- Generation of unit tests for Java smart contract wrappers
- Smart contract auditing
- Account creation & management
# Installation
The simplest way to install the Epirus CLI is via the following script:
curl -L get.epirus.io | sh && source ~/.epirus/source.sh
You can verify the installation was successful by running epirus -V
, which should output as follows:
$ epirus -v
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Version: 1.4.0
Build timestamp: 2020-11-12 08:56:24.594 UTC
Alternatively you can download the latest CLI release here.
# Project creation
The epirus new
and epirus import
commands provide a convenient way to create a new Java or Kotlin project, or OpenAPI service using Epirus's Command Line Tools.
For Java or Kotlin projects, they provide the following functionality:
- Base project creation.
- Generation of a simple Hello World Solidity contract or import an existing Solidity project from a file or directory.
- Generation of ERC20 and ERC777 Java projects using :
epirus new erc20 | erc777
- Compilation of the Solidity files.
- Configure the project to use the Gradle build tool.
- Generate Java smart contract wrappers for all provided Solidity files.
- Add the required Epirus dependencies, to run and interact with the contracts.
- Generate unit tests for the Java smart contract wrappers.
In the case of an OpenAPI service, with the command epirus openapi new
, Epirus creates a runnable OpenAPI service for deploying and interacting with smart contracts via OpenAPI compliant endpoints with full Swagger documentation provided.
Epirus also gives you the ability to do more via:
- Base OpenAPI project creation :
epirus openapi new
. - ERC20 and ERC777 OpenAPI project creation :
epirus openapi new erc20 | erc777
- Create an OpenAPI project using specific contracts :
epirus openapi import
. - Generate an OpenAPI executable JAR :
epirus openapi jar
. - Generate RESTful endpoints and their implementation :
epirus openapi generate
.
# Create a new project
To generate a new project :
epirus new [--kotlin|-o <output path>|-n <project name>|-p <package name>] [helloworld|erc20|erc777]
Where supported new
command arguments are as follows:
--kotlin
Creation of a new Kotlin project instead of the default Java onehelloworld
Use a simple Hello World Solidity smart contract (default)erc777
Create an ERC777 compliant tokenerc20
Create an ERC20 compliant token
The ERC20 and ERC777 contracts are based on the OpenZeppelin implementations.
The project name
and package name
values must comply with the JVM standards. The project name is also used as the main class name.
If no arguments are specified, the default project creation used is:
epirus new helloworld
Details of the created project structure are below.
# Import an existing project
Similarly, to epirus new
, epirus import
will create a new project but with user defined smart contracts. By default a Java project will be generated if no option is provided.
epirus import -s <path to solidity sources> [-o <path>|-n <project name>|-p <package name>] -t
The -s
option will work with a single Solidity file or a folder containing Solidity files.
The -t
option is true by default. By passing -t
unit tests will be generated for the Java wrappers.
or
epirus import
Then, you will be prompted to set the Solidity files directory:
You will be prompted to answer a series of questions to create your project:
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Please enter the path to your solidity file/folder [Required Field]:
/path/to/solidity
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# Running your application
The epirus run <network>
command can be used to run your application without having to specify an Ethereum network endpoint or wallet yourself. Instead the Epirus Platform is used to provide network connectivity and cover network transaction fees.
To take advantage of this, you simply need to run the followinig command in your project directory:
epirus run <network>
Where network
is one of the followinig:
rinkeby
ropsten
In order to use this functionality you must be logged in. Behind the scenes, Epirus will build and run your project jar file.
If you created an OpenAPI service, by default it binds to port 9090 on your host. You can access the SwaggerUI for the service via the URL http://localhost:9090/swagger-ui.
However, if you'd like your application to be bundled up as a container instead, simply run:
epirus docker run [-l] <network>
This will build a container containing your application and inject your Epirus Platform credentials to continue to take advantage of the provided network connectivity and transaction fees. If you use the -l
parameter, it will not create a new wallet, and use your local wallet for funding transactions.
# Environment variables
A number of properties can be configured for your Epirus applications to customise them at runtime. By default if you use epirus run
you shouldn't need to alter them, however, for production deployments you may wish to change some of them.
The following configuration properties can be used for Java or OpenAPI projects:
WEB3J_ENDPOINT
Ethereum node URLWEB3J_WALLET_PATH
Path to Ethereum walletWEB3J_WALLET_PASSWORD
Ethereum wallet passwordWEB3J_PRIVATE_KEY
Hex-encoded private key string (0x...)
Additionally, for OpenAPI services, the following properties can be used:
WEB3J_OPENAPI_NAME
Project nameWEB3J_OPENAPI_CONTRACT_ADDRESSES
Pre-deployed contract addresses as a map (Contract1=0x...,Contract2=0x...)WEB3J_OPENAPI_HOST
Hostname for service, defaults to localhostWEB3J_OPENAPI_PORT
Port to bind to, defaults to 9090
# Running your application without an Epirus account
You can run your Epirus applications without an Epirus account using the following mechanisms. However, in doing this you need to provide node and wallet details manually. Additionally you will have to cover network transaction fees yourself.
# Running with the Java Runtimie Environment (JRE)
These properties can be used as environment variables if running project using the Java JRE:
export VAR1=value
...
java -jar <app>.jar
You can find the relevent application binary in the following locations:
Java or Kotlin projects:
build/libs/<project-name>-0.1.0-all.jar
OpenAPI projects
build/libs/<projectName>-server-all.jar
Or, for OpenAPI, you can generate an executable JAR directly using:
$ epirus openapi jar <args>
# Running with Docker
If running the built container with Docker, you should use the following syntax to pass in environment variables:
docker run -e VAR1=value1 -e VAR2=value2 web3app
# Running with Gradle
If you wish to use the Gradle build tool to run your application, you should pass in the required variables in using the following syntax, where variable names are in lowercase and understcores are replaced with hyphens in their names.
./gradlew run --args="--<var1> <value1> --<var2> <value2> ..."
# Generated Java/Kotlin project structure
Your application code and tests will be located in the following project directories:
For Java:
./src/main/java
- Generated Java application code stub./src/test/java
- Generated Java test code stubs./src/main/solidity
- Solidity source code
For Kotlin:
./src/main/kotlin
- Generated Kotlin application code stub./src/test/kotlin
- Generated Kotlin test code stubs./src/main/solidity
- Solidity source code
If you need to edit the build file, it is located in the project root directory:
./build.gradle
- Gradle build configuration file
Additionally, there are the following Gradle artifacts which you can ignore.
/gradle
- local Gradle installation/.gradle
- local Gradle cache/build
- compiled classes including smart contract bindings
If you need to view any of the generated Solidity or contract artifacts, they are available in the following locations.
Solidity bin
and abi
files are located at:
./build/resources/main/solidity/
The source code for the generated smart contract bindings can be found at:
./build/generated/sources/epirus/main/java/<your-package>/generated/contracts
The compiled code for the generated smart contracts bindings is available at the below location. These are the artifacts used to deploy, transact and query your smart contracts.
./build/classes/java/main/<your-package>/generated/contracts/
# Generated OpenAPI project structure
Similar to the Java/Kotlin projects. The Solidity files are located in the following ./src/main/solidity
.
Additionally, the generated OpenAPI code resides in ./build/generated/sources/web3j/main
, and is structured as follows :
- Java smart contract wrappers :
java/<package name>/wrappers
- REST endpoints interfaces :
kotlin/<package name>/core
- REST endpoints implementations :
kotlin/<package name>/server
- SwaggerUI :
resources/static/swagger-ui
# Build commands
Epirus projects use the Gradle build tool under the covers. Gradle is a build DSL for JVM projects used widely in Java, Kotlin and Android projects. You shouldn't need to be too concerned with the semantics of Gradle beyond the following build commands:
To build the project run:
./gradlew build
To update just the smart contract bindings following changes to the Solidity code run:
./gradlew generateContractWrappers
To update the OpenAPI code, when using an OpenAPI project, following changes to the Solidity code run:
./gradlew generateWeb3jOpenApi
To update the generated SwaggerUI, when using an OpenAPI project, following changes to the Solidity code run:
./gradlew generateWeb3jSwaggerUi
To delete all project build artifacts, creating a clean environment, run:
./gradlew clean
# Stand-alone unit test generation
When creating a new project or importing solidity contracts, by using:
epirus generate tests
You will be prompted to answer a series of questions to generate your tests:
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Please enter the path of the generated contract wrappers.
<source contract wrappers>
Where would you like to save your tests.
<path to tests>
Unit tests were generated successfully at location: .
The command can also be used non-interactively
epirus generate tests -i <Solidity Java wrappers> -o <output path>
When adding the path to your Java wrappers make sure you specify the path up to the package root e.g:
If a class with name HelloWorld and package name io.epirus
is located under /home/user/code/myproject/io/epirus/HelloWorld.java
, the correct way to point to that class is /home/user/code/myproject/
# Wallet tools
To generate a new Ethereum wallet:
$ epirus wallet create
To update the password for an existing wallet:
$ epirus wallet update <walletfile>
To send Ether to another address:
$ epirus wallet send <walletfile> 0x<address>|<ensName>
When sending Ether to another address you will be asked a series of questions before the transaction takes place. Check below for a full example.
The following example demonstrates using Epirus to send Ether to another wallet.
With the following input:
epirus wallet send <walletfile> 0x<address>|<ensName>
Epirus proceeds as follows:
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Please enter your existing wallet file password:
Wallet for address 0x19e03255f667bdfd50a32722df860b1eeaf4d635 loaded
Please confirm address of running Ethereum client you wish to send the transfer request to [http://localhost:8545/]:
Connected successfully to client: Geth/v1.4.18-stable-c72f5459/darwin/go1.7.3
What amound would you like to transfer (please enter a numeric value): 0.000001
Please specify the unit (ether, wei, ...) [ether]:
Please confim that you wish to transfer 0.000001 ether (1000000000000 wei) to address 0x9c98e381edc5fe1ac514935f3cc3edaa764cf004
Please type 'yes' to proceed: yes
Commencing transfer (this may take a few minutes)...................................................................................................................$
Funds have been successfully transferred from 0x19e03255f667bdfd50a32722df860b1eeaf4d635 to 0x9c98e381edc5fe1ac514935f3cc3edaa764cf004
Transaction hash: 0xb00afc5c2bb92a76d03e17bd3a0175b80609e877cb124c02d19000d529390530
Mined block number: 1849039
To fund a wallet on the Rinkeby or Ropsten testnet using the faucets provided by Web3 Labs, use the following command:
epirus wallet fund <network name> 0x<address>
For instance, to fund the address 0xc6c7224128b9714b47009be351d0ea5bcb16da29
, on Rinkeby:
epirus wallet fund rinkeby 0xc6c7224128b9714b47009be351d0ea5bcb16da29
Please note that this functionality requires a proof-of-work based captcha, and is rate-limited. Rinkeby,and Ropsten Web3 Labs faucets can also be accessed from your browser.
# Auditing Tools
Smart contracts written in Solidity often include logic bugs and other issues which might compromise their security. These are not always obvious to programmers. Issues can include integer precision problems, re-entrancy attacks, and many other flaws. As Ethereum smart contracts are immutable once they have been deployed, it is important that they are bug-free at this point. Epirus is able to audit smart contracts for certain common issues and vulnerabilities using static code analysis.
To audit a smart contract (in this instance, Campaign.sol):
$ epirus audit Campaign.sol
An example of the output from this command is as follows:
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./Campaign.sol
131:58 severity:2 Multiplication after division SOLIDITY_DIV_MUL_09hhh1
91:8 severity:1 Revert inside the if-operator SOLIDITY_REVERT_REQUIRE_c56b12
5:4 severity:1 Use of SafeMath SOLIDITY_SAFEMATH_837cac
148:4 severity:1 Replace multiple return values with a struct SOLIDITY_SHOULD_RETURN_STRUCT_83hf3l
125:4 severity:1 Prefer external to public visibility level SOLIDITY_UNUSED_FUNCTION_SHOULD_BE_EXTERNAL_73ufc1
✖ 5 problems (5 errors)
The output is in the form of a list of issues/errors detected by the static analysis tool. The first column of output shows the line and the character at which the issue was encountered. The second column shows the severity; this ranges from 1 to 3, with 3 being the most severe. The next column contains a description of the issue found, and the final column provides a reference to the rule used to find the issue.
This functionality is provided by SmartCheck.
# Solidity smart contract wrapper generator
Please refer to solidity smart contract wrappers.
# Account Creation
If you wish to make use of the more powerful features of Epirus such as deployment, you will need to sign up for a free account via the Epirus website.
Once your email address has been confirmed, you will have an account on the Epirus platform and will be able to make use of all features.
You will need to be logged in to deploy Epirus applications. Use epirus login
and follow the prompt to do this.
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